ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded an $18 million contract to G&G Steel, Inc., of Russellville, Alabama, for the fabrication of new miter gates at Lock and Dam 3, near Welch, Minnesota, and Lock and Dam 4, near Alma, Wisconsin. The original miter gates are from the 1930s. Over time, the gates have been damaged and distressed, which led to servi  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota issued the following news release: A Minneapolis felon has been sentenced to 144 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl pills, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents, on November 28, 2022, Kristopher Raphael Owens, 31, was driving a gold Chevy Tahoe in Minneapolis and was pulled over by l  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army First Lieutenant Herman J. Sundstad, 26, of Perley, Minnesota, killed during World War II, was accounted for on June 24, 2024. In the summer of 1944, Sundstad was a member of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), also known as Merrill's Marauders. On June 5, Sundstad's unit, referred to as "Task For  more