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News Tipoffs - South Dakota Editors Newsletter for Friday October 11, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Digging for Answers: Ellsworth Officer Contributes to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Efforts
ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Brittany Kenney, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs People join the Air Force for many reasons, from the potential to travel abroad to the educational benefits it affords. For some, the opportunity happens to present itself in a way that can only be described as the right place at the right time, and the story that blossoms from there can be filled with  more

EPA: Biden-Harris Administration Requires Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces Over $168M in Funding to EPA Region 8 States
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA announces new final regulations and funding under the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water * * * DENVER - Today, the Biden-Harris Administration issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years. To support that requirement, EPA is announcing $168,106,000 in newly availab  more

Federal Railroad Administration: FY22-23 STC Grant Program Award Selections
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2024: Biden-Harris Administration Awards Over $108 Million For Projects in Rural Communities to Improve Rail Safety and Strengthen Local Supply Chains Nine new projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will make freight rail safer, upgrade grade crossings, and increase the reliability and efficiency of rail operations across three states The U  more

Iowa U.S. Attorney: Arizona Man Sentenced to More Than 8 Years in Federal Prison for Iowa Fentanyl Possession
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Oct. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Benito Curiel, 25, from Phoenix, Arizona, who had recently resided in South Sioux City, Nebraska, was sentenced on October 8, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa, to nearly nine years' imprisonment. Curiel pled guilty on March 20, 2024, to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that on May 17, 202  more

Neb. A.G. Hilgers Announces $52 Million Multistate Settlement With Marriott for Data Breach of Starwood Guest Reservation Database
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 11 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Attorney General Hilgers announced today that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has been coordinating closely with the states throughout this investigation, has reached   more