News published on Federal Newswire in December 2021

News from December 2021


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore New Entrance Fee Effective March 1, 2022

News Release: Munising, MICHIGAN - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore will begin charging entrance fees starting March 1, 2022. Camping and lighthouse tour fees will increase effective Jan. 1, 2022.


USS Arizona Memorial programs continue to be suspended

News Release: HONOLULU - Boat transportation to the USS Arizona Memorial continues to be discontinued due to the safety issued detected at the visitor center’s shoreside dock on Sunday December 12. Operations will resume when National Park Service and US Navy personnel deem conditions safe enough for the white boats to use the shoreside dock.


Ohio man sentenced to 10 years for methamphetamine distribution

News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Giovanni Geonard Ingersoll, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced today to 121 months of incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.


News Release: Two Guatemalan nationals were extradited to the United States from Guatemala on Friday to face international narcotics trafficking charges.


News Release: Greeneville, TN -Saturday, Dec. 18, the public is invited to the annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony.to honor and remember the men and women who have bravely served our county’s armed forces. The National Park Service will host this free ceremony at Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, beginning at 11:30 am.


Pain Clinic Owners Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Opioid Prescribing

News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling announced that on Dec. 10, 2021, Lisa Hofschulz (age: 61), formerly a licensed nurse practitioner in the state of Wisconsin, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, and Robert Hofschulz (age: 74) of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for their involvement in a drug-trafficking conspiracy and “pill mill" operation.


News Release: WASHINGTON -- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. approved Kentucky’s request for an expedited major disaster declaration Sunday night. The declaration authorizes federal assistance for disaster survivors in Caldwell, Fulton, Graves, Hopkins, Marshall, Muhlenberg, Taylor and Warren counties.



Former Erie Man Sentenced to More than 18 Years in Prison for Child Sexual Exploitation Crimes

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to 222 months in jail, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children. Holden was also ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution and a $600 special assessment, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.


Former Dubuque Postal Employee Sentenced to Nearly Three Years in Federal Prison for Mail Theft

News Release: Responsible for stealing nearly $650,000 in checks from the mail in 2017 and 2018.


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Providence man today admitted in federal court that he participated in a scheme that defrauded home improvement stores in Rhode Island and Massachusetts of more than $140,000, repeatedly purchasing construction tools and supplies using stolen credit and credit card information, announced United Sates Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.


News Release: Victims Kidnapped and Murdered in Nashville in Retaliation for Attempted Extortion.


News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding news reports that the Counter Network Division at U.S. Customs and Border Protection's National Targeting Center investigated journalists, Members of Congress, and their staff using government databases, including data on travel records as well as personal and financial information...


News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha announced today that the Justice Department has awarded a $296,966 Project Safe Neighborhoods grant to the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory to address a backlog of firearm related cases.


Chicago Woman Sentenced

News Release: For Making False Statements in Firearm Purchase.


New Hampshire 'Fugitive of the Week' Arrested in Florida

News Release: Concord, NH - The U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is extremely happy to announce the arrest of another “Fugitive of the Week" in Cedar Key, Florida.


News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management Lake Havasu Field Office announces the temporary closure and restriction of selected public lands for the 2022 Best in the Desert’s Parker 250 and 425 races in La Paz County. The temporary closure will be in effect Jan. 5-9 and Jan. 19-23, 2022. The temporary restrictions will be in effect Jan. 4-9, and Jan. 18-23, 2022.


Waterbury to Ensure that Polling Stations are Accessible to People with Mobility Disabilities

News Release: Leonard C Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the government has reached a settlement agreement with the City of Waterbury to ensure that people with disabilities can physically access polling locations.