Year: 2018
WJAG Farm Show
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Ken Anderson will be on the ground in Norfolk, Nebraska January 16-17 for the WJAG Farm Show. Continue reading WJAG Farm Show at Brownfield Ag News.
Fremont Corn Expo
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Ken Anderson will be on the ground in Fremont, Nebraska January 3 for the Fremont Corn Expo. Continue reading Fremont Corn Expo at Brownfield Ag News.
Iowa Pork Congress
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Ken Anderson will be on the ground in Des Moines, Iowa January 23-24 for Iowa Pork Congress. Continue reading Iowa Pork Congress at Brownfield Ag News.
Town rallies around mom who alerted police to ‘imminent danger’ of school shooting
nazarethman/iStock(RICHMOND, Ind.) — Community members in Richmond, Ind., came together at a candlelight vigil Sunday to support a mom who alerted police about her teenage son who brought a gun to a middle school and [Read More…]
Coast Guardsman kills wife, son before taking own life in Miami: Officials
kali9/iStock(MIAMI) — An 8-year-old girl is fighting for her life after her father allegedly shot her and killed her mother, her little brother and himself at their Miami home, police said. Petty Officer 1st Class [Read More…]
Translating farm data into financial management
Farmers can collect mounds of data. But how can they use it to better manage this farm? In this Managing for Profit, Rabo AgriFinance and Conservis will talk about the technology they are developing to [Read More…]
Google investing $1 billion to open new campus in New York City
JHVEPhoto/iStock(NEW YORK) — Google is investing over $1 billion to establish a new campus in New York City, the company announced in a blog post Monday. The 1.7 million square-foot campus in Manhattan, named Google [Read More…]
More Northeast snow as West Coast storms form
ABC News(NEW YORK) — As one storm system delivers heavy snow to coastal Maine Monday morning, another is brewing off the West Coast. In the East, 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in several [Read More…]
North Korea warns US over stalled nuclear negotiations
200mm/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) — As tens of thousands of North Koreans, including current leader Kim Jong Un, paid a visit on Sunday to Kim Jong Il’s mausoleum in Pyongyang to commemorate the seventh anniversary of [Read More…]
Japan restaurant explosion injures dozens
JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images(TOKYO) — More than 40 people were injured Sunday when a massive explosion rocked a restaurant in northern Japan, according to local news reports. A swath of Sapporo City, the capital city of [Read More…]
Pilot whose plane crashed near Honolulu credits good Samaritan who jumped into water to save him
KITV-TV(HONOLULU) — The pilot who crashed a 1950s-era fighter plane into waters off the coast of Honolulu, is crediting a bystander who untangled his parachute with helping to save his life. Matt Pothier, 47, ejected [Read More…]
Crane operator fired for taking insensitive photos on properties destroyed by the Camp Fire
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Workers who were hired to clear the remnants of properties incinerated by the Camp Fire in California have been fired after they posted for photos appearing to make light of [Read More…]
Colin Kroll, co-founder of Vine and HQ Trivia, found dead in New York City apartment
Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Variety(NEW YORK) — Colin Kroll, the co-founder and CEO of the HQ Trivia app, has died, a spokesperson for the company he founded confirmed to ABC News on Sunday. “We learned [Read More…]
Authorities complete search on property of missing Colorado mom Kelsey Berreth’s fiance
ABCNews.com(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — Authorities completed digging on the Colorado property owned by Kelsey Berreth’s fiance Sunday, the second day police searched for evidence of the missing mom at the home. The Woodland Park Police [Read More…]
Loved ones of missing 13-year-old Wisconsin girl hold onto hope she will be found
WQOW(NEW YORK) — Loved ones and friends of 13-year-old Jayme Closs released balloons at a weekend vigil and reaffirmed their pledge to find her alive, marking two months since police believe she was abducted from [Read More…]
California decides not to move forward with texting tax after FCC ruling
ViewApart/iStock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Feel free to send as many “LOLs,” “WTFs” and “u up?” messages as you want, Californians. A planned vote on a texting surcharge, a tax for texts, will not go forward in [Read More…]
Authorities bring in digging equipment to search property of missing Colorado mom’s fiance
ABCNews.com(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — Authorities began digging on the Colorado property owned by Kelsey Berreth’s fiance Saturday as the search for the missing mom at his home entered a second day. The Woodland Park Police [Read More…]
Family of 7-year-old girl who died while in border patrol custody calls for ‘thorough’ investigation
JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The family of the 7-year-old girl who died while in border patrol custody is calling for a “transparent and neutral investigation” into the circumstances that led to her death, attorneys [Read More…]
‘Yellow vest’ protests in France draw fewer demonstrators, less violence in latest round of weekend demonstrations
ABC News(PARIS) — Protesters from the “yellow vest” movement hit the streets in France for the fifth straight Saturday, but the number of demonstrators was significantly smaller than in previous weekends. There were 33,500 protesters [Read More…]
Utah set to drop blood alcohol limit to .05, making it the strictest in the country
BrianAJackson/iStock(SALT LAKE CITY) — Utah is getting ready to implement the strictest blood-alcohol driving limits in the country. The law, which was passed in March 2017 by Gov. Gary Herbert, will define driving under the [Read More…]