Month: March 2019

Flood Warning issued March 21 at 12:52PM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Iowa… Nebraska…South Dakota… Big Sioux River At Sioux City Rock River At Rock Valley …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Iowa…Minnesota…

Preparing for a busy spring
An Indiana-based Asgrow/DEKALB agronomist says farmers will need to catch up on fieldwork this spring. Dave Colbert says many farmers were unable to finish fieldwork this fall because of cold and wet conditions. “When mother [Read More…]

Comment period for E15 rule underway
The EPA has given stakeholders a little more than a month to weigh in on the proposed rule that would allow year-round sales of E15. The proposal is being published in the Federal Register today, [Read More…]

Weather puts some planting decisions in flux
An agronomist says planting intentions are in flux for much of the Upper Midwest because of ongoing weather challenges. Todd Landsman, territory sales manager for Arysta LifeScience in South Dakota and parts of Minnesota says [Read More…]

Navigating the ongoing volatility in the pork market
Hog markets are anything but stable right now and a livestock economist says that’s likely to continue. In this Managing for Profit, Scott Brown outlines how China will continue to play a role in the [Read More…]

NREC funds saturated buffer research
Research is being done in Illinois to compare the benefits of two different saturated buffer systems used to reduce nutrient loss and increase soil saturation. “A standard system compared to one we are calling the [Read More…]

Father, daughter to face murder charges in killing initially blamed on panhandlers
Baltimore Police Dept.(BALTIMORE) — A father and daughter who allegedly fabricated a story of a panhandler stabbing his wife to death when she gave them money were extradited to Baltimore early Thursday to face murder [Read More…]

FBI joins Boeing 737 MAX 8 criminal investigation as new questions about pilot training emerge
Yin Liqin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The FBI is joining a criminal investigation to look into the certification of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, as new details from last year’s Lion Air crash [Read More…]

Facebook’s Oculus launches new virtual reality headset and console
Facebook(SAN FRANCISCO) — Facebook unveiled new virtual reality devices on Wednesday, the latest in the company’s efforts to take the technology to the mass market. Oculus, the virtual reality (VR) company Facebook acquired in 2014, [Read More…]

Three killed when car crashes into New Orleans beauty salon, authorities say
New Orleans Fire Department(NEW ORLEANS) — At least three people were killed in New Orleans on Wednesday night when a vehicle crashed into a beauty salon, engulfing the car and building in flames, authorities said. [Read More…]

Heavy rain to fall during both commutes in Northeast; flooding worsens in Plains
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A coastal storm is forming near the North Carolina coast and is expected to move up the coast Thursday into Friday. The nor’easter will bring heavy rain, damaging winds and heavy [Read More…]

Passenger sues Royal Caribbean after 20-foot fall on bungee attraction
Obtained by ABC News(MIAMI) — A passenger is suing Royal Caribbean for $75,000 over injuries sustained in a bungee trampoline accident on the company’s Mariner of the Seas cruise ship. Casey Holladay, 26, said he [Read More…]

Powerball jackpot climbs to $625 million as no one wins again
LPETTET/iStock(NEW YORK) — The largest Powerball jackpot of the year rose to over half a billion dollars on Wednesday. But if you were hoping to take it home, you’ll have to wait another few days. [Read More…]

Tropical cyclone leaves parts of Mozambique under water, kills over 200
Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images(LONDON) — Mozambique’s president declared three days of national mourning on Wednesday as the southeast African country struggles to recover from a powerful cyclone that has claimed dozens of lives, submerged villages and [Read More…]

US airstrikes in Somalia killed civilians, despite military’s denials: Report
pawel.gaul/iStock(NEW YORK) — A new report finds that a small number of U.S. airstrikes in Somalia killed 14 civilians and injured eight, despite assurances from the U.S. military that its strikes have caused no civilian [Read More…]

UK democracy ‘all but dead,’ Donald Trump Jr. writes on Brexit
MicroStockHub/iStock(NEW YORK) — Donald Trump Jr. has weighed into the political battle over the United Kingdom’s looming departure from the European Union, writing that Prime Minister Theresa May “should have followed my father’s advice.” In [Read More…]

EU, Canada to review Boeing software fixes themselves after Ethiopia Airlines crash
the_guitar_mann/iStock(NEW YORK) — The fallout from the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash continues to be felt as the European Union announced Tuesday that they will not allow any Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to fly in their [Read More…]

YouTube star arrested for allegedly abusing seven adoptive children
v777999/iStock(MARICOPA, Ariz.) — A YouTube star is accused of physically abusing her seven adoptive children, who told authorities they were pepper-sprayed, beaten and deprived of food and water if they didn’t participate in her videos. [Read More…]

New Zealand prime minister announces ban of all assault rifles after mosque shooting massacre
Igor Ilnitckii/iStock(WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — New Zealand’s prime minister announced that assault rifles, such as the ones used last Friday in the massacre at two mosques in Christchurch, will be banned from the country once [Read More…]

Harvard sued for ‘shamelessly’ profiting from images of slaves, claim says
Roman Babakin/iStock(BOSTON) — A Connecticut woman filed a lawsuit against Harvard University on Wednesday, claiming it has “shamelessly” profited from images of two 19th-century slaves and ignored requests to turn the images over to the [Read More…]