Month: March 2019

Nebraska Farm Bureau launches disaster relief efforts
Flooding on the Elkhorn River in eastern Nebraska (photo courtesy Nebraska Governor’s office) Nebraska Farm Bureau has established a disaster relief fund to aid the state’s farmers, ranchers and rural communities impacted by recent storms [Read More…]

CME futures down, CWT exports surpass 400 million pounds of milk
Milk futures were down and cash dairy prices were unchanged except for butter on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Monday. March Class Three milk was down $.02 at $14.92. April was down $.13 to $14.75. May [Read More…]

2019 Featured Farmers announced for Indiana State Fair
The 2019 Featured Farmers for the Indiana State Fair were announced this morning at the Indiana Statehouse. The program, sponsored by Corteva Agriscience is in its fifth year and helps connect consumers with farmers. Indiana [Read More…]

Indiana celebrates National Ag Day
Today is National Ag Day in Indiana. Indiana’s Family of Farmers, made up of many agricultural organizations in the state, sponsored a celebration today at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Indiana Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch [Read More…]

Flood Warning issued March 18 at 2:18PM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Minnesota…and Iowa… N. Branch Pipestone Creek near Pipestone Floyd River At Alton Ocheyedan River near Everly Waterman Creek near Sutherland

Flood Warning issued March 18 at 2:18PM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Minnesota…and Iowa… N. Branch Pipestone Creek near Pipestone Floyd River At Alton Ocheyedan River near Everly Waterman Creek near Sutherland

Flood Warning issued March 18 at 2:18PM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Minnesota…and Iowa… N. Branch Pipestone Creek near Pipestone Floyd River At Alton Ocheyedan River near Everly Waterman Creek near Sutherland [Read More…]

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vows stricter gun laws in wake of twin mosque massacres that left 50 dead
ABC News(CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand) — New Zealand’s prime minister vowed “our gun laws will change” just three days after a self-described white supremacist allegedly livestreamed his twisted rampage at two mosques in Christchurch in which [Read More…]

Fiance of slain DC jogger Wendy Martinez plans to run Boston Marathon in her honor
Metropolitan Police Department(WASHINGTON) — Newly engaged, with a list of goals that could fill five lifetimes, 35-year-old Wendy Martinez, an ambitious Washington, D.C., woman, was on her after-work run when it all came to an [Read More…]

Georgia woman charged with helping ISIS come up with online ‘kill list’ of Americans
iStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — A 20-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with helping ISIS by posting a “kill list” online that included the names of State Department employees and American soldiers, according to federal prosecutors in the [Read More…]

Shopko announces it’s closing all stores
Shopko today announced that despite the Company’s best efforts, it was unable to find a buyer for its go-forward business as a going concern. As a result, Shopko will commence an orderly wind-down of its [Read More…] [Read More…]

Nebraska’s cattle industry heavily impacted by weather events
Flooded farm near Fremont, Nebraska (photo courtesy Nebraska Governor’s office) Recovery from historic flooding and a violent March blizzard is underway across Nebraska and neighboring states. Pete McClymont, executive vice president of Nebraska Cattlemen, says [Read More…] [Read More…]

Harvard report helps parents emphasize ethics, character during college applications
teekid/iStock(NEW YORK) — After the curtain was pulled back on the allegations of bribery, cheating and deception that has plagued some of the country’s elite universities, a new study from a Harvard University-based group is [Read More…]

Lyft hopes for big boost from upcoming IPO
Lyft(SAN FRANCISCO) — Uber’s top competition is hoping to get a big lift when its stocks hit the trading floor for the first time. Lyft has set its value at up to $23 billion as [Read More…]

China trade deal pushed at least into June
It appears a meeting between President Trump and China’s President Xi might not happen until at least June. Various media outlets report the creation of a possible enforcement system to hold China accountable is a [Read More…] [Read More…]

Ohio senators standing up to Great Lakes Restoration Initiative cuts
Ohio Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman are working together to restore support for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Brown says President Trump’s budget proposes a 90 percent cut of $270 million to the initiative. [Read More…] [Read More…]

Pope Francis leads prayers for peace over hate at the Vatican
Franco Origlia/Getty Images(ROME) — As Pope Francis condemned the mass killing of 50 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques and led a prayer for the victims on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, [Read More…] [Read More…]

New Zealand man, 22, arrested for allegedly distributing video of mosque shootings
ABC News(CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand) — A 22-year-old man from New Zealand has been arrested in connection with distribution of the video recording of Friday’s tragic mosque shootings that killed 50 people. Brenton Tarrant, 28, who [Read More…] [Read More…]

At least three dead in shooting on Netherlands tram
ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN/AFP/Getty Images(UTRECHT, Netherlands) — At least three people are dead and nine others are wounded after a suspect opened fire on a tram Monday morning, local authorities said. Utrecht Mayor Jan van Zanen [Read More…] [Read More…]

At least 3 dead in shooting on Netherlands tram, suspect arrested
ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN/AFP/Getty Images(UTRECHT, Netherlands) — At least three people are dead and five others are wounded after a suspect opened fire on a tram Monday morning, local authorities said. Utrecht Mayor Jan van Zanen [Read More…]