Month: April 2019
Flood Warning issued April 15 at 9:36AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Iowa… Ocheyedan River Near Spencer …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Nebraska…Iowa…Minnesota… Firesteel Creek Near Mount Vernon East Fork Vermillion River [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued April 15 at 9:36AM MDT until April 24 at 4:00PM MDT by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Iowa… Ocheyedan River Near Spencer …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Nebraska…Iowa…Minnesota… Firesteel Creek Near Mount Vernon East Fork Vermillion River [Read More…]
Hearing on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ flood management
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Ken Anderson will be on the ground in Glenwood, Iowa on April 17 to cover a Hearing on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ flood management, sponsored by the EPW Committee of the U.S. [Read More…]
Food safety seminar with Mindy Brashears of USDA-FSIS, sponsored by UNL
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Ken Anderson is on the ground in Lincoln, Nebraska April 15 for a Food safety seminar with Mindy Brashears of USDA-FSIS, sponsored by University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Continue reading Food safety seminar with [Read More…]
U.S.-China trade talks could be nearing final round
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he is hopeful the U.S. and China could be nearing a final round of trade talks. Mnuchin told reporters this weekend that the main sticking point – enforceability – was [Read More…]
Farmers for Free Trade Motorcade for Trade stops in Indiana Brownfield
Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will be on the ground in Romney, IN Wednesday, April 17 when the Farmers for Free Trade Motorcade for Trade stops in Indiana. Continue reading Farmers for Free Trade Motorcade for Trade [Read More…]
More farmers, fewer farms
The USDA has released the results of the 2017 Ag Census which show while the number of farms is declining slightly, the number of producers is increasing. In 2017, there were 3.4 million producers, up [Read More…]
Actress Lori Loughlin intends to plead not guilty to charges stemming from college entrance scam
Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) — Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband intend to plead not guilty to charges stemming from a nationwide college entrance cheating scandal, according to a document filed Monday [Read More…]
Fla. man who pleaded guilty to mailing 16 package bombs tells judge devices were ‘not ever meant to work’
Zolnierek/iStock(NEW YORK) — Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man who pleaded guilty to mailing 16 package bombs to critics of President Trump, is due back in federal court in Manhattan Monday after he claimed certain things [Read More…]
President of Ecuador accuses Julian Assange of using embassy as a ‘center for spying’ as new footage emerges of his life inside
Jack Taylor/Getty Images(LONDON) — The president of Ecuador has claimed that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange used the London embassy that was his home for seven years as a “center for spying,” as new footage emerged [Read More…]
Parents of slain college student speak out on ride-sharing safety
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The parents of a University of South Carolina student who mistook her alleged killer’s car for an Uber spoke out Monday to recommend changes in the ride-sharing industry so no one [Read More…]
Mom tries five digital photo book services: Here’s how they compared
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Remember photo albums — books with clear plastic pockets that held your favorite photos to keep track of memories and memorialize a year of your life? We don’t do that much [Read More…]
US and Japan to begin trade talks today
Preliminary trade negotiations between the US and Japan are scheduled to begin today. Japan is the largest value market for US beef and pork and US Meat Export Federation president and CEO Dan Halstrom says [Read More…]
Amazon takes on the music industry
Amazon(NEW YORK) — Amazon is said to be taking on Spotify and Pandora. According to reports, the online retail giant plans to launch a free music service exclusively for its Echo devices. Music is currently [Read More…]
Suspect in Mar-a-Lago security incident due in court
ablokhin/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Chinese woman at the center of a recent security breach at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago country club is expected back in a Florida federal court Monday for a second pre-trial detention hearing. [Read More…]
Severe Northeast weather winding down as South readies for new storm
ABC News(NEW YORK) — At least 21 tornadoes were recorded across Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Ohio over the weekend as a severe weather outbreak killed at least eight. On the northern side of the [Read More…]
Sheriff’s deputy in Washington state shot, killed while responding to a disabled vehicle
KOMO-TV(SEATTLE) — A sheriff’s deputy in Washington state has died after he was shot and killed while responding to a disabled vehicle blocking the road. Cowlitz County deputy Justin DeRosier was dispatched to Fallert Road [Read More…]
KORN News Radio captures two regional broadcast journalism honors
For the second year in a row KORN News Radio earned the First-Place Eric Sevareid award for 2018’s best small market radio newscast. The Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association presented the honor at the conclusion of [Read More…]
‘World’s most dangerous bird’ kills 75-year-old man in Florida: Officials
iStock/bendenhartog(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — A 75-year-old man was attacked and killed by a large exotic bird he kept as a pet on his property in Florida, known to experts as the “world’s most dangerous bird,” authorities [Read More…]
Facebook’s Oculus ships VR controllers with creepy hidden messages: ‘Big Brother is Watching’
Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tens of thousands of Oculus Touch controllers are delivering a little bit more than virtual reality. The handheld devices from the Facebook-owned VR company are being shipped to [Read More…]