Month: September 2019
Bloodhounds find missing Florida boy with special needs in woods
iStock(SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla.) — A boy with special needs was found safe after he went missing in the woods, thanks to some Florida deputies and their bloodhounds. The missing 3-year-old child had unknowingly wandered [Read More…]
Short covering supports corn and wheat
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. No new export sales to China were announced Wednesday and the trade is taking a wait and see attitude towards talks. While no date has been reported, [Read More…]
Cattle futures higher ahead of Friday’s report
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day higher on the potential for higher cash trade this week and position squaring ahead of Friday’s Cattle on Feed report. October live cattle [Read More…]
Bikers line up at girl’s lemonade stand after mom helps save them during crash
iStock(KOKOMO, Ind.) — A group of 30 bikers visited one little girl’s lemonade stand as a long-awaited thank you to her mom. The Milwaukee Iron motorcycle group of Kokomo, Indiana, lined up at 8-year-old Bryanne’s [Read More…]
Former high school principal arrested for his wife’s murder after reporting her missing: Police
iStock(SUMMERVILLE, S.C) — A former high school principal in South Carolina has been arrested for his wife’s murder, authorities said. James Yarborough called 911 to report his wife missing on Tuesday, said police in Summerville, [Read More…]
Health care, tech industries dominate Glassdoor’s ranking of highest-paying jobs
iStock(NEW YORK) — Tech and health care industries dominated Glassdoor’s annual breakdown of the highest-paying jobs and companies in the U.S. in 2019. The top four highest-paying jobs on the list are all related to [Read More…]
The US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, here’s what that means for you
traveler1116/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point Wednesday, which will directly affect people’s mortgages, car payments and the economy in general. “If you think about what [Read More…]
NCBA names Woodall CEO
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has named Colin Woodall as its next Chief Executive Officer. Woodall has been with the organization since 2004 and has most recently served as the vice president, government affairs. In [Read More…]
Weekly ethanol production lowest since April
U.S. ethanol production hit multi-month lows last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.003 million barrels a day, down 20,000 on the week for the lowest average since early April, as the [Read More…]
Merriam-Webster adds ‘they’ as nonbinary pronoun to dictionary
tacojim/iStock(SPRINGFIELD, Mass.) — Merriam-Webster has added another definition for the word “they” that can be used to refer to a single person whose gender identity is nonbinary, or someone who expresses a gender identity that [Read More…]
GM no longer paying for striking workers’ health insurance as negotiations enter 3rd day
wellesenterprises/iStock(DETROIT) — General Motors is no longer paying the health care costs for the tens of thousands of auto workers who went on strike on Monday, shifting the costs instead to a union fund. More [Read More…]
New Mexico announces plan to offer free college tuition to state residents
malerapaso/iStock(SANTA FE, N.M.) — New Mexico is hoping to make college tuition free for all state residents looking to attend its public institutions in the first plan of its kind in the U.S., the governor [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued September 18 at 9:51AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Iowa… Nebraska…South Dakota… Missouri River At South Sioux City East Fork Vermillion River Near Parker …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued September 18 at 9:51AM MDT until September 21 at 4:00AM MDT by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Iowa… Nebraska…South Dakota… Missouri River At South Sioux City East Fork Vermillion River Near Parker …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South [Read More…]
Tennessee police officer grabs bridge jumper at the last second to save his life
Knox County Sheriffs Office(KNOX COUNTY, Tenn.) — A quick thinking police officer with even quicker reflexes saved the life of a man attempting to jump off of a bridge while police were speaking with him [Read More…]
Amber Alert issued for 5-year-old New Jersey girl who police say was lured into a van
An Amber Alert has been issued for Dulce Maria Alavez, 5, in Bridgeton, N.J. – (Bridgeton Police Department)(BRIDGETON, N.J.) — A statewide Amber Alert has been issued in New Jersey for a missing 5-year-old girl [Read More…]
A weed control system that works
2019 has been one of the most challenging weed control years for farmers to date. In this Managing for Profit, Ryan Rubischko, US soy portfolio lead for Bayer Crop Science shares how the Roundup Xtend [Read More…]
The US Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates, here’s what that means for you
traveler1116/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates Wednesday, which will directly affect people’s mortgages, car payments and the economy in general. “If you think about what the Fed does, it [Read More…]
Iowa mother wants to press charges after video shows her son with special needs being beaten up
Drew Bloksberg/iStock(MUSCASTINE, Iowa) — An Iowa mother is looking to press charges after her son with special needs was beaten up in the hallway of his high school. Vicky Zhan is working with school resource [Read More…]
Favorable warmth to yield to rains across the Heartland
High pressure building southward from eastern Canada will maintain mostly sunny skies across the eastern third of the nation while deflecting Hurricane Humberto out to sea. The high will bring below-normal temperatures to the East [Read More…]