Month: October 2019
Pope Francis calls for better nutrition access on UN World Food Day
DorSteffen/iStock(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis highlighted nutrition inequality on the U.N.’s World Food Day, pointing out that rich countries and poor countries suffer from obesity for different reasons. “It is a cruel, unjust and paradoxical [Read More…]
Mitchell Police are seeking information on recent vehicle thefts
Between the hours of 8:45 PM on October 14th and 6:52 AM on October 15th a 2006 Silver Dodge Ram was stolen from the 1000 block of East 2nd, Avenue in Mitchell. The vehicle was [Read More…]
Managing weeds after a challenging 2019
2019 has been one of the most challenging planting and growing seasons for farmers, yet. In this Managing for Profit, Bayer crop protection lead Ty Witten talks about ways growers can best manage weeds this [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued October 16 at 9:20AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Nebraska…South Dakota… Missouri River Near Greenwood Missouri River Near Verdel Missouri River At Niobrara Missouri River At Springfield
Students tackle gunman at California high school, police say
aijohn784/iStock(LA HABRA, Calif.) — Students at a California high school tackled a gunman and managed to take his weapon from him after brandishing it at the school, police said. La Habra High School went on [Read More…]
‘I like killing people’: Man accused of killing 3 allegedly said he ‘wants to be a serial killer’
Polk County Sheriffs Office(POLK COUNTY, Fla.) — A man accused of slaying three people across two states allegedly told a victim who survived he wanted to be a serial killer. “I like killing people,” Stanley [Read More…]
Prince William and Kate follow in Princess Diana’s footsteps in mountains of Pakistan
KeithBinns/iStock(ISLAMABAD) — Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, spent day three of their five-day tour of Pakistan visiting the country’s mountainside to talk about climate change. William and Kate visited Chitral [Read More…]
Coupon queen: How one woman is using TikTok to share tips on couponing
mphillips007/iStock(NEW YORK) — What do TikTok and couponing have in common? For Katie Swanson, TikTok has become a platform to offer lessons on how to save a few bucks on store purchases. “I was very [Read More…]
Meet the woman behind Jeep’s new pickup truck, the Gladiator
FCA(NEW YORK) — Elizabeth Krear was just beginning her career at Chrysler when the Detroit automaker decided to cease production of its Jeep Comanche truck in 1992. Now, both Krear and Jeep are forever entwined: [Read More…]
Hong Kong’s leader heckled, annual policy speech disrupted
sezer ozger/iStock(HONG KONG) — All eyes were on Hong Kong’s Legislative Council Wednesday morning where the island’s embattled leader Carrie Lam was scheduled to deliver her annual policy speech. Outside Hong Kong’s Government complex, armed [Read More…]
DC sniper asks Supreme Court to invalidate juvenile life sentences for murders
YinYang/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the two “D.C. snipers” whose murderous seven-week rampage terrorized the nation’s capital region in 2002, wants a chance at getting his life back. Malvo, who is serving life [Read More…]
Officer presumed murdered instead fatally shot himself in garage, police say
amphotora/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A manhunt spawned by the death of an on-duty police officer, including a SWAT team and highway closures, has been suspended after the medical examiner’s office on Tuesday ruled that he had died [Read More…]
NCGA not pleased with EPA biofuels proposal
The National Corn Growers Association’s 1st Vice President says the EPA biofuels blending proposal released Tuesday is not what they were hoping for. John Linder tells Brownfield the EPA didn’t deliver what President Trump promised. [Read More…]
Wisconsin crops, harvesting slowed by cold, wet weather
Some Wisconsin farmers finished some fieldwork ahead of the cold and wet weekend weather. USDA reporters say there were four days suitable for fieldwork last week. Forty-one percent of the state reported surplus topsoil and [Read More…]
US demonstrates ‘show of force’ after Turkish militia gets too close to base
Christopher Drzazgows/U.S. Air Forces(WASHINGTON) — American F-15s and Apache helicopters carried out a “show of force” in Syria on Tuesday after Turkish-backed militia fighters “came very close” to a U.S. base, according to a U.S. [Read More…]
Three Leopold finalists are conservation practice early adopters
Three finalists have been named for the 2019 Leopold Conservation Award in Missouri. Tom Steever spoke with Ashley McCarty, Executive Director, Missouri Farmers Care, who says what the finalists – Brinker Farms, Oetting Homestead Farms [Read More…]
Illinois soybean harvest passes the one-quarter mark
Soybean harvest in Illinois is more than one-quarter complete. As of Sunday, 27% of the crop was harvested up 15 percentage points from the previous week. The USDA rates Illinois soybeans 43% good to excellent. [Read More…]
South Dakota soybean harvest 44 percentage points behind normal
South Dakota corn is 67 percent good to excellent. The crop is 53 percent mature, well behind the 90 percent average. Five percent of South Dakota corn is harvested. Nineteen percent is normal. Soybeans are [Read More…]
Low test weights could drag down corn yields this fall
Low test weights could be a real drag on corn yields this fall. University of Minnesota Extension crops educator Dave Nicolai says premature development is likely in areas that experienced spring planting delays and a [Read More…]
Authorities release sketch of ‘possible witness’ in case of missing 5-year-old
New Jersey State Police(NEW YORK) — Authorities released a sketch on Tuesday of a man they believe may have information on 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez, whose disappearance nearly a month ago from a New Jersey [Read More…]