Month: December 2021

iStock/ChiccoDodiFC (NEW YORK) — Police investigating the mysterious Delphi, Indiana, murders are looking for the person who, they said, created fake Snapchat and Instagram profiles, posed as a wealthy male model and contacted underage girls. [Read More…]

Football player, 16, slain in Michigan school shooting to be mourned at funeral

diephosi/iStock (OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich.) — Family and friends are gathering Tuesday to remember 16-year-old football player Tate Myre, who was killed one week ago in a shooting at his Michigan high school. Myre, a junior, [Read More…]

Four family members dead after small plane crashes in California

MattGush/iStock (VISALIA, Calif.) — All four people on board a small plane that crashed in California Saturday are dead, according to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office. They were all related. It is unknown what led [Read More…]

Biden confronts Putin over Ukraine in high-stakes meeting

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video meeting on Tuesday that the United States “would respond with strong economic and other measures [Read More…]

US announces diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics in China over human rights

Hou Yu/China News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States will not send an official delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the White House announced Monday, citing China’s human rights record. [Read More…]

Ag News

Two things have led to some Christmas tree shortages

A University of Wisconsin Extension expert and forestry businessman says there are areas experiencing a shortage of Christmas trees. Jeremy Solin tells Brownfield there are a couple of reasons, including fewer producers as many of [Read More…]

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Biden to talk infrastructure law in KC MO

President Biden is in Kansas City, Missouri Wednesday to talk about how the new infrastructure law will help people in all walks of life. In an interview with Brownfield Ag News, Mitch Landrieu, Biden’s infrastructure [Read More…]

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Biofuels groups give EPA RFS proposal mixed reviews

Renewable fuels groups have mixed reviews on EPA’s biofuels program updates. Renewable Fuels Association president Geoff Cooper calls the series of proposals a modest step in the right direction. “The EPA has proposed to get [Read More…]

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Global Dairy Trade index up again Tuesday

The Global Dairy Trade index rose 1.4% in Tuesday trading. The average price was $4,290 per ton or $1.94 per pound. All dairy product prices went up in the trading session except sweet whey powder, [Read More…]

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Vilsack declares disaster for some Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota counties after May freeze

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack says parts of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota qualify for much-needed emergency credit because of natural disasters. A Secretarial natural disaster designation was given to seven Wisconsin counties because of freezing temperatures [Read More…]

South Dakota Preseason High School Basketball Poll 2021-22

The South Dakota high school basketball media preps preseason poll for the 2021-22 season was released on Monday. Teams are ranked by points received and first-place votes are in parentheses. Boys basketball Class AA 1. [Read More…]

End of an era: Germany’s Merkel bows out after 16 years

BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany’s first female chancellor on Nov. 22, 2005. Over the next 16 years, she was credited [Read More…]

Survivors gather to remember those lost at Pearl Harbor

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A few dozen survivors of Pearl Harbor are expected to gather Tuesday at the site of the Japanese bombing 80 years ago to remember those killed in the attack that [Read More…]

Biden to warn Putin of economic pain if he invades Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ready to warn Vladimir Putin during a video call Tuesday that Russia will face economy-jarring sanctions if it invades neighboring Ukraine as Biden seeks a diplomatic solution to [Read More…]

O’Neil, Miñoso, Hodges, Kaat, Oliva, Fowler get baseball HOF

Buck O’Neil never uttered a single word of bitterness or regret about not being elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Till the end, he urged those who loved and rooted for him to do [Read More…]

US plans diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing t o protest Chinese human rights abuses, the White House confirmed Monday, a move that China has vowed to greet [Read More…]

Heisman finalists: Young, Hutchinson, Pickett, Stroud