Month: December 2021
Ag News
A more typical December feel across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, rain showers stretch from the lower Great Lakes region into the Ohio Valley, where a few producers have been unable to complete corn and soybean harvests. Meanwhile, cold, breezy weather prevails [Read More…]
Ag News
Crop insurance decisions begin with cost of production in mind
A crop insurance specialist encourages farmers to start with cost of production when making risk management decisions for 2022. Tom Timko with Compeer Financial says the numbers have changed a lot in the past year. [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures up on cash optimism
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were higher, optimistic about this week’s widespread direct cash business. Feeders did see occasional support from corn, which was down for much of the session, but closed [Read More…]
ABC Health News
With so many unknowns about omicron, when will we have answers?
iStock/georgeclerk (NEW YORK) — The latest COVID-19 variant of concern, omicron, first reported to the World Health Organization from South Africa last week — and now detected throughout the U.S. — continues to worry many [Read More…]
ABC Health News
As delta continues to surge in Pennsylvania, hospital officials urge vaccination
iStock/Geber86 (PENNSYLVANIA) — Omicron has been making headlines as cases of the new COVID-19 variant continue to be detected in the United States. While the strain is concerning, health officials are heeding that delta continues to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Florida Tech student fatally shot in armed confrontation with officers, police say
iStock/tillsonburg (FLORIDA) — A Florida Institute of Technology student who was reportedly wielding a knife at students on campus was fatally shot by officers Friday night, authorities said. Police officers and school security responded shortly before [Read More…]
ABC National News
Member of ‘Jena Six’ speaks out on race and the justice system 15 years later
Getty/Bloomberg (LOUISIANA) — Bryant Purvis was just 17 when he became a part of the “Jena Six.” He and five other Black teens were accused and later convicted of attacking a white student at a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect plead not guilty, held on $500K bond each
Getty/Scott Olson (MICHIGAN) — The parents charged in connection with this week’s deadly shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan each pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter Saturday in their first hearing since [Read More…]
Weather
Wind Advisory issued December 05 at 2:00AM MST until December 05 at 8:00PM MST by NWS
…WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE…Portions of east central and southeast [Read More…]
Latest News
Permitting process for medical marijuana underway in SD
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Health is beginning to issue medical marijuana cards, but officials say it could be months before dispensaries will have anything to sell. Municipalities across the state [Read More…]
Latest News
South Dakota woman sentenced in 1981 death of infant son
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota judge on Thursday sentenced a woman to 10 years in the state prison system for her infant son’s 1981 death that went unsolved for decades. Judge Bradley [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Halle Berry praises H.E.R.; ‘Harlem’ debuts starring Megan Good; and more
Netflix Bruised director and star Halle Berry recruited H.E.R. for the film’s all-female soundtrack, and the Oscar- and Grammy-winning music artist delivered the powerful track “Automatic Woman,” inspired by Halle’s character, Jackie Justice, who stops at nothing until she emerges [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“Hello, Sidney…” Paramount releases new promo pics starring the ‘Scream’ series’ original survivors
Paramount Pictures Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox are featured in a trio of new posters for the upcoming fifth film in the Scream series. The faces of Campbell’s Sidney Prescott, Arquette’s Dewey Riley, and Cox’s Gale [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Scarlett Johansson out, Ana de Armas in, opposite Chris Evans in Apple TV+ film ‘Ghosted’
de Armas in “No Time To Die” — © 2021 DANJAQ, LLC AND MGM/Nicola Dove Scarlett Johansson won’t be teaming up with her longtime friend and fellow Avenger Chris Evans in Ghosted after all. Apple TV+ has announced that newly [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Saddle up with the action-packed new trailer to ‘Yellowstone’ prequel series ‘1883’
Paramount+ “The Road West Was Paved with Blood,” reads a title card in the new trailer of Yellowstone‘s prequel series 1883 — and there’s plenty of the red stuff to go around. As previously reported, real-life husband and wife Tim McGraw and Faith [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
New ‘Peacemaker’ trailer shows that John Cena’s vigilante character has daddy issues, too
HBO Max (NOTE LANGUAGE) HBO Max has released a new trailer to its upcoming spin-off of The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, and in it, John Cena‘s over-the-top anti-hero shows off a vulnerable side. Not only is Cena’s titular character apparently having second [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Biden speaks to ‘incredible news’ inside sluggish November jobs report
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the heels of a sluggish November jobs report, President Joe Biden on Friday touted the country’s employment landscape as improving despite there being fewer jobs added last month than [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Facebook ‘failing’ to tackle COVID-19 misinformation posted by prominent anti-vaccine group, study claims
Charday Penn/iStock (NEW YORK) — At least until June 2021, Facebook had significant gaps in its efforts to tackle COVID-19 misinformation from one of the most prominent anti-vaccine groups in the world, according to a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Amy Coney Barrett raises adoption in abortion case hearing that poses challenge to Roe v. Wade
Bill Clark/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a headline-making line of questioning came from the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What is known about the omicron variant that’s arrived in the US
narvikk/iStock (NEW YORK) — As health officials expected, the United States has now confirmed several cases of the omicron variant, which was first identified in Botswana and has since been detected in at least 35 [Read More…]
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