Month: April 2022
UNL Feedlot Innovation Center focuses on sustainability, climate and research
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced plans to develop a $5 million state-of-the-art feedlot that will help improve sustainability in beef production. Clint Krehbiel with UNL says the “Feedlot Innovation Center” will have cattle comfort [Read More…]
Investing in meat exports
Iowa farmer Dean Meyer serves as a district director for the Iowa Corn Growers and is chair-elect for the U.S. Meat Export Federation. He says the corn growers invest in USMEF because beef and pork [Read More…]
Southern Illinois rains could rob top end wheat yields
Excess moisture in the largest winter wheat growing region of Illinois has some farmers concerned about long-term condition of the crop. Lance Panzer of Waltonville tells Brownfield the crop went in well and has had [Read More…]
Fight for Melissa Lucio’s exoneration continues after stay of execution granted
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Melissa Lucio was first sentenced to death in 2008 for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah Alvarez. After nearly 15 years on death row in Texas, Lucio was [Read More…]
2022 Mitchell Kernels football schedule released
The 2022 Mitchell Kernels football schedule has been released, highlighted by five of Mitchell’s nine regular season games at home, including a first time homecoming matchup with Sioux Falls Jefferson. Mitchell is coming off a [Read More…]
Wildfires tear across several states, driven by high winds
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Firefighters across the country are battling multiple wildfires as tinder-dry conditions and high winds whip up flames from Arizona to Florida — including a prairie fire in rural southwestern Nebraska that [Read More…]
Grassland group: Ranchers need a plan to deal with drought
SIOUX FALLS, S.D (AP) — Ranchers say moisture from recent scattered rains are a welcome addition but nowhere near the amount needed to get South Dakota pastures back on track for normal production. The South [Read More…]
‘American Idol’ recap: Luke and Katy win song contest, save 1 contestant from elimination
ABC/Eric McCandless The search for the next American Idol continued Monday night, with a surprising twist. For the first time ever, the show had a judge’s song contest, which meant that Luke Bryan, Katy Perry [Read More…]
Elon Musk to buy Twitter for $44 billion
Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Twitter announced on Monday that Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, is acquiring the social media giant for approximately $44 billion. Per the terms of [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 4/25/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 6, Boston 2 Texas 6, Houston 2 LA Angels 3, Cleveland 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE San Francisco 4, [Read More…]
Supreme Court hears ‘Remain in Mexico’ repeal case
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could have major implications for President Joe Biden’s approach to immigration enforcement at the border, with the [Read More…]
Looming Ohio primary promises early test of Trump’s endorsement power
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — In one week, Ohio voters head to the polls for the Republican Senate midterm primary election that is set to be the first major test of former President Donald [Read More…]
Marjorie Taylor Greene discussed martial law to keep Trump in power, text messages show
John Bazemore-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested in a text message sent three days before Joe Biden was sworn in as president that some of former President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies [Read More…]
Teen’s death after fall from Florida amusement park ride ‘could’ve been prevented,’ family says
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The family of the teenager who died after falling from an amusement park ride in Florida told ABC News’ Good Morning America that his death was preventable. “This could’ve been [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia attempts to encircle Ukrainian positions in east, UK says
Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]
France’s Macron wins reelection, but Le Pen rises, analysts say
Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PARIS) — French President Emmanuel Macron comfortably won a second term in office on Sunday, defeating far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a closely watched runoff election. Final results released [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine updates: Russia ‘already failed’ to achieve war goals, Blinken says
Scott Peterson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian [Read More…]
2022 Elite Eight Boys Athletes of the Year
19th Annual Elite Eight Athletes of the Year Award – Brought to you by: POET and made possible by KORN News Radio, Q107-3 and KORN Country 92-1 Athletes must be a Junior or a Senior, [Read More…]
College track star dies by suicide, family launches foundation in her name
UW Athletics (MADISON, Wisc.) — A family and college community are mourning the loss of a 21-year-old track star at University of Wisconsin-Madison who died by suicide. Sarah Shulze, a cross-country athlete, died on April [Read More…]
Parents of boy killed on Florida amusement park ride file wrongful death lawsuit
Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — The parents of a 14-year-old boy who fell to his death in March from the world’s tallest tower drop ride at a Florida [Read More…]
You must be logged in to post a comment.