Month: June 2022

ABC News (COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho) — Police in a small Idaho city arrested 31 people allegedly affiliated with a white nationalist group near a Pride parade, authorities announced on Saturday. People associated with the group [Read More…]

Ag News

Consumers’ buying habits in times of higher prices

June 13, 2022 nedvedmedia

Retail prices for beef and pork are well above year-ago levels. In fact, for beef, they’re up more than 10% year-over-year and for pork, they’re up more than 11% from 2021. University of Missouri livestock [Read More…]

75th Annual Tony Awards: The Winners

Mary Kouw/CBS The 75th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Ariana DeBose, were handed out Sunday at Radio City Music Hall and carried live on CBS. Here’s the complete list of winners. Best PlayThe Lehman Trilogy Best [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 6/12/22

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE NY Yankees 18, Chicago Cubs 4 Houston 9, Miami 4 NY Mets 4, LA Angels 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Lines form outside rebranded Moscow McDonald’s

YURI KADOBNOV/AFP 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 the [Read More…]

Ag News

Smithfield to close California processing plant

June 13, 2022 nedvedmedia

Smithfield Foods says it’s closing its only California hog processing plant due to the rising cost of doing business in the state. Smithfield vice president of corporate affairs Jim Monroe tells Brownfield, “Certainly, higher taxes, [Read More…]

Ag News

Pork producer profit margins thinning

June 13, 2022 nedvedmedia

Pig farmers have seen a sustained period of strong market prices, but also an ongoing stretch of higher input costs. Livestock economist Dr. Steve Meyer with Partners for Production Agriculture says while the market outlook [Read More…]

Weather

Heat Advisory issued June 13 at 2:08AM MDT until June 13 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS

…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Heat index values of 100 to 107 expected. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast [Read More…]

Weather

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 13 at 12:07AM MDT until June 13 at 1:00AM MDT by NWS

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Davison County in southeastern South Dakota… Southern Sanborn County in east central South Dakota… Miner County in east central South [Read More…]

Weather

Tornado Warning issued June 12 at 11:55PM MDT until June 13 at 12:15AM MDT by NWS

…A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAVISON AND SOUTHEASTERN AURORA COUNTIES… At 1255 AM CDT, a severe squall line capable of producing both tornadoes and extensive straight line wind [Read More…]

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Severe Weather Statement issued June 12 at 11:55PM MDT until June 13 at 2:00AM MDT by NWS

…A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAVISON AND SOUTHEASTERN AURORA COUNTIES… At 1255 AM CDT, a severe squall line capable of producing both tornadoes and extensive straight line wind [Read More…]

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 12 at 11:53PM MDT until June 13 at 12:30AM MDT by NWS

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR WESTERN DAVISON…AURORA…NORTHEASTERN CHARLES MIX…DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEASTERN BRULE COUNTIES… At 1252 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Plankinton to [Read More…]

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Heat Advisory issued June 12 at 8:33PM MDT until June 13 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS

June 12, 2022 J.P. Skelly

…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY… * WHAT…Heat index values up to 104 expected. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast South Dakota, northeast Nebraska [Read More…]

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 12 at 7:37PM MDT until June 13 at 2:00AM MDT by NWS

June 12, 2022 J.P. Skelly

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 353 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SD . SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE AURORA BEADLE BENNETT BRULE BUFFALO CHARLES MIX

Senate group agrees on broad outline of new gun law after Uvalde shooting

Nathan Howard / Stringer / Getty (WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced an agreement had been reached — though in principle only — on new legislation meant to address the country’s [Read More…]

DOJ should investigate Trump for possible crimes in election plot, Rep. Schiff says

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice should investigate “any allegation of criminal activity” against former President Donald Trump and his allies raised by the House’s Jan. 6 select committee in its public hearings [Read More…]

Sarah Palin advances — over Santa Claus — in crowded primary for Alaska House seat

Kris Connor / Stringer / Getty (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — Sarah Palin got one step closer this weekend to a return to national politics when she successfully advanced through the crowded statewide primary for the special [Read More…]

At least 3 dead, 23 injured as wave of weekend mass shootings in US continues

ABC News (NEW YORK) — At least six mass shootings have occurred across the country since Friday night, making this the fourth consecutive weekend in which U.S. law enforcement officers have responded to multiple incidents [Read More…]

More than 60 million in US experiencing temperatures over 100 degrees

chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (FURNACE CREEK, Calif.) — Tens of millions of residents in the Southwestern U.S. are experiencing dangerous heat, with triple-digit temperatures blanketing much of the region. The most brutal heat is concentrated over [Read More…]

31 arrested with shields, riot gear near Pride parade in Idaho