Month: July 2022
China targeted Fed employees for almost a decade, GOP Senate report says; chairman pushes back
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A report released Tuesday by Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee says that China targeted the Federal Reserve for nearly 10 years, working to recruit [Read More…]
Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous community in Canada over church’s role in boarding school abuse
Cole Burston/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pope Francis offered a long-sought apology to the Indigenous community in Canada on Monday over the Catholic church’s role in the generational abuse they suffered at Indigenous residential schools [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine updates: Russia missile strike on Odesa jeopardizes deal to lift grain blockade
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency 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…]
CME milk futures and cash dairy closed lower Wednesday
Milk futures and cash dairy prices were mostly down on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Wednesday. July Class III milk was up $0.01 at $22.51. August closed down $0.50 at $20.67. September closed down $0.42 at [Read More…]
Michigan Master Farmer credits irrigation for diverse rotation
A central Michigan farmer says he’s a firm believer in irrigation on his sandy soils. Fourth-generation farmer Greg McCarthy of Edmore was the first one in his family to grow potatoes in the early ‘80s. [Read More…]
Ethanol production down, supply tighter
U.S. ethanol production and stocks moved lower last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.021 million barrels a day, down 13,000 on the week, but up 7,000 on the year. Plant margins [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued July 27 at 8:31AM MDT until August 03 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River near Mitchell affecting Davison and Hanson Counties. James River near Forestburg affecting Sanborn County. James River at Huron affecting Beadle County. …FLOOD [Read More…]
Luis Urías hits walk-off sac fly, Brewers nip Twins 7-6
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers have displayed a flair for the dramatic ever since returning from the All-Star break. Luis Urías delivered a game-ending sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to bring home Andrew McCutchen [Read More…]
Vikings ‘old guy’ Harrison Smith feeling spry in season 11
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Harrison Smith caught himself recently, like a play-action fake that got him going the wrong way, when an acquaintance asked him his age. The longest-tenured player on the Minnesota Vikings and [Read More…]
Federal court denies Noem’s Mount Rushmore fireworks appeal
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal from South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in her lawsuit that attempted to overturn the National Park Service’s denial of the state’s [Read More…]
Rapid City police fatally shoot man outside casino
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City officers have fatally shot a man with a gun outside a casino, police officials said. According to Rapid City Police Chief Don Hedrick, the shooting happened shortly after [Read More…]
You didn’t win Mega Millions. Here’s when you can go for $1B
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers Tuesday night and won the top prize. The new estimated jackpot for Friday’s [Read More…]
North Dakota abortion clinic prepares for likely final day
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s only abortion clinic is preparing for what could be its final day of performing procedures, with a trigger ban due to take effect Thursday that will likely force patients [Read More…]
Bold, aggressive Big Ten leaves door open for more expansion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren talked Tuesday about the conference being bold and aggressive as college sports goes through a period of sweeping change, and he left the door open for more [Read More…]
Two fatal fires in Sioux Falls under investigation
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two fatal fires in Sioux Falls are under investigation. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says a 30-year-old man died in one of the weekend fires while three others in the mobile [Read More…]
Bitzero to buy old North Dakota missile site for data center
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A crypto mining company plans to redevelop a northeastern North Dakota anti-ballistic missile site abandoned in the 1970s into data center that may be used for the mining of bitcoin and [Read More…]
Is $810 million worth a $2 Mega Millions ticket? It depends
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is $810 million worth $2? That’s a good question, given it costs $2 to buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket that could pay off with an estimated $810 million prize [Read More…]
Vikings sign Booth, Ingram, finish rookie deals before camp
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings signed rookies Andrew Booth Jr. and Ed Ingram to complete their draft-class contracts Sunday as players began to report to training camp. Booth, a cornerback, was a second-round [Read More…]
Tim Giago, trailblazing Native American journalist, dies
Tim Giago, the founder of the first independently owned Native American newspaper in the United States, has died at age 88, his former wife said. Giago, who died at Monument Health in Rapid City, South [Read More…]
Big Papi a big hit at his Baseball Hall of Fame induction
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — David Ortiz promised to speak from the heart. As usual, Big Papi delivered. His megawatt smile tinged with a tad of emotion, the former Boston Red Sox slugger was inducted into [Read More…]
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