Month: October 2022
ABC Politics News
How Natural Disasters Can Change A Politician
Miami Herald/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In September 2017, Hurricane Irma swept across the southern tip of Florida, swamping what was then the state’s 26th Congressional District. The following July, that district’s Republican representative, Carlos Curbelo, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Government shutdown averted after House, Senate pass funding bill
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bill to avert a federal government shutdown passed the House on Friday, just hours before the midnight deadline. The House voted 230-201 to pass the stopgap legislation, which will [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hurricane Ian live updates: Life-threatening surge predicted for Carolinas
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ian has regained Category 1 strength with winds at 85 mph as it heads toward South Carolina. The system had weakened to a tropical storm as it moved over central [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dozens of deaths reported after Hurricane Ian slams into Florida, 4 dead in North Carolina
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NORTH CAROLINA) — At least 52 people in Florida have died due to Hurricane Ian, according to local officials. Four people were also reported dead due to the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Notre Dame restoration on track to be completed by 5th anniversary of tragic fire
Anna Rabemanantsoa/ABC News (PARIS) — The restoration work inside Notre Dame cathedral is ramping up. Less than two years before the grand reopening, Notre Dame’s exceptional stained glass windows and paintings, which were spared by [Read More…]
ABC World News
US military medical teams try new approach in Central America
Tech. Sgt. Joshua Smoot/U.S. Air Force (CENTRAL AMERICA) — U.S. military medical teams have carried out medical missions in Central America for decades, but a recently completed mission to Honduras and Guatemala may set a new [Read More…]
ABC World News
Biden slaps new sanctions on Russia after Putin annexes parts of Ukraine
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For months, the U.S. has warned that the Kremlin would move to annex occupied areas of Ukraine. But now that Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday has certified the annexation of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin formally annexes occupied Ukrainian regions
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Image (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of [Read More…]
Ag News
Archery season opens in Iowa
Thousands of hunters will be heading to the woods in Iowa the next few months as the state’s popular archery whitetail season opened Saturday, October 1st. On this week’s episode of Brownfield’s Outdoor Adventures, Mick [Read More…]
Ag News
World Dairy Expo begins Sunday
The 55th World Dairy Expo begins Sunday in Madison, Wisconsin, and Communications Manager Katie Schmitt says the schedule is different this year. She says the action technically started Sunday with youth contests and the breed [Read More…]
Ag News
Precision Agriculture Loan Program Act introduced in U.S. House
Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the House to make precision ag technology more affordable. U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra tells Brownfield the Precision Agriculture Loan (PAL) Program Act of 2022 helps get new innovations into [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures lower to end the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly lower, and feeders were lower watching corn and any potential clean-up trade. October live cattle closed $.85 lower at $143.27 and December live cattle closed $.72 [Read More…]
Ag News
Hinson concerned about 2023 input costs
A US Representative from Iowa says she’s concerned about production costs for farmers heading into next year. Republican Ashley Hinson tells Brownfield, “I had one farmer text me that his inputs are up 300%,” she [Read More…]