Month: October 2022
Sara Bareilles’ ’Girls5Eva’ making its way to Netflix for third season
Heidi Gutman/Peacock Girls5Eva is not only getting a new season — it’s also getting a new home. The Sara Bareilles-fronted show has lived on the Peacock streaming service since it premiered, but now it is heading to [Read More…]
Watch Tim Allen return as Santa Claus in ‘The Santa Clauses’ trailer
Disney/James Clark Tim Allen is back as Santa in The Santa Clauses. In the official trailer for the upcoming limited series, which was shared Wednesday by Disney+, Allen returns as Santa and Scott Calvin, his [Read More…]
Will Smith offers inspiration to the Los Angeles Lakers
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images After the Los Angles Lakers began the new NBA season with three straight losses, they sought encouragement from a superstar who is also going through difficult times: Will Smith. After screening [Read More…]
Matthew Perry apologizes for his Keanu Reeves comments
Flatiron Books Matthew Perry has apologized for remarks he made about Keanu Reeves in his new memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. In a passage about celebrity deaths, Perry wrote, “It always seems [Read More…]
Wisconsin farmers take advantage of late warm weather
A western Wisconsin farmer is grateful Mother Nature has brought some late-season warm weather to help finish the corn. Shane Goplin has begun harvesting corn near Osseo. He tells Brownfield, “We’re hunting and pecking on [Read More…]
Basis levels drying up along Mississippi River
Basis prices are softening along the Mississippi as river levels dry up. University of Minnesota Extension grain market economist Ed Usset tells Brownfield the basis for corn at the Savage barge loading facility south of [Read More…]
AgMarket.Net Convention
Brownfield’s Kellan Heavican will be on the ground at AgMarket.Net Convention in Nashville, Tennessee February 5 & 6, 2023. …
Minnesota farmer calls the past month a marathon
A crop and livestock farmer in southern Minnesota calls the past month a marathon. Wanda Patsche and her husband raise corn, soybeans, and hogs in Martin County. “We started our harvest probably about the last [Read More…]
Nebraska Senator Fischer hosts Ag Precision Roundtable
Brownfield’s Kellan Heavican will be in Norfolk on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 as Nebraska Senator Fischer hosts Ag Precision Roundtable at Northeast Community College. …
Cancer death rates continue to decrease as diagnoses hold steady, doctors explain why
Sorrasak Jar Tinyo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Even though the number of people diagnosed with cancer each year remains roughly the same, recent medical advances mean that more people are surviving, and thriving, after being [Read More…]
Additional Specialty Crop Block Grant funding announced
More than $1 million in federal Specialty Crop Block Grants have been awarded to support Michigan projects. Senator Debbie Stabenow says the additional support will help producers keep their competitive edge as they continue to [Read More…]
NCGA president wants more robust farm bill
The president of the National Corn Growers Association wants to see a more robust farm bill. Tom Haag, who farms in central Minnesota, suggests the baseline needs to be bigger to fund the many important [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Moscow threatens to target US satellites
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (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 areas [Read More…]
Prince Harry’s memoir “Spare” to be released Jan. 10, 2023
Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prince Harry’s memoir will hit bookstores Jan. 10, 2023, Penguin Random House says. The news, which leaked earlier on Wednesday by publishing insiders, was confirmed by [Read More…]
Explorer’s camera from 1930s found on glacier in Yukon territory
Stefan Wackerhagen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In 1937, American explorer Bradford Washburn abandoned a cache of heavy equipment, including cameras, while attempting to climb Mount Lucania in the Saint Elias Mountains of northwestern Canada. Washburn [Read More…]
Uvalde families slam Texas DPS chief, call for his resignation at ongoing public safety meeting
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Families of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victims slammed the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Col. Steven McCraw, at an ongoing public safety commission meeting in [Read More…]
Greenpeace report finds plastics recycling is a dead-end street
Koron/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new report by the environmental nonprofit Greenpeace released on Monday finds that the vast majority of plastic waste produced by U.S. households is not recycled. Lisa Ramsden, a senior [Read More…]
Officer charged with murder in fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya appears for preliminary hearing
amphotora/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — The Grand Rapids, Michigan police officer charged with second-degree murder in Patrick Lyoya’s death had a preliminary court hearing on Thursday. Evidence presented in the preliminary hearing will determine [Read More…]
US economy grew significantly in third quarter, ending six months of shrinking
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. economy expanded significantly to kick off the second half of the year, marking a dramatic reversal from the contraction experienced over the first six months, government data showed. [Read More…]
Elon Musk, nearing Twitter deal, says site will continue to police hateful content
CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who appears set to acquire Twitter, said on Thursday that he plans to police some content on the platform that falls short of [Read More…]