Month: November 2022

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska public school district that shuttered a student newspaper following an LGBTQ-focused edition has agreed to bring it back next year in digital form, according to the teacher who advised the [Read More…]

Death sentence upheld in Nebraska killing, dismemberment

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man sentenced to death for the killing and dismemberment of a Lincoln woman he met through the dating app Tinder lost his initial appeal in which he argued he should [Read More…]

Allen’s miscues, Jefferson’s big day help Vikings beat Bills

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Patrick Peterson intercepted Josh Allen with 1:12 left in overtime to finally end a sloppy, yet thrilling back-and-forth game between two of the NFL’s best teams, and the Minnesota Vikings [Read More…]

South Dakota State wins 10th straight, outright MVFC champs

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Mark Gronowski threw for 283 yards with a touchdown and he added a rushing score, and South Dakota Sate beat Illinois State 31-7 on Saturday to run the table in the Missouri Valley [Read More…]

1st winter storm of season rolling through Montana, Dakotas

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The first winter storm of the season to blast off from the Rockies was unloading its energy Thursday primarily in North Dakota, where it could dump up to 18 inches of [Read More…]

South Dakota Sen. Thune’s win breaks ‘curse,’ defies Trump

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Neither South Dakota’s “Curse of Karl” nor the invocations of former President Donald Trump weighed on Republican Sen. John Thune this week as he breezed to a historic fourth term [Read More…]

Republican Dusty Johnson wins 3rd House term in South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson won reelection Tuesday for his third term representing South Dakota’s only U.S. House district, easily winning a race in which Democrats didn’t field a candidate. [Read More…]

South Dakota’s Thune wins reelection to 4th U.S. Senate term

November 9, 2022 Travis Kriens

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota won reelection to a fourth term Tuesday and will return to a Senate where he is seen as a potential future majority [Read More…]

Tyler and Austell named ESD All-Conference

Mitchell Kernel seniors Jagger Tyler (DB) and Trevon Austell (DE) have been selected to the ESD All-Conference Team. As a defensive back, Tyler led the Mitchell defense with 78 tackles on the season, 3.5 tackles [Read More…]

Warren Beatty sued for allegedly coercing a minor into sex in 1973

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for TCM A woman has filed a suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, claiming Oscar winner Warren Beatty groomed her and eventually coerced her into having sex when she was [Read More…]

Tim Allen talks about his daughter being cast in ‘The Santa Clauses’: “Wasn’t my idea”

Disney/James Clark It’s been 16 years since we last saw Tim Allen‘s Scott Calvin — aka Santa — in movie theaters. Now, the story continues in The Santa Clauses, a six-part miniseries heading to Disney+. Allen once [Read More…]

Rail strike on hold, for now

The potential for a rail strike has been delayed until at least December. Rail groups and union officials on Wednesday agreed to extend a possible walkout until after Thanksgiving, setting a new deadline for December [Read More…]

Soybeans mixed, corn, wheat down after USDA numbers

Soybeans were mixed on bull spreading. The USDA’s domestic production and ending stocks estimates were both a little bit larger than expected, with higher production canceling out greater crush use, and the world numbers were [Read More…]

AEI.ag dives into farm debt

An ag economist says while today’s historically high farm debt is concerning, balance sheets look different from the last ag crisis. David Widmar is with Agricultural Economic Insights. “The last two or three years has [Read More…]

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: November 9, 2022

Dec. corn closed at $6.64 and 1/2, down 3 centsJan. soybeans closed at $14.59 and 3/4, up 15 and 3/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $417.60, down $1.70Dec. soybean oil closed at 75.54, up 51 [Read More…]

New leadership unlikely to stop farm bill steam

A state Farm Bureau official says the issues important to farmers remain the same even as control of the U.S. House likely shifts. National Legislative Council John Kran with Michigan Farm Bureau tells Brownfield agriculture [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian troops retreat from key Ukrainian city

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…]

Brittney Griner being transferred to penal colony in Russia

KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — WNBA star Brittney Griner, who’s been detained in Russia since February and is facing nine years in a Russian prison, has been transferred to a penal colony. [Read More…]

“She’s missed”: Jenny Ortega speaks on Neve Campbell following ‘Scream 6’ salary exit