Month: November 2022
Eastern Iowa farmers pleased with 2022 crop year
The 2022 harvest was favorable for some farmers in eastern Iowa. Benton County farmer Lance Lillibridge tells Brownfield he had one of his best corn crops ever. “I don’t know how we could ever ask [Read More…]
SD Farm Bureau sets priorities for new year
Property rights and regulations are top priorities for the South Dakota Farm Bureau in 2023. President Scott VanderWal tells Brownfield members adopted a resolution opposing municipal initiatives that delay new or existing ag projects during [Read More…]
IRFA welcomes API’s E15 support
The head of a biofuels group says the American Petroleum Institute’s recent endorsement of E15 is a big step for the blend to become available year-round. API joined a letter to Congress last week supporting [Read More…]
CME: milk mixed & cash dairy prices down Monday
Milk futures were down in the near months and cash dairy prices were down Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. December Class III milk was down $0.14 at $20.17. January was down $0.04 at $20.02. [Read More…]
Wavering Waterways
Drought has resulted in the Mississippi River being shallow and narrow. Soy Transportation Coalition Executive Director Mike Steenhoek says that restricts soybean loads on New Orleans bound barges. Bushels per barge are reduced to keep [Read More…]
Buffalo supermarket shooter pleads guilty to terrorism and murder charges
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Payton Gendron pleaded guilty Monday to state charges stemming from the May shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Gendron pleaded guilty to 15 charges in all, [Read More…]
Houston under water boil notice after power failure
Tim Graham/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Over two million Houston residents are under a water boil notice after a power outage Sunday affected a water treatment plant, officials said. The water pressure dropped below the Texas [Read More…]
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, begins erupting
Steve Prorak / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ash and lava have begun spewing out of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island — the largest active volcano in the world. The activity, which [Read More…]
Idaho murders: Police seeing influx of 911 calls from fearful community
Heather Roberts/ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Authorities are receiving an influx of 911 calls from the fearful University of Idaho community weeks after four students were stabbed to death in an off-campus house. The students [Read More…]
Man allegedly catfishes teen girl online, kills her family
KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — A Virginia man allegedly “catfished” a teenage girl online before traveling to Riverside, California, and killing her family, according to police. The murders were discovered on Friday after authorities received a [Read More…]
White House criticizes China COVID policy, says people have ‘right to peacefully protest’
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday criticized China’s coronavirus containment strategy and said people there have a “right to peacefully protest,” although its comments were notably restrained at a time it [Read More…]
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson makes sweet reparations to 7-Eleven for formerly sticky fingers
ABC/Paula Lobo (NOTE LANGUAGE) At a 7-Eleven in Hawaii over the weekend, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took to Instagram to exorcise a “chocolate demon” he has wrestled with “for decades.” The Black Adam superstar explained [Read More…]
Jay Leno makes first stage appearance since suffering “serious” burns
Courtesy Grossman Burn Center Jay Leno is set for a comeback. On Sunday night, the comedian went ahead with a scheduled show for the first time since suffering “serious” burns to his face and hands [Read More…]
Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect pleads guilty in racist attack
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Alleged Buffalo supermarket shooter Payton Gendron pleaded guilty to state charges stemming from the Tops supermarket shooting in a predominantly Black neighborhood of East Buffalo. Gendron pleaded guilty to [Read More…]
Idaho murders: Police seeing influx of 911 calls from fearful community
Heather Roberts/ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Authorities are receiving an influx of 911 calls from the fearful University of Idaho community weeks after four students were stabbed to death in an off-campus house. The students [Read More…]
Two rescued from small plane after striking high-tension power lines
Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md.) — Two people have been rescued from a small private plane after it struck and got lodged in a high-tension power line tower in Montgomery County, [Read More…]
Lisa Niemi Swayze reflects on Patrick Swayze’s pancreatic cancer battle: ‘He really was a hero’
rune hellestad/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lisa Niemi Swayze is reflecting on her late husband Patrick Swayze’s battle with pancreatic cancer 13 years after the actor’s death from the disease. Speaking to Good [Read More…]
In Brief: ‘1923’ trailer drops, and more
Paramount+ on Sunday dropped the official trailer for the new Yellowstone prequel 1923, starring Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford. The new original drama series, per the streamer, “will introduce a new generation of Duttons led by patriarch Jacob and matriarch Cara — played [Read More…]
Kim Kardashian is “re-evaluating” relationship with Balenciaga amid ad scandal
ABC News Kim Kardashian is breaking her silence on Balenciaga’s recent ad scandal. “I have been quiet for the past few days, not because I haven’t been disgusted and outraged by the recent Balenciaga campaigns, [Read More…]
Prince William, Kate head to Boston: Everything to know about the couple’s first US trip in eight years
Chris Jackson/Getty Images (LONDON) — The Prince and Princess of Wales are coming to America. Prince William and Kate will travel to Boston this week, marking their first visit to the United States since 2014, [Read More…]