Year: 2022

ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 90 million people around the country are expecting hazardous weather on Thursday into Friday morning. Thirty-seven states are under winter weather alerts for heavy snow, ice, brutal cold [Read More…]

Alleged ‘ghost guns’ trafficker charged by feds

US Department of Justice (NEW YORK) — As police across the country have grappled with illegal guns on American streets, an increasing number of those weapons are “ghost guns” they say — guns that lack [Read More…]

FBI arrests man who allegedly spied on Egyptian president’s opponents

Jon Hicks/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Egyptian American has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of Egypt as he “tracked and obtained information regarding political opponents” of the Egyptian president, federal prosecutors [Read More…]

Russian paratroopers arrive in Kazakhstan to help end protests

ABDUAZIZ MADYAROV/AFP via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Russian paratroopers have arrived in Kazakhstan to help its government end mass protests that are gripping the former Soviet country. The Russian troops are deploying to Kazakhstan as [Read More…]

US, Europe warn Sudan’s military as democratic transition unravels

Julien Behal/PA Images via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Sudan’s fragile transition to democracy derailed, the United States and Europe have issued a stark warning to the Sudanese military against appointing a new government “without [Read More…]

Kazakhstan president appeals to Russia’s military alliance for help as unrest escalates

GTW/Getty Images (LONDON) — Kazakhstan’s president has appealed to a Russian-led military alliance for help in quelling the mass protests gripping the Central Asian country, promising to use force to put down the unrest. President [Read More…]

Milk, cattle, beef price issues expected to be a hot AFBF discussion topic

The President of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation says farm gate prices will be the big topic of discussion at the national conference in Atlanta this weekend. Kevin Krentz tells Brownfield the Wisconsin delegation is [Read More…]

USDA Census of Agriculture to be conducted again in 2022

Mark Schleusener holds a copy of the 2017 Census of Agriculture USDA’s Census of Agriculture is conducted every five years, meaning farmers can expect to see those surveys in the mail again in 2022. Mark [Read More…]

Rural home healthcare concerns

A farmer in southern Minnesota wants to see rural home healthcare challenges addressed. Mike Peterson of Northfield says personal care attendants help his oldest son, who has cerebral palsy. “It’s just hard to get help [Read More…]

Minnesota farmer says rural home healthcare challenges must be addressed

A farmer in southern Minnesota wants to see rural home healthcare challenges addressed. Mike Peterson of Northfield says personal care attendants help his oldest son, who has cerebral palsy. “It’s just hard to get help [Read More…]

Ag Economy Barometer: Input costs remain a concern for farmers

Farmers are concerned about rising production costs, according to the latest Ag Economy Barometer. Purdue University’s Jim Mintert says “higher input cost was by far and away the top choice. Forty-seven percent, almost half the [Read More…]

Man points gun at pawn shop worker, then tries to sell it

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police in Sioux Falls have arrested a man after he allegedly pointed a gun at a pawn shop employee and then tried to sell the weapon. Two men walked into [Read More…]

Trial set for in slaying of brother, pregnant sister-in-law

MILBANK, S.D. (AP) — A Milbank man will face trial this summer on charges of killing his brother and pregnant sister-in-law. Brent Hanson, 57, appeared court Tuesday where Third Judicial Circuit Judge Dawn Elshere set [Read More…]

Cousins returns from COVID-19 absence to Vikings for finale

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With Kirk Cousins cleared from COVID-19 protocols, the Minnesota Vikings plan to play their starting quarterback in the meaningless final game against Chicago along with the rest of their regulars who are [Read More…]

January 6, 2021 Sports

NBA-SCHEDULE — Kyrie Irving made his season debut on Wednesday and had a huge impact in the Brooklyn Nets’ 129-121 win at Indiana. Irving scored 22 points and sparked Brooklyn to a big rally in [Read More…]

Quentin Tarantino announces dates for ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFT auction

ABC News/Stephen Iervolino Oscar winner Quentin Tarantino has announced auction dates for his exclusive NFTs from his groundbreaking 1994 crime epic, Pulp Fiction. Each of the seven non-fungible tokens will give owners exclusive access to seven scenes, including audio [Read More…]

‘Yellowstone”s season 4 finale scores 10 million viewers

Paramount Network Weeks after its prequel series, 1883, became the most-watched original series premiere ever on Paramount+, last Sunday’s Yellowstone‘s season 4 finale lassoed 10 million viewers on the Paramount Network. The Kevin Costner-starring Western-themed drama managed to wrangle [Read More…]

Don’t hook up: ‘Don’t Look Up’ emergency number actually connected viewers to naughty hotline

Netflix (NOTE NATURE) Viewers of Adam McKay‘s dark comedy Don’t Look Up, streaming now on Netflix, discovered an X-rated Easter egg after dialing a number suggested by Leonardo DiCaprio‘s character, astronomer Randall Mindy, to relieve stress caused by a [Read More…]

In Brief: Chris Evans to play Gene Kelly; More COVID drama for ‘The View’, and more

Chris Evans, star of Marvel’s Captain America and Avengers films, is reportedly in talks to play the late Hollywood song-and-dance legend and Singin’ in the Rain star Gene Kelly in an upcoming untitled film project based on an original idea of Evans’, according [Read More…]

‘The Bachelor’ host Jesse Palmer warns Clayton: Don’t “be lazy”