Month: March 2023

Courtesy of Apple TV+ Are you living up to your true potential in life? And what is your true potential anyway? Those are some of the big questions asked in the new Apple TV+ series The [Read More…]

Ag News

Soil management along the Missouri River

A soil scientist based in north-central Missouri says precision grid sampling is one way farmers along the Missouri River address soil health. Meagan Kaiser, the chair of the United Soybean Board, tells Brownfield this tool [Read More…]

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Wisconsin Public Service Farm Show grew as technology changed

Matt Cullen with Wisconsin Public Service says the WPS Farm Show outgrew their original location twenty years ago, and continues to bring the latest innovations to farmers. Matt Cullen from WPS discusses the history of [Read More…]

Ag News

Indiana representative discusses legislation, first session

State Representative Kendell Culp, a republican from Rensselaer, has authored several bills during his first legislative session. He tells Brownfield about House Bill 1557, which would direct the state department of agriculture to conduct [Read More…]

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Energy saving program offers new rebates

A program that helps Wisconsin farmers save energy and money has some new incentives for farmers. Kevin Weiler with Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy program says rebates and other incentives help farms and businesses upgrade to [Read More…]

Thirty-eight dead after fire breaks out at migrant detention center in Juarez, Mexico

Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A fire broke out at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday, killing at least 38 people, officials said. The blaze began as the result of [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Two dead, 29 hurt in Russian missile strike on Sloviansk

Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]

One Alabama officer shot and killed, another hospitalized in critical condition: Police

avid_creative/Getty Images (HUNTSVILLE, Ala.) — A police officer in Huntsville, Alabama, has died, and another remains hospitalized in critical condition, after being shot while responding to a shooting call Tuesday, police said. “This is a [Read More…]

Nashville school shooting updates: Suspect owned seven legal guns

Benjamin Hendren/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The suspect in Monday’s mass shooting at a small, private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, had legally purchased seven guns from five different local gun stores, [Read More…]

Trump live updates: Grand jury expected to meet Thursday on other matters, sources say

Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A grand jury is continuing to weigh charges against former President Donald Trump in connection with the Manhattan district attorney’s probe into the 2016 hush payment [Read More…]

Nashville school shooting: What to know about the six victims

The Covenant School (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The six victims of a fatal shooting at a private Christian elementary school in Tennessee’s capital city have been identified by police. Three students and three staff members were [Read More…]

Philadelphia water ‘safe to drink and use’ after nearby chemical spill, city says

ilbusca/Getty Images/STOCK (PHILADELPHIA) — Residents in Philadelphia can safely drink the water following a nearby chemical spill, the city’s water department said Tuesday evening. The Philadelphia Department of Water declared that the water is “safe to [Read More…]

Loose barge carrying toxic alcohol compound partially submerged at McAlpine Dam in Louisville: Officials

Kentucky EEC (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A set of locks for an Ohio River dam in Kentucky is closed due to a “navigational incident” after 10 barges were released from a tugboat, including one barge carrying 1,400 [Read More…]

After yet another school shooting, familiar arguments from Biden, lawmakers

Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While the nation’s latest mass shooting at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, seems sadly all too familiar — so, too, are the now routine responses from congressional lawmakers of [Read More…]

Austin confronts GOP senator for blocking military nominations over abortion policy

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Tuesday that military readiness could be impaired by the growing list of senior military nominations being blocked by Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville over his opposition [Read More…]

Kamala Harris grows emotional describing the ‘blood’ and ‘crimes’ at infamous slave post in Ghana

Ernest Ankomah/Getty Images (CAPE COAST, Ghana) — Vice President Kamala Harris started her Tuesday in Ghana looking toward what the future could hold for Africa — but on Tuesday afternoon, she looked back at the dark [Read More…]

Zendaya to receive CinemaCon Star of the Year award

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO Emmy-winning Euphoria lead and Spider-Man franchise co-star Zendaya has gotten a big thumbs-up from the people who likely own that theater near you. She’s been named this year’s recipient of the [Read More…]

Ag News

Report: lenders paying attention to farmer conservation efforts

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University of Missouri’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture Director Robert Myers says ag lenders are interested in conservation data from farmers. And some lenders have started to launch pilot programs offering farmers lower interest rates for [Read More…]

Mental health impacts on children who survive mass shootings

Seth Herald/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the United States reels from yet another mass school shooting, experts warn that young children are suffering from its devastating impacts. A total of three children, all age nine [Read More…]

Anti-transgender sentiment follows Nashville shooting