Month: April 2023
Ag News
Sustainability a focus of international customers
Indiana Pork Producer Mark Legan says a recent update from the U.S. Meat Export Federation highlighted the growing importance of sustainability to international customers of U.S. red meat. USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom met [Read More…]
ABC National News
Former DNI John Ratcliffe is latest Trump adviser to appear before Jan. 6 grand jury: Sources
Al Drago/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s one-time director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, appeared before a federal grand jury investigating Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, sources familiar with the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect arrested in Bob Lee’s death, police say fellow tech executive knew Cash App founder
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Police arrested a fellow tech executive for the killing of 43-year-old Cash App founder Bob Lee, the San Francisco Police Department said on Thursday. Police identified the suspect as Nima [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Florida House passes 6-week abortion ban, expected to be signed by governor
Chris duMond/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday passed a six-week abortion ban that would replace the state’s 15-week ban. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk for his signature. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
FBI makes probable cause arrest in connection with classified documents leak
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI on Thursday made a probable cause arrest in North Dighton, Massachusetts, in connection with the leaked documents probe. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Jack Teixeira was [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Matthew McConaughey hints he and Woody Harrelson may actually be brothers
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Their upcoming Apple TV+ comedy show is called Brother from Another Mother, but it turns out it might not be just a clever title: Best buds and co-stars Matthew McConaughey [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“You are a joke”: Check out Pete Davidson in the trailer for semi-autobiographical ‘Bupkis’
L-R Davidson, Cannavale — Peacock/Karolina Wojtasik (NOTE LANGUAGE) “Your life is fascinating. I don’t know what it’s like to live it, but … do we have fun watching it,” John Mulaney tells Pete Davidson in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Netflix nets Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington for adaptation of hit Broadway play ‘The Piano Lesson’
Courtesy Netflix If you didn’t get to see Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington on Broadway in their acclaimed turns in The Piano Lesson, you’re in luck. Netflix has announced it is bringing a film adaptation of the August Wilson play [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Abbott Elementary’, ‘Andor’, ‘Better Call Saul’ and more nominated for 2023 Peabody Awards
“Andor” – Lucasfilm The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors Thursday announced 42 nominees for this year’s class. The Emmy winning Abbot Elementary, the heralded Star Wars Disney+ series Andor and AMC’s Better Call Saul were among the noms in the Entertainment category. [Read More…]
Ag News
The economic impact of the equipment manufacturing industry in the Midwest
A leader with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers says the Midwest continues to be the beating heart of the equipment manufacturing industry. Kip Eideberg is the senior vice president of government and industry regulations with [Read More…]
Ag News
North Iowa farmer not in rush to begin planting
A north Iowa farmer is waiting to begin planting. Casey Schlichting of Clear Lake says he’s noticed a trend with his earlier planted corn. “It struggles to come out of the ground and it doesn’t [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 13, 2023
May corn closed at $6.52 and 1/4, down 3 and 3/4 cents May soybeans closed at $15.01 down 3 1/4 cents May soybean meal closed at $463.60, up $3.40 May soybean oil closed at 53.72, [Read More…]
Ag News
Warm mid-April weather initiates Illinois soybean planting
The 2023 planting season kicked off this week for north central Illinois farmer Bill Leigh. From his tractor cab on Thursday, he tells Brownfield weather has made it seem more like May than April. “Soil [Read More…]
News
Mitchell Police seeking driver of stolen pickup truck
Shortly before 11pm Wednesday, the Mitchell Police Department received a 9-1-1call reporting an assault in progress in the 500 block of E Hanson Ave. Mitchell Police Officers responded to the scene but did not locate [Read More…]
Weather
Red Flag Warning issued April 13 at 1:59PM MDT until April 13 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, NORTHWEST IOWA, AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA… * AFFECTED AREA…In Iowa, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Former ‘Drake & Josh’ star Jared Drake Bell found safe after being reported missing
Michael Tran/Getty Images Authorities in Daytona Beach, Florida, said former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell was found safe on Thursday after police alerted the public hours earlier that the actor was “considered missing and endangered.” “At [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Former ‘Drake & Josh’ star Jared Drake Bell reportedly “missing and endangered
Michael Tran/Getty Images Authorities in Daytona Beach, Florida, are searching for former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell. Police say he is considered missing and endangered. The 36-year-old, whose legal name is Jared Bell, may have last [Read More…]
Ag News
Ernst, Grassley continue push for E15 sales this summer
A pair of Republican U.S. Senators are urging the Biden administration to implement a permanent solution for E15 sales. Joni Ernst of Iowa says there’s an opportunity to eliminate a patchwork of regulations that consumers [Read More…]
Ag News
Alfalfa fields of green in eastern Iowa
Alfalfa is taking off in eastern Iowa. Iowa State University Extension field agronomist Rebecca Vittetoe says temperatures have been in the 70’s and 80’s for several days. “Looking at the alfalfa fields, they’re starting to [Read More…]
Ag News
Planting starts in southwest Iowa
Corn planting is underway for a southwest Iowa farmer. Duane Aistrope says a string of 70-to-80 degree days has provided an excellent planting window. “This year our conditions are very favorable because we are really [Read More…]