Month: May 2023
Creating diverse markets for the food supply chain
The USDA is launching 12 Regional Food Business Centers across the country to help build resiliency in the food supply chain for consumers and producers. AUDIO: Healthy Living on resiliency in the food supply chain [Read More…]
The Andersons add Michigan granulation facility to portfolio
The Andersons have completed an acquisition of a granulation facility in mid-Michigan. Prolime Agriculture LLC had been manufacturing pelletized lime and gypsum in Laingsburg since it was built in 2018. The Andersons say the facility [Read More…]
Typhoon Mawar bringing destructive winds and ‘life-threatening’ storm surge to Guam
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The strongest tropical cyclone to impact Guam in decades is bringing “life-threatening” conditions to the U.S. island territory. Typhoon Mawar’s eyewall “clipped” the northern portion of Guam early Thursday local [Read More…]
Alex Murdaugh indicted on federal fraud charges
Tribune News Service via Getty Images, FILE (CHARLESTON, S.C.) — A grand jury has indicted convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney, on federal fraud charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Murdaugh, 54, is currently [Read More…]
Rapper Fetty Wap sentenced to six years in prison for drug trafficking
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rapper Fetty Wap was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that blanketed parts of Long Island and New Jersey in [Read More…]
Chief Justice John Roberts defends Supreme Court’s ‘highest standards of conduct,’ offers no new rules
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In his first televised public remarks since the pandemic, Chief Justice John Roberts defended the integrity of the Supreme Court in the face of slumping public approval and growing political [Read More…]
McCarthy sends GOP negotiators to White House eight days before potential default
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After three weeks of negotiations and eight days from a possible default, as of Wednesday there was still no breakthrough in talks to avert a potential financial catastrophe as soon [Read More…]
Salmonella outbreak linked to raw cookie dough sickens 18 across six states
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, FILE (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is investigating reports of 18 salmonella infections across six states — California, Idaho, Missouri, Oregon, Utah and [Read More…]
South Carolina six-week abortion ban heads to governor’s desk for approval
SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina’s state Senate has passed a six-week abortion ban, sending the bill to the governor’s desk where it is expected to be signed into law. South [Read More…]
Yankton Man Charged with Murder in Second Degree
A Yankton man is facing a charge of murder in the second degree in connection with the death of a woman that occurred late Monday night. 31-year-old Adrian Vaughn Lund is also being charged with [Read More…]
Target pulls some Pride collection products following threats to store employees
Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — National retailer Target announced Tuesday it is pulling some of its Pride-themed merchandise from store displays and shelves following threats to store employees. The move comes just [Read More…]
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ second season trailer teases live-action ‘Lower Decks’ crossover
Paramount+/Michael Gibson On Wednesday, Paramount+ dropped a trailer for the second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. In a twist, it shows a live-action crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks, the streaming service’s offbeat, comedic animated series set in [Read More…]
Paramount+ will go a second round with ‘The Family Stallone’
Paramount+ A week after the reality show premiered, Paramount+ announced it has renewed The Family Stallone for a second season. The series follows Sylvester Stallone, his wife, Jennifer, and their daughters Sistine, Scarlet and Sophia, as they navigate life as one of Hollywood’s [Read More…]
Ethanol stocks fall for fifth straight week
Ethanol stocks have tightened for five weeks in a row. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says the domestic supply is the tightest since last November at 22.041 million barrels, a decrease of 1.15 million on [Read More…]
Emotional ups and downs with weather extremes
Commentary. Much needed rain fell on our farm a couple of weeks ago, bringing us out of the “extreme drought” category and back to “severe drought.” The earth was thirsty, and the hay crop we [Read More…]
Vaccine developer studies Asian long-horned tick
Animal health company Medgene is studying the Asian long-horned tick and the possibility of developing vaccines for the diseases it can carry. Medgene founder and researcher Dr. Alan Young tells Brownfield they received a grant [Read More…]
Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of robocalls
PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys general across the U.S. joined in a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry. The 141-page [Read More…]
Poet Amanda Gorman criticizes book ban effort in Florida targeting Biden’s inauguration poem
Rob Carr/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — After news broke that Amanda Gorman’s historic poem “The Hill We Climb” was moved to the middle school section of a Miami-Dade school, the poet slammed efforts to [Read More…]
Ron DeSantis’ presidential bid tests whether he’ll be Trump’s biggest 2024 challenge so far
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ron DeSantis is expected to enter the 2024 Republican presidential primary race on Wednesday — setting the stage for a long awaited and potentially volatile contest between the Florida governor, [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued May 24 at 9:42AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River near Mitchell affecting Davison and Hanson Counties. James River near Forestburg affecting Sanborn County. James River at Huron affecting Beadle County. …FLOOD [Read More…]
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