Month: May 2023

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bailey Ober allowed one run in six innings, Kyle Farmer homered and drove in three runs, and the Minnesota Twins beat Los Angeles 5-1 on Tuesday night as Dodgers ace Clayton [Read More…]

Nikola Jokic leads Nuggets past Lakers 132-126 in West opener

DENVER (AP) — Denver Nuggets guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was playing for the Los Angeles Lakers the last time these teams met in the Western Conference finals in the 2020 NBA bubble. So, what similarities does [Read More…]

The Wembanyama sweepstakes and draft lottery has a winner: It’s the Spurs

CHICAGO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama is set to follow in the footsteps of David Robinson and Tim Duncan, and the San Antonio Spurs are ready to welcome the French phenom. It sure seems like an [Read More…]

Germán ejected, Judge booed as cheating allegations swirl around Yankees

TORONTO (AP) — Domingo Germán’s hand was coated with something tackier than rosin, umpire James Hoye said after ejecting the New York Yankees pitcher for violating Major League Baseball’s rules on sticky substances. “The instant [Read More…]

Two US Consulate staff members among four killed in convoy attack in Nigeria

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two staff members of the U.S. Consulate in Nigeria were among the four people killed by armed assailants when an American convoy was attacked on Tuesday, the State Department said. [Read More…]

New York rapper Sheff G charged in series of shootings

Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office (NEW YORK) — A successful rapper used earnings from his music career to promote gun violence in Brooklyn, New York, prosecutors alleged Tuesday. Michael Williams, known as Sheff G, is among [Read More…]

Student suspended after recording video of teacher using racial slur in class

Stella/Getty Images (SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) — The mother of a sophomore at Glendale High School in Springfield, Missouri, is speaking out after her daughter was suspended from school for three days after she recorded a video [Read More…]

North Carolina Legislature overrides governor’s veto of abortion ban

Mlenny/Getty Images (RALEIGH, N.C.) — The North Carolina Legislature voted Tuesday night to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a 12-week abortion ban. Republican lawmakers passed the bill along party lines last week, which reduced [Read More…]

Weather

Flood Warning issued May 16 at 8:29PM MDT until further notice by NWS

May 16, 2023 J.P. Skelly

…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Iowa… James River near Mitchell affecting Davison and Hanson Counties. James River near Forestburg affecting Sanborn County. James River at Huron affecting Beadle County. Little [Read More…]

Mitchell ends regular season with win at O’Gorman

May 16, 2023 Travis Kriens

Mitchell baseball ends the regular season with a 10-10 record after winning its regular season finale at O’Gorman on Tuesday night 4-3. All four Mitchell runs came in the top of the third inning. Dylan [Read More…]

Man and 12-year-old arrested after fatal shooting at Sonic restaurant in Texas

Google Maps Street View (KEENE, Texas) — A man and a 12-year-old boy were charged with murder after the pre-teen allegedly shot and killed a Sonic Drive-In employee in Texas, according to authorities. Police responded to [Read More…]

Almost half of passengers killed in 2021 car crashes weren’t wearing seatbelts: NHTSA

sukanya sitthikongsak/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nearly half of all vehicle passengers killed on U.S. roads in 2021 were not wearing a seatbelt — the highest number in 10 years, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [Read More…]

Lawmakers, Education Secretary Cardona clash over culture war issues

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona agreed at a Tuesday hearing that students face a host of threats in the nation’s schools — but differed sharply [Read More…]

Kentucky governor GOP primary, other races to watch Tuesday

OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It may be springtime in 2023, but it’s election night in America on Tuesday. Kentucky Republicans Tuesday will choose their nominee to try to knock off Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in [Read More…]

Man got into national security adviser’s home undetected by Secret Service: Sources

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An unidentified man entered national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s Washington, D.C., home in late April, prompting a Secret Service investigation, according to an agency spokesperson. Sullivan was [Read More…]

1.63 million ‘excess deaths’ among Black Americans compared to white Americans in last 20 years: Study

RubberBall Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study from the medical journal JAMA Network estimates there were 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans between 1999 and 2020. “Excess deaths” is an estimate of how [Read More…]

Daytime Emmys postponed over writers strike

Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images The 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards have become the latest awards ceremony to be affected by the writers strike. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that the ceremony, slated [Read More…]

Ag News

Minnesota Farm Bureau Grassroots Policy

May 16, 2023 nedvedmedia

Minnesota Farm Bureau director of public policy Pierce Bennett says membership provides direction on policy starting at the county level. He tells Brownfield those policies are discussed and voted on during Minnesota Farm Bureau’s annual [Read More…]

At least 150 rounds fired by gunman, officers during New Mexico shooting: Police