Month: May 2023

Jed Schmidt elected to the S.D. High School Baseball Hall of Fame
Former Mitchell baseball player Jed Schmidt has been elected to the South Dakota High School Baseball Hall of Fame in the Class of 2023. Schmidt was one of the top hitters and pitchers in the [Read More…]

Former Dakota Wesleyan men’s basketball assistant coach joins Sanford Sports Academy
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Sanford Sports is adding a former men’s assistant basketball coach from Dakota Wesleyan University to its roster of academy specialists in Sioux Falls. Terrell Newton, who prior to his role on the [Read More…]

Biden cuts upcoming foreign trip short amid debt ceiling showdown
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — With time running short to address the debt ceiling or risk default ,President Joe Biden is cutting his upcoming foreign trip short amid the ongoing debt talks, [Read More…]

Be a Barbie Girl (or guy) in the Barbie World of the Malibu Barbie Café
Courtesy Bucket Listers Bucket Listers, the media brand that brought pop culture fans pop-up experiences like The Golden Girls Kitchen, the 90210 hangout The Peach Pit and Saved by the Bell-inspired diner Saved by the [Read More…]

Settlement reached after dispute over Lisa Marie Presley’s estate
Lisa Marie and Priscilla in June, 2022 – Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images A settlement has been reached for the estate of Lisa Marie Presley, who died January 12. Priscilla Presley‘s lawyer, Ronson Shamoun, told reporters outside [Read More…]

Netflix unveils trailer to ‘Extraction 2’
Netflix/Jasin Boland On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled the full trailer to hard-hitting sequel Extraction 2. Once again, Chris Hemsworth stars as Tyler Rake, the not-quite-dead mercenary who survived being “clinically dead” at the original’s climax, only [Read More…]

ABC will showcase “a second chance at love” with ‘The Golden Bachelor’ this fall
ABC The Bachelor is getting a spin-off for the senior set. “After more than 20 years of fostering young love on The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise,” ABC announced Tuesday its plans for its upcoming reality dating show [Read More…]

U.S. producers benefit from Ukraine-Russia war
An economist says the Ukraine-Russia war is affecting commodity markets, and U.S. farmers will benefit from it. Stephen Nicholson with Rabobank says, “We have arable ground to produce the crops that the rest of the [Read More…]

Growing demand for US soybeans in Asian markets
Members of the Ohio Soybean Council were recently in South Korea and Thailand talking about and promoting Ohio soybeans. In this Voice of Soy, Madison Layman, Ohio Soybean Council’s manager of demand and market development [Read More…]

Wisconsin awards 2023 dairy processor grants
Wisconsin has named 21 new Dairy Processor Grant Program recipients for this year. Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection officials received 38 grant requests totaling more than $1.5 million, and 21 grants were made [Read More…]

Cattle futures watching cash trade
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower, and feeders were mostly higher waiting for direct markets to develop. June live cattle closed $.45 lower at $163.87 and August lives closed $.27 lower at [Read More…]

Results from Day 1 of the Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour
Photo: Farmer Clay Schemm with Brownfield’s Kellan Heavican on the Hard Red Winter Wheat Tour From drought stress to freeze damage and disease pressure, low expectations have been confirmed after the first day of the [Read More…]

Mitchell Technical College Graduates Continue Success
For the fifth year in a row, 99 percent of Mitchell Technical College alumni are reporting what officials deem successful outcomes within six months of graduation. Janet Greenway, Director of Career Services at Mitchell Tech, [Read More…]

Child missing since 2017 found safe in North Carolina
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (ASHEVILLE, N.C.) — A girl abducted in Illinois in 2017 when she was 9 has been found safe in North Carolina. Kayla Unbehaun, 15, was located by police in Asheville, North Carolina, [Read More…]

Two Yuma mass shooting victims identified after more than 30 bullets fired at deadly house party
Yuma Police Chief Thomas Garrity gives speaks at a news conference Monday on a shooting at a weekend house party that left two people dead and five injured. — Credit Yuma Police Department (YUMA, Ariz.) [Read More…]

New York City moving migrants into school gyms: Mayor Adams
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City is prepared to house asylum-seekers in as many as 20 schools with free-standing gyms, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday. “This is one of the last places [Read More…]

New Mexico shooting that killed three, injured six appears to be ‘random,’ police say
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (FARMINGTON, N.M.) — At least three people were killed and six others, including two police officers, were wounded on Monday when a gunman “randomly” opened fire at cars and homes in Farmington, [Read More…]

Video shows San Francisco Walgreens security guard fatally shooting alleged shoplifter
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office (SAN FRANCISCO) — The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office has decided not to file criminal charges against a Walgreens security guard accused of fatally shooting an alleged shoplifter last month. [Read More…]

DeSantis’ brand as a ‘fighter’ on the line as Trump throws haymakers
Helen King/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shortly before the 2022 midterms, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign released an ad touting him as a fighter chosen by God. The clip invoked God’s name 10 times in [Read More…]

OpenAI CEO warns Senate: ‘If this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong’
Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday warned federal lawmakers that artificial intelligence could cause “significant harm to the world” if the technology falls into a downward spiral. “I think if [Read More…]
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