Month: May 2023

Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Advisory committees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are meeting Tuesday and Wednesday to review the first-ever application for an over-the-counter birth control pill. At a joint meeting, [Read More…]

Angelina Jolie urges women to ‘go for mammograms and blood tests’

The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Angelina Jolie paid tribute to her late mother this week, 15 years after her death from cancer, and encouraged other women to “go for mammograms and blood tests [Read More…]

Will summer travel be more expensive this year? It depends on where you go and how you get there

Craig Hastings/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are planning summer trips in what could be the busiest summer travel season in years. Where you go and how you get there will determine if [Read More…]

FTX crypto collapse: Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to dismiss most criminal charges

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Sam Bankman-Fried on Monday sought to dismiss most of the criminal charges he faces in connection with the collapse of FTX, the crypto exchange he founded. Bankman-Fried filed a motion [Read More…]

Angelina Jolie honors late mother’s ovarian and breast cancer battle

Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Angelina Jolie took to Instagram on Monday to pay tribute to her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who died of breast and ovarian cancer in 2007, at age 56. [Read More…]

Officials blast New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to send migrants to their counties

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Officials representing some New York suburbs have rebuked New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to send migrants to their towns for shelter. Rockland County’s top official declared [Read More…]

Man allegedly hid secret camera in Royal Caribbean cruise ship bathroom: DOJ

David Sacks/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Justice Department recently unsealed charges against a man who allegedly put a camera inside a bathroom onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship and filmed 150 people, including 40 [Read More…]

Texas mall shooting updates: ‘I knew she was gone,’ shooting witness says

Stewart F. House/Getty Images (ALLEN, Texas) — Eight people were killed and seven others were injured when a gunman opened fire at an outdoor mall north of Dallas, Texas, on Saturday afternoon, officials said. The [Read More…]

News

Herges, Byrd named recipients of annual Clarke Awards

May 9, 2023 J.P. Skelly

Dakota Wesleyan University has announced the annual Clarke Awards for Excellence. Kyle Herges, professor of Digital Media and Design, was awarded the Clarke Award for Teaching Excellence. Custodian Sandy Byrd received the Clarke Award for [Read More…]

8-year-old missing for two days found safe under a log in a Michigan state park

Kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An 8-year-old boy survived for two full days in a Michigan state park after he disappeared while collecting firewood Saturday on a family camping trip. Search party volunteers found 8-year-old [Read More…]

Mom recounts terrifying moments hiding during Texas mall massacre: ‘I can’t die like this’

ABC News (ALLEN, Texas) — A mom of two is recounting the harrowing moments she and other shoppers huddled for safety as a mass shooting unfolded at the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas, on [Read More…]

Abbott blames Texas mall shooting on mental health, but what has been done to address it?

Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (ALLEN, Texas) — Just one day after the most recent mass shooting in the United States — this time at an outdoor mall in Allen, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott [Read More…]

2023 Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo is cancelled

May 8, 2023 Travis Kriens

The Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Committee has announced it’s cancelling the 2023 Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo. The decision is based on a jury verdict in Davison County Circuit Court in favor of the committee against [Read More…]

Kevin Costner’s work schedule reportedly caused marital static before divorce

Lester Cohen/Getty Images for Omnipeace Foundation While news that Kevin Costner‘s wife of 18 years, Christine Baumgartner, had filed for divorce came as a surprise to fans, People reports it wasn’t a surprise to those [Read More…]

Ag News

Wisconsin farmers make good progress on the week

Spring weather allowed for more fieldwork to be completed in Wisconsin. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says corn planting advanced to 14 percent, three days ahead of last year but five days behind the five-year [Read More…]

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Wisconsin’s Governor signs expanded producer-led watershed bill into law

A proposal to expand the eligibility for producer-led watershed protection grants has been signed into law. Governor Tony Evers signed Assembly Bill 65 Monday, allowing producer-led groups to be in a single watershed or in [Read More…]

Ag News

SD farmers move forward with fieldwork

Spring planting advanced for all South Dakota’s crops in the last week. USDA says 10% of South Dakota’s soybeans are planted, in-line with the average and corn is 26% planted, near the average for this [Read More…]

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Corn 70% planted, soybeans 49% in Iowa

A warmer and drier week allowed Iowa farmers to make significant planting progress. USDA’s latest weekly crop report shows corn planting at 70 percent, 12 days ahead of last year and a week ahead of [Read More…]

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Kentucky crops emerging despite cool weather

Weather has allowed for a faster-than-average planting pace, but cool temperatures have slowed emergence. The corn crop is 66% planted, compared to the previous year at 37%, and the 5-year average of 51% with 36% [Read More…]

Parkland mom bringing new school shooting book to lawmakers: ‘This time, maybe they can understand’