Month: May 2023

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (BRYAN, Texas) — Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reported to a Texas prison on Tuesday to begin a more than 11-year sentence for defrauding investors with false claims about her company’s blood-testing technology. [Read More…]

HBO drops full trailer for The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp’s controversial ‘The Idol’

HBO/Eddy Chen After it received a five-minute standing O at its debut at the Cannes Film Festival last week, HBO has debuted a full trailer to The Idol, starring The Weeknd in his series acting debut, and Lily-Rose Depp, the actress [Read More…]

Don’t forget, like Dory: ‘Finding Nemo’ turns 20

Nemo and his pals — Disney/Pixar Twenty years ago, a small clownfish named Nemo swam into the hearts of moviegoers. Alexander Gould voiced the titular character in Pixar’s Finding Nemo, which was released 20 years [Read More…]

Additional support proposed for farm stress

Additional resources supporting mental health are helping to recognize underlying stressors farmers face. Ohio State University rural sociologist Shoshanah Inwood tells Brownfield there are often invisible mental health issues in agriculture aside from suicide. For [Read More…]

Sioux Falls police arrest woman for kidnapping

Sioux Falls police apprehended a 53-year-old woman on charges of First Degree Kidnapping and Abuse or Cruelty to a Minor early Sunday morning. The incident unfolded around 4:30 a.m. when an officer spotted a woman [Read More…]

Miami Heat advance to NBA finals

PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Getty Images (BOSTON) — It took all seven games but the Miami Heat were finally able to clinch a spot in the NBA Finals Monday night. After taking a 3-0 lead in [Read More…]

SDDOT Seeks Public Input on S.D. Highway 44 Platte-Winner Bridge Environment Assessment Findings

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will hold public meeting open houses on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in Winner and Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Platte [Read More…]

Two Injured in Plane Crash Near Larchwood, Iowa

On Monday, May 29, two people were hospitalized after a plane crash near Larchwood, Iowa. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a single-engine airplane crash south of the Larchwood Airport runway at [Read More…]

‘Succession’ star Sarah Snook reveals birth of child, “And now my life has changed”

Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Succession‘s Sarah Snook has welcomed her first child with husband, Dave Lawson. In an Instagram post shared on Monday, May 29, the actress shared a photo of herself watching the HBO show’s series finale with what appeared to [Read More…]

Knife-wielding man threatens Benedict Cumberbatch and family at their London home

Samir Hussein/WireImage A knife-wielding suspect was arrested after he kicked in the garden gate of Benedict Cumberbatch‘s north London home, and threatened the Doctor Strange star and his family. According to the Daily Mail, the incident happened earlier this month. The suspect, [Read More…]

In Brief: Will Ferrell huddles up with Prime Video to play Madden, and more

George Maharis, best known for playing Buz Murdock on Route 66, died Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, his longtime friend and caregiver Marc Bahan tells The Hollywood Reporter. He was 94. Maharis quit the CBS drama during [Read More…]

Assessing soybeans early in the season

How well did soybean planting go? In this Pods for Profits, soybean extension educator Mike Staton with Michigan State University shares how to evaluate soybean stands after planting and what populations can still be profitable [Read More…]

Enrollment filling fast for new farm Short Course

Enrollment for the redesigned and relocated Farm and Industry Short Course through the University of Wisconsin is about half full. Steve Kelm with the River Falls campus tells Brownfield they are getting a lot of [Read More…]

Study shows horizontal diversification helped farms, processors survive COVID-19

Andrew Stevens New research by the University of Wisconsin’s Andrew Stevens at the Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics shows some forms of diversification were better than others in helping agribusinesses survive the market shocks [Read More…]

Flood Warning issued May 30 at 8:52AM MDT until further notice by NWS

May 30, 2023 J.P. Skelly

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

DWU appoints Dustin Wheeler as new Dean of Students

MITCHELL – Dakota Wesleyan University announced recently that former Director of Residence Life Dustin Wheeler has been named the new Dean of Students. Wheeler has been employed at the university since 2019. Wheeler’s career has [Read More…]

Major drone strike hits residential area of Moscow in apparent first