Month: August 2023

John Lamparski/Getty Images As the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes roll on, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass weighed in on Friday, August 4. “Communication reopening between representatives of the Writers Guild of America [Read More…]

Heavyweight Hollywood lawyers slams NBC, Bravo over “grotesque and depraved mistreatment” of reality stars

Getty Images The “reckoning” over TV networks’ treatment of reality show stars that Real Housewives vet Bethenny Frankel warned about weeks ago “has arrived,” according to A-list attorneys Mark Geragos and Bryan Freedman. The pair, [Read More…]

Showing animals helps fair participants learn and grow

Showing animals at the fair is a lot of work, but the rewards can be great. Exhibitors are showing a wide variety of animals at the state fair. One exhibitor is Cora Brandau from Wilton [Read More…]

Wisconsin State Fair helps educate youth long before fair starts

The Wisconsin State Fair began Thursday, but the fair’s agricultural education efforts began long before the gates opened. State Fair CEO Shari Black tells Brownfield the fairgrounds and volunteers hosted Ag Discovery Day in May, where [Read More…]

Two Individuals Charged with Child Sex Trafficking and Child Pornography in Winner

Richard Alan Kucera and Ivy Rose Heron are accused of engaging in child sex trafficking and producing child pornography in Winner between 2020 and 2021. Court documents reveal that they forced a child into a [Read More…]

Attorney General Jackley Releases 2022 Crime in South Dakota Report

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces the Crime in South Dakota 2022 Report is indicating that the number of criminal offenses reported statewide in 2022 were consistent with 2021. South Dakota law [Read More…]

Navigator CO2 Ventures Completes Pipeline Application, Faces Landowner Challenges

Navigator CO2 Ventures has finished presenting its main case in the application to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for constructing a carbon dioxide pipeline in parts of the state. However, the company faced [Read More…]

Challenges of Tourism Season Strain County Services in South Dakota

South Dakota’s peak tourism season, including events like the Sturgis Rally, brings millions of dollars to the state through sales tax revenue. However, counties that provide essential services like ambulances, search and rescue, and law [Read More…]

North Dakota Denies Route Permit Application for Summit Carbon Solutions

The North Dakota Public Service Commissioners unanimously voted to reject Summit Carbon Solution’s route permit application on Friday. The regulators cited the company’s failure to demonstrate that their project would not have adverse effects on [Read More…]

Pierre Man Arrested for Attempting to Give Marijuana to Teenagers

51-year-old Robert Grandon from Pierre was arrested for trying to give marijuana to three teenagers at Griffin Park. The man approached the teenagers with a smoking pipe and allegedly urged them to smoke it. The [Read More…]

Yankton Man Arrested for Multiple Crimes in Sioux Falls Spree

A 38-year-old Yankton man, identified as David Brown, was arrested by Sioux Falls police early Friday morning for his involvement in multiple crimes. The first incident occurred when a woman found him inside her car [Read More…]

Reality Roundup: Former ‘Bachelorette’ reveals who she’s dating, Netflix star denies cheating allegations, and more

Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what’s happened in the world of reality television this week. Bachelorette (ABC) – Former Bachelorette, Gabby Windey, announced she is in a committed [Read More…]

Mark Margolis, ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul’ kingpin, dies at 83

Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television Mark Margolis, the veteran character actor who played drug kingpin Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad and its prequel series, Better Call Saul, has died at 83 years old. Margolis, who appeared [Read More…]

‘The Office’ vet Leslie David Baker returning more than $110,000 to online donors for sidelined Stanley spinoff

Amanda Edwards/Getty Images Uncle Stan was to center on Stanley’s Florida retirement getting interrupted so he could help his nephew in Los Angeles with his “motorcycle-florist shop,” according to an in-character tease Baker performed on [Read More…]

Pillen asks USDA, Vilsack to update, issue disaster payments without delay

A Midwestern governor is asking Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to update payments that are made to cattle producers through the Livestock Indemnity Program. In a letter to the Secretary on Friday, Nebraska’s Jim Pillen says [Read More…]

25% of corn and soybean growers continue to expect 2024 cash rental rates to rise

Twenty-five percent of corn and soybean growers continue to expect cash rental rates to rise next year, according to the latest Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Jim Minter is the survey’s principal investigator and [Read More…]

Crops hanging on despite dry conditions in Minnesota

An extension educator suggests crops are hanging on despite extreme dryness in parts of Minnesota. Dave Nicolai with the University of Minnesota says corn looks good from the road. “But if you get into some [Read More…]

Rain will benefit cool season grasses