Month: September 2023
ABC Business News
Gen Z is burdened by student loan debt, and now many are facing payments for first time
jayk7/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the first week of October, Kennedy Quintanilla will do something she has not had to do since graduating from college two years ago: make a student loan payment. “Reality [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Golden Bachelor’ premiere recap: Gerry meets the women, gives out 1st impression rose
ABC/Craig Sjodin The Golden Bachelor kicked off Thursday with an unforgettable night for Bachelor Gerry Turner. As each of the 22 women vying for Turner’s heart arrived at the mansion, some shared their excitement and nervousness for [Read More…]
Ag News
Carrots pack a super nutritious punch
Researchers from North Carolina State and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been sequencing 630 carrot genomes as they examine the history of the orange carrot. Carrots, especially orange carrots contain high quantities of carotenoids, which [Read More…]
News
South Dakota Teacher of the Year
George Hawkins, a social studies teacher at Jefferson High School in Sioux Falls, has been named the 2024 South Dakota Teacher of the Year. Secretary of Education Joseph Graves made the announcement at a banquet [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Harry Potter’ veterans mourn co-star Michael Gambon
L-R: Gambon, Grint, Radcliffe in 2010 – Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Harry Potter veterans took to social media Thursday to mourn Michael Gambon, the actor who played Dumbledore in six Harry [Read More…]
Ag News
Exclusive: Vilsack concerned as shutdown gets closer
A government shutdown is looming and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says it hasn’t been easy to watch. “You don’t want to take my blood pressure today, let’s put it that way.” Secretary Vilsack tells Brownfield [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmers expected to store bulk of 2023 crop
Market headwinds are expected to curb farmer selling during harvest. Glenn Wachtler with Compeer Financial’s Grain Team says corn and soybean prices continue to reflect weak export demand. “It seems like we were on top [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jimmy Fallon reveals NBC didn’t want him for ‘The Tonight Show’ after box office misses
2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC While the writers strike is over, Strike Force Five rolls on, and on the eighth episode of their previously-recorded Strike Force Five podcast, Jimmy Fallon explained NBC wasn’t even considering him to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nonprofit Step Up names Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and more in its inaugural 25 Mentors of the Year list
ABC The mentorship nonprofit Step Up, which focuses on female empowerment, announced its first list of 25 Mentors of the Year, and some Hollywood notables have made the cut, including actress/producers Mindy Kaling, Gabrielle Union [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan Senate supports solar as part of ag preservation
Michigan’s Senate has recently passed legislation that would allow farmland enrolled in the state’s preservation program to be used for solar development. Bill sponsor Kristen McDonald Rivet tells Brownfield Senate Bill 277 would codify guidance [Read More…]
Ag News
MO Farm Bureau concerned about gov’t shutdown
Missouri Farm Bureau is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make the Farm Service Agency and Commodity Credit Corporation functions essential operations in a government shutdown. Garrett Hawkins sent the request in a letter [Read More…]
News
Mitchell Police arrest a 41 year old man following vehicle pursuit
On September 28th, 2023, at approximately 0211 hours, Mitchell Police Patrol Officers conducted a traffic stop for a traffic violation. The vehicle stopped in the 300 Block of N Minnesota St in Mitchell. As the [Read More…]
ABC World News
70,000 Armenians, half of disputed enclave’s population, have now fled
bergserg/Getty Images (LONDON) — At least 75,500 ethnic Armenian refugees have now fled Nagorno-Karabakh, more than half the disputed enclave’s population, according to local authorities, as the exodus from the region continues to accelerate. It [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect arrested in murder of Baltimore tech CEO Pava LaPere
EcoMap (BALTIMORE) — The manhunt for a convict accused of murdering a Baltimore tech CEO has ended, authorities said, even as the suspect’s release on a prior conviction comes under further scrutiny. Jason Dean Billingsley, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hearing on deadly Maui wildfires seeks answers to cause, prevention efforts
gio_banfi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hawaii energy and utility officials were grilled Thursday by House members seeking answers about how the deadly Maui wildfires started and could have been prevented. “We must come to a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Patrick J. Adams apologizes for “foolishly and thoughtlessly” posting pictures of ‘Suits’ co-star Meghan Markle
L-R: Patrick J. Adams, Markle — Shane Mahood/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Meghan Markle‘s former co-star Patrick J. Adams has taken to Instagram to atone for posting a photo of her on Monday, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Bill Maher’s ‘Real Time’ return to include presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis
HBO/Greg Endries As reported, Real Time with Bill Maher returns on Max Friday night, September 29. HBO has just revealed who the first post-WGA strike guests will be. Florida governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The Morning “Show”: Jennifer Aniston bares some skin in fashion photo shoot
Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images Jennifer Aniston bares her bod on the cover of the Muses issue of the biannual publication CR Fashion Book. On Instagram Wednesday, she gave her nearly 50 million followers a sneak [Read More…]
Ag News
MO agriculture get a chance to expand market access to Japan
Missouri state officials say expanding meat exports will be a priority discussion in an upcoming trade trip to Japan. Governor Mike Parson tells Brownfield Japanese consumers want better quality animal protein. “Whether that’s beef, pork [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
No. 2 Michigan is preparing to defend old-school Nebraska option offense in its first road game
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Michigan’s first road game comes with an added challenge at Nebraska on Saturday. The Wolverines (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) will go against an offense that has gone back in time under [Read More…]