Month: September 2023

ABC News (KALISPELL, Mont.) — The day teenage brothers Lander and Badge Busse made history in the fight against climate change, they celebrated by fishing for trout under Montana skies clogged with smoke from wildfires. [Read More…]

Kyle, South Dakota Woman Reaches Plea Deal in Baby Murder Case

35-year-old Billie Jean Red Owl from Kyle, South Dakota, has agreed to a plea deal with the U.S. Attorney’s office in a case where she was charged with murdering her less than three-month-old daughter through [Read More…]

Arrest Made in Sioux Falls Downtown Gunshots Incident, More Shooters Unclear

Sioux Falls Police has arrested a 30-year-old resident, Tyrees Washington, in connection with gunshots heard in the downtown area this past weekend. Responding to reports of shots fired early Saturday morning, police found Washington in [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 9/5/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Cincinnati 7, Seattle 6 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 5, LA Angels 4 (10) Toronto 7, Oakland 1 Minnesota 8, Cleveland [Read More…]

South Dakota Man Charged with Felony for Damaging Downtown Sioux Falls Art Piece

Jed Smeenk, a 32-year-old Belle Fourche resident, is facing a felony charge in Sioux Falls after allegedly breaking a valuable art piece on display in downtown Sioux Falls. Smeenk was walking along Phillips Avenue when [Read More…]

Sioux Falls Man Accepts Plea Deal in Idaho Pride Event Riot Plot

James Michael Johnson, a Sioux Falls man involved in an alleged plot to riot at a Pride event in northern Idaho, accepted a plea agreement, admitting to participating in an assembly without a permit. His [Read More…]

Civil rights lawsuit in North Dakota accuses a white supremacist group of racial intimidation

Two nonprofits have sued a white nationalist hate group in North Dakota, alleging that it committed racial intimidation by defacing businesses and public property around the city of Fargo with the group’s logo and other [Read More…]

10,700 South Dakotans enroll in student loan repayment program; Thune files opposition measure

With the pause of more than three years on federal student loan repayments coming to an end in October, and the Supreme Court’s summer decision to strike down the White House’s one-time debt relief program, [Read More…]

What it’s like to ride in a self-driving taxi

ABC News (SAN FRANCISCO) — With self-driving cars already here, San Francisco took another step forward recently, allowing companies to offer driverless taxi services in the city. Last month, officials voted to allow two companies, [Read More…]

Over 15K pounds of Hillshire Smoked Sausage recalled due to possible contamination with bone fragments

USDA (NEW YORK) — Hillshire Brands Company has recalled nearly 15,876 pounds of blended meat and poultry smoked sausage products “that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically bone fragments,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s [Read More…]

Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet fuel romance rumors after PDA at Beyoncé concert

September 6, 2023 nedvedmedia

Taylor Hill/Getty Images, Greg Doherty/WireImage Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet were spotted packing on the PDA at Beyoncé‘s Renaissance World Tour in Los Angeles on September 4. This marked a significant public appearance for the cosmetics mogul, 26, and [Read More…]

Ag News

Uncommon pest found in southwest Iowa soybeans

An extension agronomist in southwest Iowa has spotted an uncommon pest in soybean fields. Aaron Saeugling with Iowa State University says Dectes stem borer bores into soybean stalks where it hatches larvae that feed on [Read More…]

Three rescued from Coral Sea after multiple shark attacks damaged inflatable catamaran

September 5, 2023 Travis Kriens

Australian Maritime Safety Authority (NEW YORK) — Three people were rescued from the Coral Sea after “multiple shark attacks” damaged their catamaran. Following an alert from a Russian-registered emergency position-indicating radio beacon, the Australian Maritime [Read More…]

Chief Firefighter Josh Kogel Identified as Casualty in Huron, South Dakota Fire

Josh Kogel, the dedicated chief firefighter of Cavour, tragically lost his life while combating a fire in Huron on Monday. At 48 years old, Kogel had served as a firefighter for more than two decades, [Read More…]

Solano hits 3-run triple, Twins do late damage, beat Guardians 8-3 to open 7-game lead in AL Central

September 5, 2023 Travis Kriens

CLEVELAND (AP) — For months, the AL Central was the butt of jokes. The Minnesota Twins may get the last laugh. Jorge Polanco hit a sacrifice fly and Donovan Solano added a three-run triple in [Read More…]

Bird watchers in a flurry over ‘rare’ incursion of wild flamingos blown into US from Hurricane Idalia

Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (MIAMI) — Bird enthusiasts are flocking to see flamboyances of flamingos popping up all over the Eastern U.S. after they were blown in by Hurricane Idalia. More than 150 [Read More…]

Vietnam vet awarded Medal of Honor 55 years later for daring helicopter rescue

US Army (WASHINGTON) — Army attack helicopter pilot Larry Taylor scrambled to rescue a small patrol of soldiers surrounded by enemies on the ground in Vietnam, according to a dramatic account he and the men he [Read More…]

Latest out of Maui: The recovery, rebuilding begins after deadly wildfires

Zeng Hui/Xinhua via Getty Images (KAHULUI, Hawaii) — The rebuilding process has begun across Maui, following the devastating wildfires that killed at least 115 people and displaced thousands more. Here is the latest news out of [Read More…]

Mark Meadows, all remaining defendants plead not guilty in Georgia election case

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — All 19 defendants have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them in the Georgia election interference case and waived their in-person arraignment, which was set for Wednesday, according to court [Read More…]

Trump challenges argument 14th Amendment disqualifies him in 2024, and more trail takeaways