Month: November 2023

The state veterinarian says Illinois poultry producers should remain on high alert as new cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza are confirmed in neighboring states. Dr. Mark Ernst tells Brownfield HPAI has not been detected [Read More…]

Downtown Sioux Falls Brewery Combines Pickleball and Craft Beer at The Pickle Pub

A new venture, “The Pickle Pub” by Remedy Brewing Co., is set to open by the end of the year in downtown Sioux Falls. Located next to the brewery’s back patio at the 8th & [Read More…]

Cherry Creek Grill in Sioux Falls Permanently Closed and Building Listed for Sale

Cherry Creek Grill, a popular restaurant in Sioux Falls, will not be reopening after a fire broke out in September 2022 during renovations. Owners Charlie and Judy Kneip have decided to sell the building, land, [Read More…]

Bob Knight, Indiana’s combustible coaching giant, dies at age 83

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball, has died. He was 83. Knight’s family [Read More…]

Decade-Long Disability Fraud Scheme Unveiled in South Dakota Federal District

Jason Lee Stokes and Tami Lee Stokes have entered not guilty pleas in a federal case filed in the District of South Dakota, where they stand accused of defrauding the Social Security Administration over a [Read More…]

Construction to Begin on U.S. Highway 81 North of Yankton

YANKTON, S.D. – Work is scheduled to begin on U.S. Highway 81 between 302nd Street and 306th Street to extend the four-lane divided roadway north of Yankton. The overall project includes transitioning the current two-lane highway into [Read More…]

Trump fraud trial live updates: ‘I leave it to my CPAs,’ Trump Jr. says of accounting standards

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to [Read More…]

Mitchell Hires Baker Haar as Wrestling Coach

Baker Haar has been hired as the next Head Wrestling Coach for the Mitchell School District. Coach Haar is a 2009 graduate of Aberdeen Central High School where he was a 4 year varsity starter, [Read More…]

House to consider censure against Tlaib over her criticism of Israel. Dems counter with resolution against Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday will weigh two censure resolutions, one of which is against Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib for her criticism of Israel over its response to the deadly Hamas terror [Read More…]

Judge in Trump’s classified docs case acknowledges it could collide with Jan. 6 trial

Scott Olson/Getty Images (MIAMI) — The judge overseeing the probe into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents suggested Wednesday that she would move some of the deadlines in the case, acknowledging that the trial [Read More…]

NY Republicans force vote on their push to expel George Santos from the House

Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House has scheduled a Wednesday night vote on a Republican-led resolution to expel embattled Rep. George Santos, who maintains his innocence after being indicted on a slew of [Read More…]

Republicans Ken Buck and Kay Granger to retire from Congress as Buck blames election denialism

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Colorado Rep. Ken Buck on Wednesday announced he won’t be seeking reelection and, in a sharply worded statement explaining his decision, he blamed the election denialism that has been embraced by [Read More…]

Does Jan. 6 disqualify Trump from office? Historic 14th Amendment hearing continues

Scott Olson/Getty Images (DENVER) — A watchdog group and a handful of Colorado voters on Wednesday continued to make their case for why the 14th Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from running for president in 2024 because [Read More…]

Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged despite stubborn inflation

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, despite stubborn inflation that has resisted the central bank’s fight to cool price increases. The move allows previous rate increases to take [Read More…]

Kerry Washington on AI aspect of SAG-AFTRA strike: “It’s my face”

Kerry Washington at a SAG-AFTRA protest in August – David Livingston/Getty Images) On Wednesday, thousands of SAG-AFTRA picketers gathered near the Disney lot in Burbank, California, in a show of strength as the performers’ union strike marked [Read More…]

Keanu Reeves gets revved up in trailer to Hulu’s ‘Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story’

Keanu with Jenson Button — Hulu “For as long as I can remember I had a fascination with racing,” Keanu Reeves says in voice-over in the new trailer to the Hulu Original docuseries Brawn: The [Read More…]

It’s that time of year: Oprah reveals her Favorite Things

Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic On Wednesday, Oprah Daily revealed Oprah Winfrey‘s Favorite Things, her annual list of “unique gifts for friends, family, and the community of people you hold in your heart all year long.” The [Read More…]

Ag News

Wisconsin harvest resumes with dryer, colder conditions

Many Wisconsin farmers are back in their combines after last week’s rain delay. One of them is Zeb Zuehls from the Montello area. Zuehls tells Brownfield the late season rain helped the corn, but it’s [Read More…]

Ag News

Interest rate boosts showing up on farm balance sheets

The Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates at a target range of 5.25% to 5.5% for the second month in a row and ag economists at the University of Missouri say the increased interest is [Read More…]

Ag News

Illinois farmer looking for stability around markets and inputs