Year: 2023

Get the weed seeds out of the combine
Dan Smith with the University of Wisconsin says there are weed seeds in every combine that has been in a field, and getting them out is the key to preventing the spread of weeds and [Read More…]

Temps vary across the Heartland; scattered rains western Corn Belt & parts of the Plains
Across the Corn Belt, below-normal temperatures have returned, following last week’s adversely hot conditions. At the height of the heat wave, from July 25-29, the western Corn Belt experienced as many as 5 consecutive days [Read More…]

26-Year-Old Omaha Man Arrested for Assaulting Juvenile at Lake Poinsett Business
A 26-year-old man from Omaha, Nebraska, was charged and arrested for simple assault and disorderly conduct after punching a juvenile in the face at a business at Lake Poinsett. The incident occurred on Saturday, July [Read More…]

Body of hiker missing for 37 years discovered in melting glacier
Valais cantonal police / Kantonspolizei Wallis (LONDON) — The body of a hiker who has been missing for 37 years has been unearthed on a thawing glacier near the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps. A [Read More…]

Sentencings in Watertown, S.D. Embezzlement Case
The federal embezzlement case against 37-year-old Reva Plunkett of Watertown, SD, came to a close this week as she was sentenced to 94 months in federal prison without parole, after which Plunkett will have three [Read More…]

Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann due in court
Olena Ruban/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann is set to appear in court on Tuesday as authorities continue to investigate the slayings. Police last week concluded their search at Heuermann’s [Read More…]

TBI investigating after Memphis police say they thwarted ‘potential mass shooting’ at Jewish school
(MEMPHIS) — Tennessee’s lead law enforcement agency is investigating an officer-involved shooting of a man who allegedly opened fire outside a Jewish school in Memphis on Monday afternoon. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced in [Read More…]

TBI investigating after Memphis police say they thwarted ‘potential mass shooting’ at Jewish school
WATN (MEMPHIS) — Tennessee’s lead law enforcement agency is investigating an officer-involved shooting of a man who allegedly opened fire outside a Jewish school in Memphis on Monday afternoon. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced [Read More…]

‘A lifelong recovery’: 2-year-old girl’s journey after she was shot by a stray bullet
Courtesy of Miraida Gomez and Gregory Arias (NEW YORK) — Five days a week, at 8:30 a.m., two-year-old Catherine Arias arrives at a children’s hospital in Valhalla, New York — 10 miles north of New [Read More…]

Suspect arrested for allegedly hitting 6 migrants with SUV, police say
Lincolnton Police Department (NORTH CAROLINA) — Police in Lincolnton, North Carolina, arrested a man on felony hit and run charges on Monday after six migrants were allegedly hit by a vehicle outside a store on [Read More…]

South Dakota Medicaid Adding, Subtracting Users
With changes in Federal and state law, there are thousands of people losing and gaining Medicaid insurance coverage. Federal law changes allowed states to drop people that gained Medicaid coverage during the pandemic. A constitutional [Read More…]

House Republicans launch investigation of Hunter Biden’s deferred plea deal
Gabriel Cristea / 500px/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — House Republicans on Monday launched an inquiry into the Justice Department’s plea deal with Hunter Biden, which was put on hold after falling apart in court last [Read More…]

Ohio voters to consider if abortion access measure should be harder to pass
FilippoBacci/Getty Images (OHIO) — Ohioans next week will vote in a special election to determine whether to raise the threshold required to amend the state constitution — and then, three months after that, voters will [Read More…]

Gov. DeSantis invites VP Kamala Harris to discuss Florida’s new Black history standards
Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has sent a letter inviting Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss his state’s new Black history standards. In a letter obtained by ABC News, DeSantis invited [Read More…]

South Dakota Still Paying Down Old Disasters
The State of South Dakota is still dealing with a number of disasters, some years old. Kristi Turman, Director of the State Office of Emergency Management, says they are still working off a storm from [Read More…]

Team USA teen cyclist killed by car in training accident just days before world championships
USA Cycling (NEW YORK) — An up-and-coming American cyclist who was a member of the U.S. National Team was struck and killed by a car while he was training for a race over the weekend, [Read More…]

Convicted murderer dies in Sioux Falls hospital
Samuel Boston, a convicted murderer serving a life sentence for second-degree murder in Custer County, South Dakota, has passed away at a Sioux Falls hospital. The South Dakota Department of Corrections Administration Office confirmed his [Read More…]

Chlöe Bailey, Rachel Zegler, Questlove and more pay tribute to Angus Cloud
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO Following Euphoria breakout Angus Cloud‘s sudden death at 25 years old on Monday, July 31, the acting community took to social media to pay tribute to the actor. “Rest easy brother,” Javon Walton, who played [Read More…]

‘Bachelorette’ recap: Hometowns end with a crushing elimination
ABC/Craig Sjodin It was time for hometowns on Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette, and with just four men left, Charity faced her toughest rose ceremony yet, ending with Aaron being sent home in the season’s most heartbreaking elimination. Before meeting Aaron’s [Read More…]

Weather outlook continues to weigh on grain markets
A market analyst says the potential for improved weather conditions in the short term has been weighing on the grain markets. Tim Marsh tells Brownfield the dryness that developed across much of the Corn Belt [Read More…]
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