Year: 2023

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings quickly found their stride under rookie head coach Kevin O’Connell as a confident, close-knit and resilient team — featuring the league’s leading receiver — with an NFL-record 11 wins by eight [Read More…]

Persistence led Twins back to Correa: ‘His heart was here’

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The fact that Carlos Correa picked richer offers from two other clubs didn’t create any ill will from the Minnesota Twins — nor deterred them from trying again. The Twins truly felt [Read More…]

Robbie Knievel, daredevil son of Evel Knievel, dies at 60

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Robbie Knievel, an American stunt performer who set records with daredevil motorcycle jumps following the tire tracks of his thrill-seeking father — including at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in 1989 [Read More…]

Maine gets 1st Mega Millions jackpot with $1.35B grand prize

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Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand [Read More…]

Lessons learned from the 2022 deer season

The 2022-2023 deer season was one to remember for many hunters across the country. On this week’s episode, southern Iowa hunter Noel Gandy shares some of his experiences and lesson’s learned this year. Part 2 [Read More…]

Uvalde school coach Wade Miller nominated for NFL’s High School Coach of the Year award in aftermath of shooting

MARK FELIX/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The NFL announced Wednesday the high school football coaches nominated by 32 NFL teams for the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award, representing the best [Read More…]

6-year-old’s backpack was searched the day of shooting that injured a teacher

Tony Anderson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a town hall meeting with parents, a Virginia school district superintendent said that the backpack of a 6-year-old student who shot a teacher in a classroom was searched [Read More…]

Company creates 2 artificial intelligence interns: ‘They are hustling and grinding’

Bloomberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Artificial intelligence isn’t just making inroads in technology. Soon, AI may replace human beings in jobs as evidenced by one company that has created two AI interns. Kyle Monson, co-founder [Read More…]

Tesla slashes car prices as much as 20%

Smith Collection/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Electric vehicle company Tesla slashed the price of its cars across global markets as much as 20%, the automaker announced on Thursday night. The move aims to bolster demand [Read More…]

Lisa Marie Presley will be laid to rest at Graceland; ex-husband Nicolas Cage, ‘Elvis’ director react to her death

Todd Williamson/NBC/NBC via Getty Images Lisa Marie Presley, who died Thursday at 54 years old, will be laid to rest at her father’s famous estate, Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee. A rep for Mad Max: Fury [Read More…]

Mel Brooks drops star-packed trailer to ‘The History of the World: Part II’

Hulu A veritable who’s who of comedic actors came to play for a living comedy legend, Mel Brooks, in the long-awaited series sequel to his 1981 classic A History of the World: Part One. On [Read More…]

Transportation outlook after unprecedented disruptions

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says the U.S. transportation sector has faced unprecedented disruptions in recent years. “I would say the most concentrated and varied set of disruptions and issues since 9/11 and most of [Read More…]

Dairy producer group to seek federal order hearing soon

Dairy producers might be closer to getting a hearing to discuss milk pricing issues. Jim Mulhern with the National Milk Producers Federation tells Brownfield their board has spent the past year and a half working [Read More…]

New crop insurance opportunities for soybeans and oats

Wisconsin farmers can plant soybeans earlier this spring without losing crop insurance eligibility. Economist Paul Mitchell is with the University of Wisconsin. He tells Brownfield, “The earliest planting dates have become earlier now. They used [Read More…]

Corn up Friday, with soybeans and wheat mixed

Soybeans were mixed on bull spreading, while ending the week with solid gains. Nearby contracts had more support from Thursday’s USDA reports, with bullish surprises in U.S. production, carryover, and quarterly stocks. Dry weather remains [Read More…]

Agribusinesses recruit next generation at business conference