Month: January 2024
Ag News
New beef processing plant to open in early 2025
The president of the American Foods Group says a new beef processing plant in eastern Missouri should start contracting cattle later this year. Steve Van Lannen tells Brownfield America’s Heartland Packing plant will source cattle [Read More…]
News
Mitchell Legislator takes on additional duty
District 20 Senator Josh Klumb of Mitchell has added another committee assignment to his current workload…… He says one of his first duties on the committee is to break a tie vote on [Read More…]
Latest News
‘Burn, beetle, burn’: Hundreds of people torch an effigy of destructive bug in South Dakota town
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — In what’s become an annual winter tradition, hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle effigy in Custer, South Dakota, to raise awareness of the destructive [Read More…]
Ag News
Cashing in on residual nitrogen
Drought was a problem for many farmers in 2023, but a soil scientist suggests a silver lining for corn growers is potentially usable nitrates for the upcoming growing season. And Brad Carlson with the University [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer becomes winningest coach in college basketball, passing Mike Krzyzewski
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Tara VanDerveer became the all-time winningest coach in college basketball history Sunday, passing former Duke and Army coach Mike Krzyzewski with her 1,203rd career victory when No. 8 Stanford beat Oregon [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Jared Goff throws 2 TD passes, Lions advance to NFC title game with 31-23 win over Buccaneers
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff threw two touchdown passes and the Detroit Lions beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 in a divisional-round playoff game on Sunday, lifting the long-suffering franchise into the NFC championship for the first time in [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Death toll passes 25,000 in Gaza, health ministry says
A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by [Read More…]
ABC National News
3 dead, 2 injured in shooting at possible short-term rental in Katy, Texas, sheriff says
Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (KATY, Texas) — Three people were killed and at least two people were injured during an overnight shooting at a home that may have been used as a short-term rental in Katy, Texas, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Ron DeSantis ends presidential campaign before New Hampshire primary
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was hailed for much of last year as a rising Republican star, is ending his presidential campaign after he failed to overtake rival Donald Trump in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Burgum downplays Trump attacks on Haley’s name and conspiracy about her heritage
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who endorsed Donald Trump after suspending his own Republican presidential campaign, on Sunday tried to downplay the former president’s inflammatory new attacks on former South Carolina Gov. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
White House defends retaliation against Houthis: ‘Deterrence is not a light switch’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — A top White House national security official is defending the repeated U.S. strikes on Houthis in Yemen, amid attacks by the militant group on international ships in the Red Sea, which has [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden campaign dismisses 3rd-party and No Labels threat in 2024: Voters won’t be ‘fooled’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s campaign is dismissing threats that a third-party candidacy, like a potential No Labels “unity” ticket, could siphon crucial votes from him in a close election in November, arguing that [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DeSantis exits 2024 race right after aide says he won’t; Trump responds after Haley questions mental fitness
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (MANCHESTER, N.H.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ended his presidential campaign on Sunday amid dour poll numbers in New Hampshire and South Carolina, marking a major shift in the primary field and the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Ron DeSantis drops out of presidential race and endorses Trump after months of challenges
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign Sunday just before the New Hampshire primary and endorsed Donald Trump, ending a White House bid that failed to meet expectations that [Read More…]
Latest News
Water in Northern South Dakota Project Brings Collaboration for Missouri River Water Supply
Three water companies in northern South Dakota, including WEB Water, BDM Rural Water System, and the City of Aberdeen, have entered a memorandum of agreement for the “Water in Northern South Dakota” (WINS) project. The [Read More…]
Latest News
Shelters and victim service providers struggle as federal funding plummets
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight – Children no longer have to sit in the Sioux Falls Police Department lobby for hours — with nowhere to go and no one to comfort them — after a parent [Read More…]
Latest News
Noem Proposes 4% Increase in State Aid to Education for FY2025
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has suggested a 4% boost in state aid to education for fiscal year 2025, affecting teacher salaries and various education components in the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. Currently at 7% [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Kernels improve to 9-0 for the first time in 21 years with win at #3 Harrisburg
Mitchell Kernels girls basketball knocked off #3 Harrisburg on Saturday, 46-44 to improve to 9-0 on the season. It is the Kernels best start in 21 years. The Kernels rallied from an early 11-3 deficit [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Christian McCaffrey’s 2nd TD rallies the 49ers to 24-21 playoff win over Jordan Love and the Packers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy’s throws were off-target all night. The San Francisco defense kept giving up big plays. There were even a couple of special teams blunders. Just when it seemed like [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Lamar Jackson and Ravens pull away in the second half to beat Texans 34-10 and reach AFC title game
BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson had already done plenty of running by the time he reached the end zone in the fourth quarter. Apparently, he still had quite a bit of energy, leaping past the [Read More…]
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