Month: March 2024
Ag News
IL ag budget wins highlighted at Ag Legislative Day
Recent wins for agriculture in the Illinois state budget were highlighted at the state capitol Wednesday. Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton outlines a program that increases access to local food… “We’re continuing with the Illinois Grocery [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA to invest $138M in climate-smart easements
The USDA has announced a $138 million investment in climate-smart conservation easements. Carrie Lindig, NRCS Easement Program Division Director, says the funds will help jumpstart conservation projects on land that has the most potential to [Read More…]
Ag News
Ukraine shipments increase, prices remain cheaper than U.S. and Brazil
An ag economist says some of Ukraine’s grain exports have increased in recent months. Allendale chief strategist Rich Nelson says the country is offering prices that are much cheaper than the U.S. and Brazil. “Right [Read More…]
ABC World News
Top Navalny aide Leonid Volkov recovering after hammer attack in Lithuania
Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images (LITHUANIA) — Leonid Volkov, a former top aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is recovering after he was attacked with a hammer by an assailant on Tuesday night near [Read More…]
News
Governor Kristi Noem Hosts Bill-Signing and Townhall in Mitchell
Governor Kristi Noem signed two bills and hosted a Townhall Wednesday at Mitchell High School. The Governor signed House Bill 1022 surrounded by legislators and youngsters… Followed by Senate Bill 127…… Noem presented [Read More…]
ABC National News
Boeing overwrote surveillance footage of door plug repair, NTSB chair says
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (PORTLAND, Ore.) — Boeing overwrote surveillance footage from the repair facility where a door plug was reinstalled ahead of the blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this year, according to a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Missing college student Riley Strain seen on surveillance video stumbling on sidewalk night he vanished
WKRN (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — A University of Missouri student was caught on several surveillance videos before he vanished during a night out in Nashville. Riley Strain was last seen by friends at 9:52 p.m. Friday [Read More…]
ABC National News
White House launches new effort to prevent opioid overdose
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House has launched a nationwide call-to-action to save lives from opioid overdoses. In its Wednesday announcement, the Biden-Harris Administration said it hopes the new effort will help get [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dollar Tree and Family Dollar will close 1,000 stores following fourth-quarter loss
Jeffrey Greenberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Doors are closing for 1,000 Dollar Tree and Family Dollar locations after the discount variety store chain announced an unexpected surprise fourth-quarter loss in its earnings report Wednesday. Dollar [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘We don’t take sides’ CEO of company that guaranteed Trump’s $92M bond tells shareholders
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The chairman and chief executive of the insurance company that guaranteed former President Donald Trump’s $92 million bond in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case said in a letter Wednesday [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden travels to battleground Wisconsin after clinching Democratic nomination
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — President Joe Biden is continuing his campaign ramp-up with a visit to battleground Wisconsin on Wednesday, a day after he clinched the Democratic nomination. Biden’s first stop will be an [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House passes bill that would ban TikTok if its Chinese owners don’t sell the popular app
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the wildly popular social media platform or face a ban in the U.S. If enacted, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Former Nickelodeon stars speak out about alleged inappropriate work environments
Jaime Nogales/Medios y Media/Getty Images In the Investigation Discovery docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, some former child stars allege they were subjected to inappropriate work environments, with former Nickelodeon star [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Olivia Munn reveals breast cancer diagnosis, double mastectomy
Disney/Chris Willard While she and her partner John Mulaney were all smiles at the Oscars on Sunday, Olivia Munn was hiding a secret she just revealed on Tuesday to her Instagram followers. To a photo [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ryan Gosling gets booed because he didn’t sing at ‘The Fall Guy’ premiere
Disney/Scott Kirkland “Barbenheimer” Oscar nominees Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt appeared along with director Chad Stahelski at Tuesday night’s SXSW premiere of their action comedy The Fall Guy, and Gosling disappointed. Sort of. Two days [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol production, stocks dip slightly
Ethanol production trickled lower last week, while stocks got a little tighter. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.024 million barrels a day, the lowest since late January and a decline of 33,000 [Read More…]
Latest News
Construction Scheduled to Begin on Interstate 90 at Kimball Exit
KIMBALL, S.D. – Beginning Monday, March 18, 2024, guardrail removal work will begin on the overhead bridge on Interstate 90 at Kimball (exit 284). Traffic will be reduced to one lane. The speed limit will [Read More…]
ABC World News
England’s NHS halts puberty blockers for transgender youth amid research efforts
Graeme Robertson/Getty Images (LONDON) — England’s National Health Service has banned the use of puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria or gender incongruence in transgender minors. The NHS has not stated it will [Read More…]
ABC National News
James Crumbley will not testify in his manslaughter trial over son’s shooting
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (PONTIAC, Mich.) — James Crumbley, the father of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, will not testify in his manslaughter trial as the defense rested after just one witness Wednesday. After the jury [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“It’s with you every day”: Matthew Perry’s stepdad Keith Morrison talks loss of ‘Friends’ star
Morrison outside Perry’s home after his death — Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Keith Morrison is well known as a Dateline correspondent, but he’s arguably less well known as the stepfather of the [Read More…]
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