Month: April 2024
Ag News
Doggett presses Biden admin for E15 emergency waiver
The former CEO of the National Corn Growers Association says E15 fuel blends need to be made available this summer. Jon Doggett tells Brownfield there’s no reason for the U.S. EPA to delay the implementation [Read More…]
Ag News
Firm farmland market continues
A farm real estate specialist suggests farmland prices will remain steady this year. Tim Meyer, site leader and realtor with Steffes Group, says the market has been strong to start 2024 despite higher interest rates [Read More…]
Ag News
Celebrating Vitamin C
Today is National Vitamin C Day. And what a great vitamin to celebrate. Vitamin C is vital to the body’s healing process. It’s a nutrient that your body needs to form blood vessels, cartilage, muscle, [Read More…]
Latest News
Missing Indigenous people cases remain high as state office tries to make a difference
Amelia Schafer, Rapid City Journal and ICT Indigenous people account for roughly 60% of missing persons cases in South Dakota, which is still an undercount according to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Foul play’ suspected in case of missing moms in Oklahoma, police say
Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, are seen in undated photos released on March 31, 2024, by the Texas County Sheriff’s Department. (Texas County Sheriff’s Department) (NEW YORK) — Two missing mothers in Oklahoma [Read More…]
ABC National News
Rise in mass transit crime has LA officials searching for solutions
izusek/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles, like other major cities, has seen a surge in crime committed on buses, trains and stations’ transit hubs, according to statistics compiled by ABC News, and now transit [Read More…]
ABC National News
Missing totality? April 8 partial solar eclipse times and magnitudes across the US
A partial solar eclipse is seen in San Salvador, El Salvador, Oct. 14, 2023. (SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Excitement is mounting for one of nature’s most unique spectacles, the total solar [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Florida’s six-week abortion ban ‘catastrophic for the region,’ activist says
fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite abortion being on the November ballot in Florida, pro-abortion groups say a six-week ban going into effect next month will have devastating consequences for women in the Southeast. The [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What you need to know about bird flu after person became infected in Texas
d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, was first detected in 1996 among birds in China, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Cosmic yoga, portable toilets: Solar eclipse will deliver ‘tourism boom’ for economy
People watch the Annular Solar Eclipse with using safety glasses in Brownsville, Texas on Oct. 14, 2023. (Mike Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A fully booked hotel in Maine said it received its [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Largest US egg producer temporarily halts production due to avian flu at Texas facility
d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As avian flu continues to spread in birds across the United States, a major chicken egg manufacturer has temporarily halted production after the highly contagious disease was detected at its [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ye Olde Troll: Olivia Colman has a laugh with true-story comedy ‘Wicked Little Letters’
Sony Classics Take a peek back at the trolls of old with Oscar winner Olivia Colman in the new film Wicked Little Letters. The period comedy is based on the true story of a town [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Rudy Mancuso on telling a Brazilian-American story in ‘Musicá’ with girlfriend Camila Mendes
Prime Video Not only is Música Rudy Mancuso’s directorial debut, it’s also the film where he met his girlfriend, Camila Mendes, who co-stars alongside him and serves as a producer. Mancuso got his start as a creator on [Read More…]
Ag News
Wintry weather is keeping farmers in the shop
The early April weather is keeping most Wisconsin farmers out of the fields. This week’s storm system brought slushy, wet snow from an inch deep in southeastern Wisconsin to more than nine inches in a [Read More…]
Ag News
Market advisor says U.S. cheese exports should pick up
A market advisor says the U.S. cheese market prices remain stubbornly low, but there might be a bright side. “It does seem like at these prices, we’re probably winning back some export business so hopefully, that [Read More…]
Latest News
Supreme Court case could impact out-of-state abortions for South Dakotans
Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing a case involving medication abortion that could change the way some South Dakota women access abortion services by crossing the border into neighboring [Read More…]
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Tribe worries about police staffing, not cartels, officials tell congressman
Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight WAGNER — Yankton Sioux Tribe officials said Wednesday they know where the drugs on their tribal lands are coming from. “Not the cartels,” said Justin Song Hawk, a former tribal [Read More…]
ABC World News
Taiwan earthquake death toll climbs to 10, with 38 people missing
A landslide blocks a road near Taroko national park following an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, on Thursday, April 4, 2024. (An Rong Xu/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The death toll from Wednesday’s powerful [Read More…]
ABC World News
World Central Kitchen calls for independent investigation into killing of aid workers in Gaza
Palestinians check a damaged vehicle after Israeli strikes in central Gaza Strip city of Deir el-Balah, on April 2, 2024. (Yasser Qudih/Xinhua via Getty Images) (LONDON) — The foreign-aid organization World Central Kitchen called on [Read More…]
ABC World News
Bodies of six aid workers killed in Israeli strike transported from Gaza as fallout grows
World Central Kitchen (NEW YORK) — The bodies of six of the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in an Israeli military missile strike this week left Gaza on Wednesday, hospital officials said, as [Read More…]