Month: June 2024

Stephen Elkind said he and his husband Matthew McConnell have “become very close friends” with Lauren and Amanda Brown. They hope to stay in touch and be uncles to the Browns’ children and the Browns [Read More…]

Mitchell Police Chief Mike Koster set to retire

June 28, 2024 J.P. Skelly

A week from today Mitchell Police Chief Mike Koster is ending a 24 and a half year run with the Mitchell PD…. He came up through the ranks from Patrol office to chief… [Read More…]

Taco Bell adds new $7 Luxe Cravings Box to fast food value meal craze

Taco Bell (NEW YORK) — Wendy’s has long offered a $5 meal deal, but newcomers like McDonald’s and Burger King have prompted an influx of fast food companies vying for customers’ attention and appetites. Now, [Read More…]

In Brief: Sarah Michelle Gellar joining ‘Dexter’ prequel, and more

Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Sarah Michelle Gellar has been tapped for a guest starring role in the upcoming Dexter prequel series, according to Variety. She’ll reportedly play Dexter Morgan’s new boss at the Miami [Read More…]

Wisconsin dairy producer survey due

Wisconsin’s ag department is asking dairy producers to share information about their operations in a new survey. Dan Bauer with the Department of Ag, Trade, and Consumer Protection’s Farm Center tells Brownfield a lot has [Read More…]

More rain across parts of the Corn Belt; drought a concern for some

Across the Corn Belt, upper Midwestern floodwaters continue to slowly drain from tributaries into larger rivers. Most of the remaining flooding is focused across southeastern South Dakota, northwestern Iowa, and southern Minnesota. Some additional heavy [Read More…]

It’s time to check and replace your grain auger

Portable augers are workhorses when it comes to transferring grain and farmers rely on them year-round. In this Managing for Profit, Paul Brisebois, AGI senior vice president says now is the time to do a [Read More…]

Purdue doctoral student working on combatting soybean herbicide injury

A Purdue doctoral student says one of the biggest problems farmers face is post-emergence herbicide injury in soybeans. Marcelo Zimmer says bringing new options to growers is crucial. “If we can use targeted applications and [Read More…]

Why there aren’t beef shortages with such tight cattle supplies

There have been a lot of stories about the size of the U.S. cattle herd. Some headlines that you might have heard: “The cattle herd is shrinking” or “It’s the smallest the cattle herd on [Read More…]

Seven men to be inducted into South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame

Seven men who have made a lasting impression are set to be honored by the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame and South Dakota Umpires Association Hall of Fame later this year. Mark Payne [Read More…]

Fact checking the Biden-Trump presidential debate

Henrik5000/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump met for a showdown over policy and their records, but not everything claimed by the candidates onstage was factual. Inflation rates, border [Read More…]

Next Biden-Trump presidential debate will be in September on ABC

Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, right, and President Donald Trump speak during the U.S. presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 22, 2020. — Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]

Noem, who sent Guard troops to Texas, resists using them for her own state’s flooding

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight After ordering National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border three times, Republican Gov. Kristi Noem is defending her decision to avoid sending troops to flood-ravaged areas in South Dakota, saying [Read More…]

Iowa city, South Dakota company face suit alleging contaminated water, $4 million in tainted cheese

Clark Kauffman/Iowa Capital Dispatch A cheese manufacturer is suing the Iowa city of Sanborn for water contamination that allegedly infiltrated the plant and caused $4 million in damages. The Minnesota dairy cooperative Associated Milk Producers [Read More…]

Flood washes away Noem’s false veneer of leadership

Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Severe weather brought a deluge to southeast South Dakota recently and exposed Gov. Kristi Noem’s faults. While the rain fell, she abandoned the state for a political conference and television interview. When catastrophic floodwaters surged [Read More…]

13 states with Republican governors, including South Dakota, opt out of summer food program for kids

Robbie Sequeira/Stateline A new, permanent summer grocery program will help nearly 21 million kids across 37 states get enough to eat this year while school’s out. But 13 states with Republican governors have opted out of the [Read More…]

Uvalde librarian uses books to help people in community with anxiety, grieving

People visit a makeshift memorial to the victims of a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on June 30, 2022. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) (UVALDE, Texas) — After the tragic [Read More…]

Lily Gladstone on her crazy year and new film, ‘Fancy Dance’

Apple TV+ Lily Gladstone stars in Erica Tremblay‘s feature directorial debut, Fancy Dance, opening theatrically on Friday. Gladstone plays Jax Goodiron, a member of Oklahoma’s Seneca-Cayuga tribe who is searching for her missing sister. Gladstone [Read More…]

Livestock economist exports more pork on the market

A livestock economist says overall pork supplies continue to grow despite a decline in breeding inventory. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown productivity continues to improve. “If you look at March through May, pigs per litter, [Read More…]

Seasonal warmth, heat to accompany more organized rains, at times, across the Heartland