Month: June 2024

Disney+ A respected Jedi Master is investigating a shocking crime spree in the new Star Wars series The Acolyte, out Tuesday on Disney+. Dafne Keen plays a young Jedi in training, and she tells ABC Audio [Read More…]

Warmer & more humid across much of the Heartland; scattered rains centered on the Plains

June 4, 2024 nedvedmedia

Across the Corn Belt, showers and a few thunderstorms stretch southwestward from the upper Great Lakes region. Meanwhile in the eastern Corn Belt, warm, mostly dry weather favors late-season corn and soybean planting efforts, as [Read More…]

A cooler, drier weather pattern ahead for the Heartland

June 4, 2024 nedvedmedia

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures in Maine, the West, and the Deep South, while cooler-than-normal conditions will cover the Midwest and neighboring regions, including the eastern [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Four hostages confirmed dead

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by [Read More…]

Woman, 83, seriously injured after being gored by bison at Yellowstone National Park: Officials

Bruce Alexander / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) – An 83-year-old woman sustained “serious injuries” after being gored by a wild bison at Yellowstone National Park, officials said on Monday. The woman, from Greenville, South Carolina, [Read More…]

Hunter Biden gun trial updates: Jury of six women, six men to hearing openings Tuesday

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building and United States Courthouse on July 26, 2023 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Mark M (WILMINGTON, Del.) — President Joe [Read More…]

Expanding biomanufacturing in the U.S.

The head of the Corn Refiners Association says it’s important that Congress includes provisions in the farm bill to expand biomanufacturing in the U.S. John Bode tells Brownfield biomanufacturing goes beyond biofuels. It also includes [Read More…]

Celebrating safer dairy and milk products

The dairy industry is celebrating the 100th anniversary of safer dairy and milk products. Jessica Kassel with the St. Louis Dairy Council says the Grade “A” Pasteurized Milk Ordinance began in 1924 as the Standard [Read More…]

Elle Fanning reportedly facing off with the predator in ‘Badlands’ from ‘Prey’ director Dan Trachtenberg

‘Prey’ – 20th Century Studios — Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images for L’Oreal Paris Deadline is reporting that The Great‘s Elle Fanning is such a fan of the Predator series that she’s landed the lead role opposite [Read More…]

Planting remains slow in Kentucky

Last week was cool and wet for most of Kentucky. The USDA says farmers did plant corn, soybeans, and tobacco when they had a break in the rain, but the persistent delays during much of [Read More…]

Arkansas crops, soil moisture in good shape

Ninety-two percent of the soybeans are planted, one percent less than last year, but still 17% ahead of the five-year average. Eighty-four percent of the soybeans have emerged. Ninety-three percent of the cotton has been [Read More…]

Rain slows planting in Minnesota

Rain remains an obstacle as Minnesota farmers try to get their 2024 crop planted. USDA’s latest weekly update says there were less than two days suitable for fieldwork last week. Corn planting is a day [Read More…]

It’s time to spray the crops

A farmer in southeast South Dakota says conditions haven’t been too bad for corn and soybeans. Kevin Scott in southeastern South Dakota says growth varies for soybeans and corn. “It’s growing well and I can’t [Read More…]

Name Released in Charles Mix County Fatal Crash

June 3, 2024 Travis Kriens

Charles Mix County, S.D.- A 43-year-old man died Friday morning in a single-vehicle crash near Academy, SD. Preliminary crash information indicates Nicholas J. Doney, the driver of a 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser was westbound on SD Highway [Read More…]

Mitchell with One Shot Lead After Day One at State

June 3, 2024 Travis Kriens

Mitchell Kernels girls golf holds a one shot lead after the first round of the Class AA girls golf tournament at Hillcrest Country Club in Yankton. The Kernels shot 331 (+43) on the day, led [Read More…]

Jeremy Renner talks recovery, and teases a book about it, to ’emmy’ magazine

Paramount+ The latest cover of the magazine emmy features Jeremy Renner, and inside, he shares his thoughts on his mending from the snowplow accident that nearly killed him on Jan. 1, 2023. The Oscar-nominated star [Read More…]

Meet the 25 men to compete for Jenn Tran’s heart on ‘The Bachelorette’

Disney/Richard Middlesworth The men who will compete for Jenn Tran‘s heart on The Bachelorette have been revealed. On Monday, ABC announced the 25 contestants vying to receive a rose from Tran — who is of Vietnamese heritage [Read More…]

Norman Lear honored with star-studded readings of ‘Maude’ and ‘Good Times’

L-R: Spencer, Rosenthal, Adlon – Courtesy of Ursula Rogers / ATX TV Festival 2024 Norman Lear may have passed away in December 2023 at 101 years old, but his legacy lives on through the shows [Read More…]

Michigan crop planting continues ahead of average

Dry bean planting started last week in Michigan The USDA says 13 percent of the crop is now in the ground, ahead of the five-year average. Michigan soybeans are 79 percent planted and 58 percent [Read More…]

Don’t give up hope on the crops yet