Month: July 2024

Travis Dove/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s opening brief appealing the dismissal of former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case is due on Aug. 27, according to a briefing notice Thursday [Read More…]

Jasper wildfire: ‘Heartbreaking’ damage as Canadian Armed Forces ordered to respond to Alberta blazes

Stock-zilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau authorized the Canadian Armed Forces to respond on Thursday to wildfires raging in Alberta. Trudeau said he was sending “resources, evacuations support, and more emergency wildfire [Read More…]

Russian and Chinese bombers intercepted off of Alaska

Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — United States and Canadian fighter jets intercepted four Russian and Chinese bombers flying in international airspace near Alaska on Wednesday, officials said. This marked the first time that [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Khan Younis bombardment death toll rises to 129

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, efforts to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization are ongoing, and Israeli forces have launched an assault in Khan Younis in [Read More…]

King Charles gets nearly $60M pay raise as Prince William brings in $30M income, royal report reveals

King Charles III and Prince William, Prince of Wales attend the official handover during which The King passes the role of Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps to The Prince of Wales and presents him [Read More…]

Earth sets daily global temperature record for 2nd day in a row: Copernicus

VCG/VCG via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The planet reached the hottest day on record for the second day in a row, according to preliminary data from Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service. Earth’s daily global [Read More…]

Ag News

Less cheese in cold storage

USDA says there’s less cheese in cold storage. Natural cheese stocks as of June 30th were down 1% from May and 6% below June of 2023. American style cheeses in storage totaled 804.8 million pounds [Read More…]

Ag News

Soybeans, corn end session higher on weather concerns

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Medium-range forecasts continue to look hot and dry for most of the region, potentially stressing beans, especially if the conditions persist into mid-August, as expected. August [Read More…]

Ag News

Whitmer veto’s E-15 tax incentive

Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed incentives in the state’s budget to expand E-15 adoption. Executive director of the Michigan Corn Growers Association Jim Zook tells Brownfield farmers are extremely disappointed. “This was minor help [Read More…]

Ag News

June poultry production down on year

4.182 billion pounds of poultry were certified wholesome in June 2024. The USDA says that was 7% less than June 2023, including 3.764 billion pounds of chicken, 6% lower than the previous year, and 408.781 [Read More…]

U.S. Air Force says multiple crew failures and wind shear led to January crash of B-1 bomber

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fiery January crash of a B-1 bomber in South Dakota was caused by multiple crew failures, terrible winter weather and a last-minute brush with wind shear that resulted in all four [Read More…]

GBR Sidewalk Gets A Much-Needed Repair

A long-awaited maintenance project at Mitchell’s Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary School is finally underway….. Superintendent Joe Childs says they have a plan….. Meanwhile across town, crews are replacing a portion of the roof at L-B [Read More…]

Purple Heart Recognition Day proclaimed by Governor Kristi Noem

Governor Kristi Noem has proclaimed Wednesday, August 7th, as “Purple Heart Recognition Day,” calling on all South Dakotans to acknowledge and remember the sacrifices made by the brave members of our military who are recipients [Read More…]

Man from Winner sentenced on rape charge

Attorney General Marty Jackley says a man from Winner has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, with 10 years suspended, after earlier pleading guilty to Third-Degree Rape of a person incapable of giving consent. [Read More…]

Max Kepler’s infield single in the 9th gives Twins a 5-4, walk-off win over the NL-leading Phillies

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Max Kepler’s infield single drove in the winning run with one out in the ninth inning, giving the Minnesota Twins a series-clinching 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. Trevor Larnach was hit [Read More…]

Vikings’ Addison contrite and remorseful following DUI arrest, finding respite in start of camp

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Jordan Addison relished the start of training camp as much as anyone with the Minnesota Vikings, finding a sunny space to set aside for a few hours his non-football stress. Addison, after [Read More…]

IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Utah and pushes state officials to help end FBI investigation

PARIS (AP) — What was expected to be a simple coronation of Salt Lake City as the 2034 Winter Olympic host turned into complicated Olympic politics Wednesday, as the IOC pushed Utah officials to end [Read More…]

NBA says it has signed new 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon

The NBA signed its 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery’s $1.8 billion per year offer to continue its longtime [Read More…]

Re-setting sleep habits

The start of the 2024-25 school year in Mitchell is less than a month away as the first day of school is set for August 21st. Superintendent Joe Childs is encouraging parents to help their [Read More…]

Pentagon panel to review Medals of Honor given to soldiers at the Wounded Knee massacre