Month: August 2024
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District 20 Republicans seeking replacement State House candidate
District 20 Republican State Representative Ben Krohmer has decided against seeking a second term in the State House. He made it official earlier this week citing medical issues in his family. Krohmer’s withdrawal leaves an [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: 59% of Gaza buildings destroyed, analysis shows
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, tensions are escalating after the assassinations of two Hamas and Hezbollah leaders this week. Here’s how the news is developing: IDF soldiers accused of abusing [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine continues major incursion into Russia, with reports of advances amid heavy fighting
Russian Defence Ministry/AFP via Getty Images LONDON — Ukrainian forces are continuing to advance deeper into Russia’s Kursk region, expanding their area of control on the third day of their major incursion, with the situation [Read More…]
ABC World News
2024 on track to become Earth’s warmest year on record despite slight global temperature drop: Copernicus
NurPhoto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the first time in more than a year, the planet did not set a new monthly global temperature record. However, Earth did experience its two warmest days on record [Read More…]
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Ethanol blender pump grant application deadline approaching
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development is reminding fuel retailers to apply for the Ethanol Blender Pump Grant before the August 31 deadline. The grant program is designed to expand the availability of ethanol blends [Read More…]
ABC National News
Athlete drowns during CrossFit Games in Texas
ABC News (FORT WORTH, Texas.) — An athlete drowned during a swimming event at a CrossFit competition in Texas on Thursday, the organization said. The death occurred on the first day of the CrossFit Games, [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 wanted for allegedly stealing human remains from New Orleans apartment
New Orleans Police Department (NEW ORLEANS) — Police in New Orleans are seeking two people accused of stealing human remains from an apartment. The suspects allegedly stole “a bicycle and of a package containing the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Election 2024 updates: Harris, Walz to meet with United Auto Workers in Michigan
Democratic Presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during the Sigma Gamma Rho’s 60th International Biennial Boule at the George R. Brown Convention Center on July 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Progressives reckon with massive campaign spending deficit after Cori Bush defeat
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images (ST. LOUIS.) — Progressives are on the short end of a spending war with pro-Israel and other establishment Democratic forces. And they know it. Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush’s primary loss [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID is now 10th leading cause of death in 2023, down from 4th in 2022: CDC
Getty Images – STOCK/dowell (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 has significantly fallen as a leading cause of death in the U.S. for the first time since the pandemic began, according to new provisional data published Thursday [Read More…]
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Hamsters USA raise $371,700 for special kids at LifeScape in Rapid City, South Dakota
For the past 19 years during Sturgis Rally Week, the international motorcycle group Hamsters USA has gone out of their way to help Black Hills area kids grow up strong. Their annual fundraiser for LifeScape [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Bob Odenkirk, Kieran Culkin and Bill Burr to star in Broadway revival of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’
Amanda Edwards/Getty Images – Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images – Steve Granitz/FilmMagic, Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk, Succession‘s Kieran Culkin, and actor and comedian Bill Burr will tackle David Mamet‘s classic drama Glengarry Glen Ross in 2025. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“They want you to fail”: Go behind the scenes of the first ‘SNL’ in trailer to ‘Saturday Night’
© 2024 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Every Saturday at 11:30 p.m., Saturday Night Live will be on — but 49 years ago, that was impossible to imagine. That’s the central thrust of the new [Read More…]
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Colin Jost limps away from Olympics surfing correspondent gig amid “growing list of ailments”
NBCUniversal After scraping his foot on a coral reef and getting a staph infection, then suffering a subsequent ear infection, SNL‘s “Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost has apparently signed off as NBC’s “Olympic surfing correspondent.” [Read More…]
Ag News
Report takes a closer look at opportunities for the beef-on-dairy industry
The beef-on-dairy sector continues to provide an additional revenue stream for dairy producers and is helping bridge the beef supply gap. Lawrence Williams, a dairy beef cross development specialist at Purina Animal Nutrition says there are [Read More…]
Ag News
ISDA announces 2024 AgriVision Award recipients
Ed Ebert and John Baugh are the 2024 recipients of the AgriVision Award, the state’s highest agriculture honor. The two were recognized for their leadership and contributions to Indiana’s ag industry. Ebert is the senior director [Read More…]
Ag News
Uneven crops causing storage concerns
Uneven crop development could result in challenges storing corn and soybeans this fall. University of Minnesota Extension crops educator Dave Nicolai says a wet spring stretched planting dates. “We end up with some mature beans [Read More…]
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Anti-abortion group: Amendment G can make ballot and still be discounted
South Dakota News Watch-The deadline for printing ballots for the November 2024 election presents a daunting timetable for an anti-abortion group seeking to keep an abortion rights amendment from being decided at the polls. But [Read More…]
ABC World News
Taylor Swift concert terror plot suspect sought to kill self and ‘as many people as possible,’ officials say
Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images (VIENNA, Austria) — Bomb-making materials were found in the home of one of two people suspected of planning a terror attack on upcoming Taylor Swift concerts in Austria, authorities said, adding that [Read More…]
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Infant’s body found at a Sioux Falls recycling facility
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The body of a baby boy was found at a South Dakota recycling center, and police are trying to determine how the child died and how the body ended up [Read More…]