Month: October 2024

Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces conducted what it called “precise strikes on military targets” in Iran on Friday in response to the Iranian missile strikes earlier this month. Meanwhile, [Read More…]

Climate and environment updates: How to compost your pumpkin after Halloween

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying [Read More…]

Shanquella Robinson’s family sues travel companions, federal prosecutors amid questions surrounding her 2022 death in Mexico

Obtained by ABC News (CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO) — The family of Shanquella Robinson, the North Carolina woman who died while vacationing in Mexico in October 2022, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Robinson’s travel [Read More…]

Dozens dead in flash floods in Valencia, Spain, as 1,000 troops join emergency response, officials say

Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images (LONDON) — On the streets of Alfafar on Wednesday, cars and caravans were strewn like toys in the muddy aftermath of the floodwater that had rushed through the Spanish [Read More…]

Kansas governor says long-term funding strategy needed on water plan

Years of drought have sped up conversations in Kansas to address future water quality and availability concerns. Gov. Laura Kelly says the state is looking at long-term strategies for funding the Kansas Water Plan. [Read More…]

Live cattle, hogs mixed heading into Friday

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures were mixed, waiting to see how much direct business there was left to be done. Feeders were down on technical selling. December live was $.12 lower at [Read More…]

Farmer investment helps leverage grant for export facility

An investment by soybean farmer organizations helped leverage a grant that will improve a major west coast export facility. Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition tells Brownfield the Tacoma Export Marketing Company or TEMCO [Read More…]

Nebraska Congressman says upcoming USMCA review will be crucial

A U.S. Congressman from Nebraska says Mexico’s ban on genetically modified corn imports is a violation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement. Adrian Smith tells Brownfield it’s a key item to consider in the upcoming six-year [Read More…]

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 31, 2024

Dec. corn closed at $4.10 and 3/4, down 3/4 centNov. soybeans closed at $9.82 and 1/2, up 6 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $299.50, down $2.10Dec. soybean oil closed at 45.14, up 133 pointsDec. wheat [Read More…]

Burial sites bring history to life across South Dakota

Jackie Hendry, South Dakota News Watch DE SMET, S.D. – Hundreds of thousands of tourists every year frequent sites tied to South Dakota’s pioneer and Wild West history, and cemeteries are among the historic sites [Read More…]

Health-related nonprofits are funding opposition to the Medicaid work requirement ballot question

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Most of the campaign spending on a ballot question regarding work requirements for Medicaid expansion recipients has been on the “no” side, with major donations from nonprofits that advocate for [Read More…]

Police commission eases reentry conditions for suspended Brookings officer

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — A former Brookings Police Department officer suspended last year for roughing up an intoxicated man at the county jail will be able to reenter law enforcement without a second [Read More…]

Out-of-state nonprofit outspends in-state groups in open primaries campaign

October 30, 2024 J.P. Skelly

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight An out-of-state nonprofit that hasn’t disclosed its donors is outspending in-state opponents and supporters of an open primaries ballot question ahead of South Dakota’s Nov. 5 election. Article IV is an [Read More…]

South Dakota Highway Patrol Announces November Sobriety Checkpoints

The South Dakota Highway Patrol has announced sobriety checkpoints will be conducted in 17 different counties during the month of November. These checkpoints will take place in the counties of Bennett, Brule, Codington, Davison, Hanson, [Read More…]

Kristin Chenoweth says she’s “deceased” after Ariana Grande’s special ‘Wicked’ screening

Universal As a kid, Ariana Grande was obsessed with the musical Wicked, and at age 10, she got to go backstage and meet the cast, including Kristin Chenoweth, who originated the role of Glinda on Broadway. [Read More…]

Teri Garr, star of ‘Young Frankenstein’, ‘Tootsie’ & more, dead at 79

James Devaney/WireImage/Getty Images Teri Garr, whose many films include Young Frankenstein, Mr. Mom and Steven Spielberg‘s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, has died at age 79. ABC News confirmed the performer died on Tuesday in Los Angeles surrounded by [Read More…]

The Wayans family is back behind the ‘Scary Movie’ franchise with Miramax/Paramount deal

L-R: Shawn, Marlon, Keenen and Damon Wayans in 2000 — David Keeler/Online USA A month after Marlon Wayans decried how Harvey Weinstein “stole” the Scary Movie franchise from Keenen Ivory Wayans and his family, ABC [Read More…]

“I intend to sue”: Robert Downey Jr. takes legal stand against potential digital likenesses of him

Good Morning America While he’s been scanned digitally during his tenure with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Robert Downey Jr. is warning “all future executives” against the idea of reanimating him using computer graphics tech. In [Read More…]

The Simpsons and the NFL to kick off second ‘Simpsons’ Funday Football special

ESPN/Disney The Simpsons will once again tackle the NFL with an ESPN team-up on Dec. 9 with the return of The Simpsons Funday Football. Using Sony’s Beyond Sports Technology, the Monday Night Football game between the Cincinnati [Read More…]

Latino political strategist responds to Puerto Rico jokes at Trump MSG rally