Year: 2024
ABC Entertainment News
‘Stranger Things’ wraps production on fifth, final season
Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix It’s almost time to say goodbye to our friends in Hawkins, Indiana. Production has ended on the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, Netflix announced on Friday. While a release date for [Read More…]
Ag News
Egg production down in November
Egg production declined during November. The USDA says the total of 8.92 billion eggs was 4% lower than last year, with a 3% decline in the number egg laying hens to 375.752 million head and [Read More…]
Ag News
November cattle placements fall 4% on year
The USDA says placements of cattle into U.S. feedlots during November were down on the year. The total of 1.796 million head was 4% below November 2023, partially due to a tighter calf supply because [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy farmer says triticale’s feed value worth the extra effort
A Wisconsin farmer says it’s worth the extra effort to manage and harvest triticale as a cover crop he can harvest for his dairy cows. Joe Bragger from Independence, Wisconsin says, “I’m a real firm [Read More…]
Ag News
Economy, weather, holidays can take a toll on mental health
A University of Illinois extension specialist in agricultural safety and health says there’s a number of stressors adding up in the ag landscape. Dr. Josie Rudolphi says uncertainty over the economy, the weather, and even [Read More…]
Ag News
2024 deer season check-in with Bill Winke
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DCI Rule Yankton Police Officer Shooting At School Justified
Attorney General Marty Jackley says a South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation review indicates two Yankton Police Officers were justified in a shooting that occurred Dec. 5, 2024 in Yankton. “This individual refused officer commands [Read More…]
ABC National News
Iranian officer charged with orchestrating murder of US citizen in Iraq
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A captain in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps faces federal murder and terrorism charges in New York, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Friday that charges Mohammad Reza Nouri with [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Price of bitcoin falls more than 10%
Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The price of bitcoin has tumbled about 12% from a record high reached earlier this week. After topping $108,000 for the first time on Tuesday, the world’s largest cryptocurrency dropped to a price [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois reports first HPAI case of 2024
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reports Illinois has its first confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza of 2024. APHIS says the virus was detected in a commercial flock on December 13th [Read More…]
ABC National News
Delphi murders: Convicted killer Richard Allen sentenced to 130 years
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (Delphi, Ind.) — Convicted Delphi, Indiana, killer Richard Allen was sentenced on Friday to 130 years in prison for the 2017 murders of two teenage girls. He was given 65 years for each murder, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Chicago’s O’Hare airport issues ground stop amid snow, as storm moves east
ABC News (CHICAGO) — Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport issued a ground stop on Friday, pausing departures amid snowy and icy conditions. The stop came as the clipper system that brought heavy snow and airport delays [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Woman paralyzed by fallen tree finds hope with newly FDA-cleared device
Jessie Owen was left paralyzed nearly 12 years ago when a tree fell on a car in which she was a passenger. Via ABC News. (NEW YORK) — Nearly 12 years ago, Jessie Owen’s life [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘You’ fifth, final season to hit Netflix in 2025 and more
Hello there, You. Season 5 of the series starring Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg will arrive on Netflix in 2025, the streamer confirmed on Thursday. It was renewed for its fifth and final season back [Read More…]
Ag News
Understanding Nitrogen Loss and How to Stop It
Nitrogen is essential for plant growth, but it also has a propensity for loss after it’s been applied. On this episode of the Nitrogen Corner, an agronomy expert with Koch Agronomic Services says there are [Read More…]
Ag News
A dynamic “Clipper” feature across the Great Lakes region; largely fair, seasonal on the Plains
Across the Corn Belt, travel conditions are deteriorating from North Dakota into Wisconsin, due to wind-driven snow and falling temperatures. Additionally, upper Midwestern livestock are experiencing temporarily stressful conditions, amid several inches of new snow [Read More…]
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Unseasonably mild, increasingly wet weather to build across the Heartland next week
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of warmer-than-normal weather nationwide, except for near-normal temperatures along the middle and northern Atlantic Coast. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across most of the [Read More…]
ABC World News
1 dead in ‘brutal’ Russian missile attack on Kyiv, US ambassador says
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — A Russian missile strike killed one person and wounded nine others early on Friday morning, Ukrainian officials said, an attack that U.S. Ambassador Bridget A. Brink described as “brutal.” “Early this [Read More…]
ABC National News
Starbucks workers union announces pre-Christmas strike in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle
Bo Zaunders/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The workers union representing Starbucks baristas across the country announced members in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle will go on strike in the days leading up to Christmas. Workers [Read More…]
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Delphi murders: Convicted killer to face victims’ families at sentencing
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When convicted Delphi, Indiana, killer Richard Allen returns to court for sentencing on Friday, he’s expected to come face-to-face with the victims’ families. Last month, a jury found Allen [Read More…]