Year: 2024

Seth Tupper, Joshua Haiar – South Dakota Searchlight The assertion that election officials are not being threatened or intimidated in South Dakota helped derail legislation this week at the Capitol in Pierre that would have [Read More…]

Senate change to teacher-pay bill sparks House rebuttal and sets up final-week showdown

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Average teacher compensation would only have to rise half as much as state education funding under the new terms of legislation advanced Thursday morning by a committee of South Dakota senators. [Read More…]

CO2 pipeline opponents doubt certainty of $1 billion corn-based jet fuel project

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The largest economic development project in South Dakota history hinges on two things: a carbon pipeline and a $950 million federal loan guarantee. If the former doesn’t happen, according to [Read More…]

Ozempic, Mounjaro users talk about changes to family life after weight loss

Heather Gay speaks with “Impact x Nightline’s” Deborah Roberts. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Heather Gay made headlines recently after she lost more than 20 pounds [Read More…]

‘Bachelor’ star Joey Graziadei says the reason behind yellow eyes is due to Gilbert syndrome

In this Jan 19, 2024, file photo, Joey Graziadei hosts an event in New York. — Stephanie Augello/ABC via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Bachelor star Joey Graziadei is opening up about the reason [Read More…]

Does a four-day workweek work? Companies share results after one year

Marko Geber/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Do fewer working hours boost a company’s overall productivity? A recent study out of the United Kingdom suggests the four-day workweek model benefits businesses and employees alike. One year [Read More…]

In Brief: James Gunn says retitled film ‘Superman’ has taken flight, and more

Superman: Legacy writer-director James Gunn has revealed that production on the film, which is now just Superman, has officially begun. “Overjoyed to be announcing the start of principal photography on SUPERMAN today, February 29, which [Read More…]

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Path to Success

March 1, 2024 nedvedmedia

A wet spring slowed planting for Joe Sullivan and his family farm near Franklin in west central Minnesota in 2023. He tells Brownfield John Deere’s AutoPath helped during replant and they ended up with a [Read More…]

Tragic Incident in Yankton: Unresponsive Infant Declared Deceased, Investigation Underway

Yankton police and EMS responded to a distressing call late Wednesday night, finding an unresponsive infant at a residence in the 700 block of Capitol. Despite efforts to save the child, they were later pronounced [Read More…]

Navalny’s funeral goes ahead Friday, despite pressure

A picture of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with the lettering ‘We believe in Alexey’ is pictured at a makeshift memorial in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on February 29, 2024. (Photo by -/AFP [Read More…]

Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday passed a short-term funding bill that averts a partial government shutdown that was expected late Friday night. The final vote tally was 77-13. The measure now [Read More…]

‘I eat or I pay my bills’: Americans describe rent burden fears, concerns

An ‘Apartments for Rent’ sign hangs in front of a building on Dec. 06, 2022 in Miami Beach, Fla. — Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Half of Americans are burdened by the cost [Read More…]

Eat the world, again: Netflix serves up a new season of ‘Somebody Feed Phil’

Netflix Get out your passport – it’s time to travel and eat again with Phil Rosenthal. A new season of his show Somebody Feed Phil drops Friday on Netflix, and this season Rosenthal journeys to Mumbai, Kyoto, [Read More…]

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An active pattern across the Heartland, moisture-laden for some; mild weather to continue

March 1, 2024 nedvedmedia

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for above-normal temperatures across the eastern half of the U.S., while colder-than-normal conditions will cover the West. Meanwhile, wetter-than-normal weather occur nearly nationwide, with only northern sections [Read More…]

Former US ambassador accused of spying for Cuba for decades plans to plead guilty

Raul Rubiera/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former U.S. ambassador charged with spying for Cuban intelligence over a more than four-decade span told a judge Thursday he plans to plead guilty [Read More…]

How do Americans feel about Biden and Trump on immigration issues?

February 29, 2024 nedvedmedia

Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are both visiting the southern border on Thursday, with the issue of the border and high rates of illegal immigration [Read More…]

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Active severe weather season expected

February ended with a widespread outbreak of severe weather and wild temperature swings across the Midwest. Eric Snodgrass, chief science fellow at Nutrien Ag Solutions, says… “There was quite a bit of hail damage across [Read More…]

Judges could determine the fate of 2 of Trump’s criminal trials in Florida, Georgia

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two of Donald Trump’s criminal cases face a key inflection point on Friday, as judges in Florida and Georgia weigh plans for the historic trials of the former president. In [Read More…]

‘Rust’ assistant director gives emotional testimony in armorer’s trial

KOAT (SANTA FE, N.M) — David Halls, the first assistant director for “Rust,” gave emotional testimony Thursday about the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez. Actor Alec [Read More…]

Death row inmate exonerated 30 years after 1994 arson murder in Philadelphia