Year: 2024

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Thursday he is withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general. “I had excellent meetings with [Read More…]

Financial aid applications are open: What you need to know after last year’s mess

jayk7/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The college financial aid application used by millions of American families is now officially open for the 2025-2026 school year — 10 days ahead of schedule. Top officials from the [Read More…]

Macy’s Thanksgiving parade could be target of terrorist threats, officials warn

Kena Betancur/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade may be an attractive target for both foreign and domestic terroristic violence, according to a joint threat assessment obtained by ABC News. [Read More…]

Water levels at reservoirs all over the Northeast dried up due to drought conditions in recent months

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Important bodies of water that supply water to populated regions in the Northeast have dried up due to drought conditions in recent months, according to experts. Water levels at reservoirs [Read More…]

Wisconsin kayaker who faked death says he is ‘safe’ but won’t reveal his location, won’t come home

Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office (GREEN LAKE, Wis.) — Ryan Borgwardt, the husband and father of three who authorities said faked his own death at a Wisconsin lake and fled the country, is speaking to [Read More…]

Brooklyn man convicted in 1989 murder of Yusuf Hawkins will try to prove his innocence

Moses Stewart and Diane Hawkins grieve over the slaying of their son Yusuf Hawkins; Nicole Bengiveno/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images (BROOKLYN, N.Y.) — When Yusuf Hawkins, a Black 16-year-old, was shot and killed [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant

Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks [Read More…]

Icelandic volcano previously dormant for 800 years erupting again

ICELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT/Anadolu via Getty Image (NEW YORK) — A once long-dormant volcano in Iceland is erupting again and impacting activity in a populated region nearby. The volcano, on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland, [Read More…]

Ukraine says Russia hit it with ICBM, Zelenskyy says Putin is ‘terrified’

Ukraine State Emergency Service/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON and KYIV) — Russia on Thursday launched what officials in Kyiv said was an intercontinental ballistic missile toward southeastern Ukraine, but a U.S. official told ABC News [Read More…]

In Pakistan, Afghan journalists face deportation and yearslong waits for humanitarian visas

Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LONDON )– As Jahanzeb Wesa fled toward the Pakistani border in the middle of the night, he wondered if his career defending human rights would help protect him now that he [Read More…]

Ag News

Drought causes challenges for Kansas ethanol plant

The CEO of an ethanol plant in northwest Kansas says 2024 has been a challenging year. Derek Peine is with Western Plains Energy in Oakley. “For us in particular, we suffered another year of drought. [Read More…]

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Much still to learn about soybean cyst nematode

There is still much to learn about the number one yield-robbing pest in soybeans. Iowa State University entomologist Greg Tylka has studied soybean cyst nematodes for decades and says he’s fascinated by the biology. “There [Read More…]

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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: November 21, 2024

Dec. corn closed at $4.26 and 3/4, down 3 and 1/2 centsJan. soybeans closed at $9.77 and 3/4, down 12 and 3/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $287.70, down $1.70Dec. soybean oil closed at 42.18, [Read More…]

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Light cash cattle trade Thursday

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly lower ahead of widespread direct cash business and Friday’s USDA Cattle on Feed numbers. Feeders had support from the lower move in corn, also waiting for direct [Read More…]

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Soybeans, corn, wheat drift downward

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Near-term planting and development weather in South America continues to look generally favorable. The fundamental implications of big South American crops also pressured soybean meal and oil. [Read More…]

November 21 – Today in Mitchell History

November 21, 1910 – Woonsocket Has Organized a Commercial Club November 21, 1922 – New School at Ethan Dedicated November 21, 1949 – More Than 9,000 Hear Walter Maier at Mitchell Sunday November 21, 1949 [Read More…]

Noem’s Cabinet role could be ‘untenable:’ Former Homeland Security chief

Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s rise to secretary of the Department of Homeland Security would put her in charge of a sprawling federal network of 22 agencies and [Read More…]

Badlands National Park Named #1 U.S. Destination to Visit in 2025 on Fodor’s Travel Annual “Go List”

PIERRE, S.D. – Fodor’s Travel has named Badlands National Park as the #1 destination to visit in the United States on their coveted “Go List.” The annual editorial list recommends the top 25 locations worldwide to visit in [Read More…]

$50 million for Native American mortgages is on track for approval, US senator says

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, is confident that bipartisan legislation to help low-income Native Americans obtain home mortgages on tribal land will win approval from Congress. The U.S. Department of [Read More…]

Abortion bans could reverse decline in teen births, experts warn