Year: 2024

Tornadoes caused severe damage in Wisconsin and Illinois Thursday evening. One of the tornadoes touched down near Evansville, Wisconsin just before 6:00 pm. Doug Rebout farms about ten miles south of where the storm touched [Read More…]

ASA asks EPA to issue existing stocks order

The president of the American Soybean Association says the district court’s ruling to vacate the 2020 registration of dicamba puts farmers in an immediate, costly bind. Josh Gackle tells Brownfield most farmers have already purchased [Read More…]

A Lot of Yield in the Little Things

Northwest Missouri farmer Jordan Bottiger says he runs two John Deere tractors, a John Deere sprayer, and his planter is a Deere 1790. He tells Brownfield the technology continues to impress him, and allows him [Read More…]

Russia open to prisoner swap for ‘Wall Street Journal’ reporter Evan Gershkovich: Putin

Peter Muhly – WPA Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is open to a prisoner swap for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who’s been detained for over 300 days [Read More…]

Commerce Secretary ‘very worried’ about AI being used nefariously in 2024 election

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on November 1, 2023. (Photo by Leon Neal / POOL / AFP) (WASHINGTON) — Commerce [Read More…]

Why are there so many car recalls? Experts weigh in

Ditto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Honda and Acura recalled a combined 750,000 cars this week over an airbag defect, becoming the latest in a series of recalls this year that has touched carmakers from Tesla [Read More…]

SNL’s Colin Jost to emcee this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner

NBC/Dana Edelson The White House Correspondents’ Association has tapped Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update” co-anchor Colin Jost to emcee the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The annual event will be held on Saturday, April 27, [Read More…]

In Brief: Oscars to honor Best Casting, and more

The Motion Picture Academy will finally be giving casting directors their moments to shine at the Oscars. Beginning with the 98th Academy Awards in 2026, there will be a competitive Academy Award presented for Achievement [Read More…]

Drier weather ahead for the West; remaining unsettled in the Midwest, across the South

Additional storminess emerging from the western U.S. will maintain unsettled conditions across the South over the next several days. In fact, 5-day rainfall could reach 2 to 4 inches or more from eastern Texas to [Read More…]

Temps & weather vary widely across the Heartland; early Spring-like in the Midwest

Across the Corn Belt, colder, breezy weather is overspreading the upper Midwest, accompanied by a few snow showers. The remainder of the Corn Belt continues to experience unusual warmth, with Friday’s high temperatures expected to [Read More…]

Illinois farmland values “off the peak”

Average values for the most productive cropland in Illinois have risen nearly $6,000 an acre in two and a half years. Compeer Financial certified appraiser Ethan Koch says his benchmark for highly tillable top-quality ground [Read More…]

What to know about Kristi Noem’s banishment from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

For the second time as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem has been banished from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Last week, the Oglala Sioux Tribe said the Republican governor was no longer welcome on tribal lands, [Read More…]

Biden lashes out after scathing special counsel report: ‘I know what the hell I’m doing’

US President Joe Biden speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden came [Read More…]

Lawmakers slam uses of fund controlled by governor, but panel rejects reduction in revenue

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Lawmakers grilled a representative of the Governor’s Office about a fund controlled by the governor, but a legislative committee rejected a bill Thursday at the Capitol in Pierre that would [Read More…]

House panel rejects change for filling legislative vacancies

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The citizens of the Rapid City area have gone without full representation now for more than half of the 2024 legislative session – and may well go without until the [Read More…]

Chinese spies came to South Dakota, state official tells legislators

Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight During testimony Thursday on a bill to ban ownership of agricultural land by foreigners from six countries, a state official told lawmakers that Chinese spies visited South Dakota two years ago. Hunter [Read More…]

Mark Ruffalo honored by ’13 Going on 30′ co-star Jennifer Garner at Walk of Fame ceremony

Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Mark Ruffalo was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, with his 13 Going on 30 co-star Jennifer Garner paying tribute to her longtime pal with a [Read More…]

Colder, more seasonal temps ahead for the Heartland; moisture returns to West & Plains