Year: 2024

MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A variant that has been circulating in the U.S. for the last couple of months currently makes up a majority of COVID-19 cases in the United States. JN.1, a [Read More…]

CBS mega military franchise looking back at Gibbs’ early days with ‘NCIS: Origins’

Courtesy CBS NCIS is pulling a Young Sheldon. Mark Harmon‘s Gibbs may have left CBS’ franchise mothership NCIS back in the show’s 19th season, but the character will be back, with Harmon as executive producer, [Read More…]

Mitchell Teen Pleads Not Guilty to Aggravated Assault and Drug Charges

18-year-old Carlos Hudson from Mitchell, entered a not guilty plea this week to charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of meth, and drug paraphernalia. The alleged incident involved Hudson assaulting a victim, [Read More…]

Owner of Mitchell Roofing & Siding Faces Pleads Not Guilty to DUI, Bond Not Changed

Cory Cumings, the 44-year-old owner of Mitchell Roofing & Siding, was arrested in December following an ATF raid on his business. Charges include possession of a controlled substance, stalking, and making threatening calls. Despite pleading [Read More…]

Police Investigate Fatal Incident in Lake Benton, Minnesota Home

Authorities in Lincoln County, Minnesota, responded to a call on Thursday afternoon on South Center Street in Lake Benton, Minnesota, discovering the body of a woman and a critically injured man at the scene. The [Read More…]

Watertown Man Arrested After Hit-and-Run Involving Child in School Zone

A 98-year-old man, Sylvester Korbel, is in custody following a hit-and-run incident in Watertown, where he struck an eight-year-old boy in a school zone crosswalk. After briefly stopping and leaving the scene, Korbel was apprehended [Read More…]

DANR Announces More Than $98 Million for Statewide Environmental Projects

PIERRE, S.D. – Today, the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) announced the Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved $98,188,425 in grants and loans for drinking water, wastewater, and storm [Read More…]

Mitchell Resident Pleads Not Guilty to Child Abuse; Faces Probation Violation Charge

35-year-old Jamie Waldon from Mitchell, entered a not guilty plea this week to a Class 4 felony child abuse charge after allegedly punching a 13-year-old victim in the face during an altercation. Waldon claimed self-defense, [Read More…]

NRA chief Wayne LaPierre resigns days before civil corruption trial

Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, has announced he is resigning from the organization days before the start of a civil corruption [Read More…]

Three new batches of documents naming Jeffrey Epstein’s associates released

Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three more tranches of court records pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were unsealed Friday. A total of 96 documents were released Friday. About [Read More…]

Biden marks Jan. 6 anniversary by calling Trump a threat to democracy and freedom

MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (VALLEY FORGE, Penn.) — In his first major campaign event of 2024, President Joe Biden on Friday, the eve of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on [Read More…]

Samuel L. Jackson joining Kevin Hart in Peacock’s ‘Fight Night’

ABC/Christopher Willard — ABC Samuel L. Jackson is joining star and executive producer Kevin Hart in a limited series for Peacock. Variety says Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist — based on the 2021 Fight [Read More…]

HBO’s ‘White Lotus’ adds Parker Posey, Leslie Bibb for Thailand-set third season

Rothwell in season 1 of ‘The White Lotus’ – HBO/Mario Perez On Friday, HBO announced that the third season of its Emmy-winning dramedy The White Lotus will be set in Thailand and gets underway in [Read More…]

Ag News

Land Transfer Navigators will support farmland succession

American Farmland Trust and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service are training professionals to help farmland change hands in the coming years. ATF’s Farms for a New Generation Director Erica Goodman tells Brownfield increased training is needed as nearly 300 million [Read More…]

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RMA invests in education and training for farmers

USDA’s Risk Management Agency has announced up to $3 million is available to educate underserved agricultural producers about risk protection resources. Administrator Marcia Bunger tells Brownfield, “This has really been a very concentrated effort internally [Read More…]

Ag News

A warmer-than-usual start to year in SD

South Dakota’s State Climatologist says a warmer-than-usual start to winter has some benefits for the state’s farmers and ranchers. Laura Edwards with South Dakota State University Extension tells Brownfield the ground hasn’t frozen yet in [Read More…]

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Poultry farmers sue Tyson Foods after processing plant closes