Year: 2024

After a national climate report in November warned of rising temperatures, parts of South Dakota experienced record-setting warmth in December. The National Weather Service reports that average South Dakota monthly temperatures in December ranged from 5 to [Read More…]

Women Accused of Embezzling $15,000 from Sioux Falls Casino to Bail Out Shared Romantic Interest

Two Sioux Falls women, 28-year-old Whitney Christopherson and 26-year-old Izabella Powell, are facing charges for allegedly stealing $15,000 from the Happy Jacks Casino, where Christopherson was employed. The incident occurred on August 4th, and the [Read More…]

New report recommends state efforts to sustain rural ambulance services

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight – Some South Dakotans who call 911 won’t see an ambulance show up for over half an hour on the western side of the state if they have an emergency. That’s [Read More…]

Sioux Falls Teens Arrested for Drive-By Shootings in Alleged Targeted Attack

Two Sioux Falls teenagers, 18-year-old Sheldon Stewart and 19-year-old Nicole Marshall, have been arrested for their involvement in a pair of drive-by shootings at a home on the city’s northwest side. The incidents occurred after [Read More…]

Couple welcomes twins born on two different days and years

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It was a birthday to remember for one New Jersey father this weekend. Billy Humphrey, who turned 36 on Sunday, and his wife Eve Humphrey, both of [Read More…]

Rare earthquake rattles Queens, Roosevelt Island

Gary S Chapman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Residents of Queens were awakened by a rare earthquake in New York City on Tuesday morning. A magnitude 1.7 earthquake shook the borough of Queens, centered in the [Read More…]

Wrong-way driver injures 7 pedestrians, one officer in New Year’s Day police chase

WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A driver fleeing an early New Year’s Day dispute struck seven pedestrians and injured one police officer before crashing on a New York City sidewalk in midtown Manhattan, according to police. [Read More…]

Sen. Bob Menendez facing even more charges in new superseding indictment

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., faces additional federal criminal charges contained in a superseding indictment returned Tuesday in New York. The new charges accuse Menendez, who has pleaded not guilty [Read More…]

22 hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning after attending Utah LDS church

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 22 people were hospitalized after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building in Utah on New Year’s Eve, officials said. [Read More…]

Would Elon Musk sell X as losses mount? Experts weigh in

CEO Elon Musk attends the Atreju political meeting organised by the young militants of Italian right wing party Brothers of Italy – CREDIT: Future Publishing/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days after Elon Musk bought X [Read More…]

Willem Dafoe to be honored with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic via Getty Images Willem Dafoe will be honored with the first star of 2024 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that Dafoe will be honored with his star [Read More…]

Soybeans, corn, wheat down to start the year

Soybeans were sharply lower on speculative and technical selling. Weekend rains were better than expected in some of the drier parts of Brazil. That should help, but damage has been done to portions of the [Read More…]

Less optimism for hog prices in 2024

A livestock economist says there’s some uncertainty for pork producers in 2024. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says he’s expecting some volatility in the cash hog market. “I think we look back in the rearview [Read More…]

New executive order in MO bans some foreign ag land purchases

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has signed an executive order to ban China and other foreign adversaries from owning farmland in the state within 10 miles of critical military facilities. Parson says this is a placeholder [Read More…]

November corn grind, soybean crush up on year

Solid demand meant minor changes to corn for ethanol use numbers during November. The USDA says 454.987 million bushels of corn were used for fuel alcohol production in November 2023, down 1% from October, but [Read More…]

CME milk futures down, cash dairy up to start 2024

Milk futures were lower and the cash dairy markets were steady to higher Tuesday to start the new year on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. January Class III milk was down $0.02 at $15.41. February was down $0.11 [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Top Hamas leader killed in Beirut strike, group says

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 [Read More…]

‘Loud explosions’ in Kyiv as Russia again strikes capital, US ambassador says

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russia launched an attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities early Tuesday, continuing its escalated large-scale attacks on residential areas, local officials said. Air raid sirens in Kyiv began to [Read More…]

Two cross-country storms forecast to start the new year

Snow Storm CREDIT: Normand Blouin / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Residents across the U.S. are bracing for multiple powerful storms forecast to impact a large swath of the country with heavy rain and snow. [Read More…]

Harvard President Claudine Gay announces resignation