Month: January 2025
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Lake Mitchell restoration project approved for a $16.8 million dollar DANR loan
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources announced the Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved $18,884,900 in low-interest loans with $515,000 in principal forgiveness for drinking water and wastewater projects in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jamie Lee Curtis donates $1 million for LA wildfire relief
Todd Owyoung/NBC Jamie Lee Curtis has pledged $1 million to help those affected by the wildfires raging in Southern California. Curtis appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, where she spoke about [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans, corn firm ahead of several USDA reports
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. The trade was getting ready for the USDA numbers out Friday, including the delayed export sales report. The big report day starts with those export sales [Read More…]
Ag News
Marshall not concerned about farm bill getting overlooked
A U.S. Senator from Kansas is hopeful Congress can pass a new farm bill in 2025. But Roger Marshall tells Brownfield he doesn’t expect farm bill discussions to begin until after Congress completes budget reconciliation. [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa farmer expects more corn acres in 2025
A southwest Iowa farmer says he’ll be planting more corn acres this year. Jeff Jorgenson is in Fremont County. “We were strong in soybeans for 2024, which in turn turns into strong for corn in [Read More…]
Ag News
How robotics is helping shape the ag tech space
An associate professor at Purdue University says robotics could help farmers increase efficiency to advance their operations. Jian Jin says LeafSpec is a plant phenotyping device. “It’s very labor intensive for humans to operate this [Read More…]
Ag News
Chop Local an online farmer’s market for meat
An Iowa farmer is growing a business she describes as an online farmer’s market for meat. Katie Olthoff of Stanhope says she co-founded Chop Local during the pandemic because so many Midwestern farmers could not [Read More…]
ABC National News
California fires live updates: Palisades Fire one of most destructive in LA history
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least five people are dead and many more are injured as a series of devastating fires grow uncontained across Southern California amid dry and [Read More…]
ABC National News
How will the California wildfires shape the home insurance industry?
Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The multiple wildfires raging in California are being described by eyewitnesses as “apocalyptic.” While the cost in human suffering is immeasurable, it may take weeks or longer [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jimmy Carter funeral live updates: Biden, Trump among those at state funeral
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, President-elect Donald Trump, former presidents and other dignitaries came together Thursday to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter at a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in [Read More…]
ABC National News
From iconic Los Angeles palm trees and mansions to beach lifeguard stations: ‘Everything was on fire’
David McNew/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — In an area famous for natural disasters, survivors of multiple massive wildfires in Los Angeles County described apocalyptic scenes and the horror of trying to outrun flames stoked by hurricane-like winds. [Read More…]
ABC National News
DA Fani Willis appeals her disqualification from Trump’s Georgia election interference case
Megan Varner for The Washington Post via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Wednesday filed an appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court asking them to reverse her disqualification from the Georgia [Read More…]
Ag News
Grassley critical of EPA over used cooking oil imports
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley is criticizing the EPA for how it verifies the integrity of used cooking oil imports. The Iowa Republican says the agency recently revealed it relies on foreign records to prove the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Climate and environment updates: Biden bans offshore oil and gas drilling
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying [Read More…]
ABC World News
Middle East live updates: Gaza death toll rises to 46,000, officials say
Security forces and emergency workers respond to the scene of a shooting attack that targeted a bus and other vehicles on January 6, 2025 in the Palestinian village of Al-Funduq, West Bank. Three people were [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jimmy Carter funeral live updates: Biden, Trump and other presidents gather
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, former presidents and other dignitaries are gathering Thursday for a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to honor the life of former President Jimmy [Read More…]
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New York appeals court denies Trump’s bid to halt Friday’s hush money sentencing
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, has denied President-elect Donald Trump’s request to halt his sentencing Friday in his criminal hush money case. Trump [Read More…]
ABC National News
California wildfires maps show evacuations, power outages, air quality
Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Wildfires are tearing through thousands of acres in Los Angeles County in California, as strong Santa Ana wind gusts stoke the blazes. The Palisades Fire has impacted [Read More…]
ABC National News
Pets flee to vacant animal hospital amid California wildfires
(Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) — Southern California has been severely hit by wildfires, prompting mass evacuations and state of emergency declaration from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The dangerous winds and extreme fire conditions [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump talks with Barack Obama, shakes hands with Mike Pence during Carter funeral
Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump shook hands with his former Vice President Mike Pence and spoke extensively with former President Barack Obama during the state funeral for late President Jimmy [Read More…]