Month: January 2025
Ag News
Broiler hatchery numbers continue faster pace
The weekly broiler hatchery numbers started 2025 a lot like they ended 2024. The USDA says 248.175 million eggs went into incubation last week, up 716,000 from the previous week and 4% above a year [Read More…]
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December in Wisconsin warm, mostly dry
December was warm and dry for Wisconsin. The USDA says average statewide temperatures were nearly 5 degrees above normal, while precipitation was just under usual levels, with some farmers reporting concerns about the effects of [Read More…]
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Widely mixed soil moisture in Tennessee
Late December rain pulled soil moisture levels in Tennessee above a year ago. The USDA says that while the western portions of the state have adequate to surplus sub and topsoil moisture, pulling state averages [Read More…]
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South Dakota starts 2025 very dry
Most of South Dakota started the year with low soil moisture levels. The USDA says 79% of the state is short to very short of soil moisture, with conditions across all of South Dakota ranging [Read More…]
ABC World News
Nearly a quarter of the world’s freshwater species are at risk of extinction: Report
Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — Nearly a quarter of the world’s freshwater species are at risk of extinction, according to new research. A detailed extinction assessment of more than 23,000 species of freshwater [Read More…]
ABC World News
Middle East live updates: Hostage’s body recovered from tunnel in Gaza
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
California fires live updates: 2 dead, more than 1,000 structures destroyed
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least two people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions. Tens [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 winds stoke the blazes. The Palisades Fire has impacted more than 2,920 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden says he could have won 2024 election, undecided on issuing preemptive pardons
Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden believes he could have won the 2024 election if he had decided to stay in the race, he told USA Today in a wide-ranging interview. “It’s presumptuous to say [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
SAG Awards 2025: ‘Wicked’ and ‘Shōgun’ top full list of nominations
Universal Pictures Nominations for the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards are here. Actors Joey King and Cooper Koch were initially set to announce this year’s SAG Awards nominees Wednesday morning during a press conference, which [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Last Showgirl’ stars Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis on the film’s message of resilience
Courtesy Roadside Attractions Pamela Anderson says her latest role in the Gia Coppola-directed film The Last Showgirl is close to her heart and one she’s “really proud of.” During an interview with Good Morning America, the actress [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Mark Hamill, other celebs evacuate homes amid raging LA fires
Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty Images Star Wars legend Mark Hamill is among the Malibu residents who have had to evacuate the raging Los Angeles wildfires. The actor revealed on Instagram Tuesday that he and his [Read More…]
ABC National News
Garland intends to release portion of Jack Smith’s report related to Jan. 6 probe
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to publicly release the portion of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report related to his federal election interference case against Donald Trump, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump asks Supreme Court to block his criminal hush money sentencing
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent Friday’s sentencing in his New York criminal hush money case. In a filing Wednesday, defense lawyers argued that a [Read More…]
Latest News
District 20 legislators preview the 2025 South Dakota legislative session
A standing room only crowd packed the Mitchell Area Chamber of Commerce meeting room to get acquainted with the new District 20 legislative team of Senator-elect Paul Miskimins plus Representatives elect Kayley Nolz and Jeff [Read More…]
Latest News
Davison County employees are getting a 4.5% pay raise
Davison County employees will see a 4.5% pay increase this year. Commissioners approved the bump during Monday’s meeting after a lengthy discussion which included input from employees. Commissioner Chris Nebelsick believed 4.5% was reasonable. “I [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Jacob Elordi to replace Paul Mescal in ‘The Dog Stars’ and more
Oh, lordy. Jacob Elordi is in talks to replace Paul Mescal in Ridley Scott‘s upcoming thriller, The Dog Stars. Variety first reported that Elordi is in early negotiations to take over the starring role in [Read More…]
ABC World News
Court reissues warrant for impeached South Korean president, who remains at residence
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — Seoul Western District Court on Tuesday night reissued a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The Corruption Investigation Office chief, Oh Dong-woon, said during a parliament [Read More…]
ABC World News
Middle East live updates: Biden, Trump teams ‘collaborative’ on Gaza, envoy says
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
LA fires live updates: 1,400 firefighters battling ‘unprecedented’ fires, Newsom says
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — More than 30,000 people were told to evacuate in Southern California on Tuesday after a fast-moving brush fire erupted in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood near [Read More…]