Month: January 2025
Ag News
Kansas growers hoping for replenished soils from weekend blizzard
A pair of central Kansas crop growers are hopeful snowfall from a weekend blizzard can help replenish soil moisture levels. Paul Penner says much of the region is still being impacted by moderate drought. “I’m [Read More…]
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Global Dairy Trade index starts year lower
The Global Dairy Trade Index fell for a second straight trading session Tuesday. Cheese, butter, and buttermilk values rose, while powders, lactose, and anhydrous milk fat values fell. The average winning price for products was [Read More…]
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Over half of U.S. milk now being tested for H5N1
A veterinary disease expert says more than half of the raw milk produced in the U.S. is now being tested for the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Dr. Keith Poulsen with the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory [Read More…]
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ABC World News
At least 126 dead, scores injured in 6.8 magnitude earthquake near holy city in Tibet, Chinese media reports
Sunil Sharma via Getty Images (TIBET) — At least 126 people were killed and more than 188 others were injured as a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Tibet’s holy city on Tuesday, according to Chinese state media. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jimmy Carter funeral live updates: Congress to gather for ceremony in DC
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Members of Congress, the Supreme Court and other dignitaries will gather at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon for a lying-in-state ceremony for former President Jimmy Carter. Vice President Kamala Harris [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump files 500-page lawsuit against judge, Manhattan DA in bid to halt hush money sentencing
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s legal blitz to halt his sentencing in his criminal hush money case in New York continued Tuesday morning with his lawyers filing a 502-page lawsuit against Judge Juan Merchan [Read More…]
ABC National News
Special counsel responds after Trump co-defendants ask judge to block release of report
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special Counsel Jack Smith issued his first response Tuesday to an effort by Donald Trump’s co-defendants to have the judge who tossed his classified documents case issue an emergency [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Donald Trump Jr. visits Greenland as his father says deal for US to buy it ‘must happen’
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (GREENLAND) — Donald Trump, Jr., son of President-elect Donald Trump, arrived in Greenland on Tuesday after emphasizing that the trip is just a personal one, indicating he is not meeting with government [Read More…]
Latest News
Avera Queen of Peace celebrates first baby of 2025
Avera Queen of Peace Hospital is excited to share that Tilden Hetland was the first baby born in 2025. He was delivered at 5:40 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, to Bob and Logan Hetland of Artesian. [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
SDSU’S Cluff shares Summit League Weekly Accolades
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Despite playing in just one game to open conference play, South Dakota State’s Oscar Cluff put together a showing strong enough to warrant claiming co-Summit League Men’s Basketball Peak Performer of [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Larkins earns second Peak Performer award of the season
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A pair of double-doubles in the first week of Summit League play for Grace Larkins earned her the Summit League Peak Performer of the Week award, announced by the conference office [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Facebook to rely on ‘Community Notes,’ replacing fact checkers, Zuckerberg says
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Facebook plans to replace its fact-checkers with “community notes,” a move that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said would allow the social network to return “to our [Read More…]
Latest News
Judge Cheryle Gering Reappointed as Presiding Judge of First Judicial Circuit
Chief Justice Steven R. Jensen announced today the reappointment of the Honorable Cheryle Gering as Presiding Judge for the First Judicial Circuit. Judge Gering’s reappointment follows the reselection of Jensen as Chief Justice of the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Joey King, Cooper Koch to announce SAG Awards nominations and more
Joey King and Cooper Koch will reveal this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations. The announcement will take place Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. PT and will stream exclusively on Netflix’s YouTube channel. The first nominees [Read More…]
Ag News
A “quieter” spell of weather briefly resumes across the Heartland; very cold for many
Across the Corn Belt, rural travel conditions are slowly improving in the wake of the recent snow and ice storm, which primarily struck from Missouri into the Ohio Valley. Early Tuesday, approximately 75,000 customers from [Read More…]
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A cold pattern to continue for most of the Heartland; some moisture ahead for the Plains
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures nationwide, except for warmer-than-normal weather in parts of the north-central U.S. Meanwhile, near- or below-normal precipitation across much of [Read More…]
ABC World News
At least 95 dead, scores injured in 6.8 magnitude earthquake near holy city in Tibet, Chinese media reports
Sunil Sharma via Getty Images (TIBET) — At least 95 people were killed and more than 100 others were injured as a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Tibet’s holy city on Tuesday, according to Chinese [Read More…]