Month: March 2025
Ag News
Cash rents decline in 2024
An ag economist at the University of Illinois says revenues from cash rents were down in 2024. Gary Schnitkey says recent surveys of farm managers show slight declines in cash rents across the state. “We [Read More…]
Ag News
Recalibrate for a Solid Corn Foundation
Laying a solid foundation is one way to set cornfields up for success this year. Corteva Agriscience Market Development Specialist, Brad Allen, says last year’s wet spring, followed by a dry period, created weed control challenges [Read More…]
Latest News
Mitchell Police seeking the public’s help in two recent vandalism incidents
Vehicle Vandalism In the early morning hours of March 14th, 2025 three unknown individuals vandalized a vehicle in the 400 of South Minnesota by slashing the tires and adding a substance to the gas tank. [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 dead in Miami bus shooting, according to police
(MIAMI) — Two people are dead after Florida authorities alleged a Miami-Dade Transit bus driver pulled out a weapon and opened fire on a bus during a disturbance. The shooting erupted just before 3 a.m., [Read More…]
ABC National News
Massive South Carolina wildfire jumps border, spreads into North Carolina
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (RALEIGH, NC) — A massive wildfire burning for more than a week in South Carolina jumped the border Saturday and was spreading Sunday into North Carolina, where firefighters were already battling multiple [Read More…]
ABC National News
Silver Fire in California spreads to 1,000 acres, prompts evacuations
A vegetation fire in California rapidly spread to 1,000 acres on Sunday, prompting evacuations of parts of Inyo and Mono counties. (Cal Fire) (BISHOP, CA) — A vegetation fire in California rapidly spread to 1,000 [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 3/30/25
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONClippers 122, Cavaliers 127Trail Blazers 93, Knicks 110Warriors 148, Spurs 106Hawks 145, Bucks 124Pistons 104, Timberwolves 123Hornets 94, Pelicans 98Raptors 127, 76ers [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Markets jittery as Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs loom
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Foreign markets saw a wave of selloffs on Monday morning ahead of the expected introduction of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Wednesday, measures the president said will impact [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Musk hands out $1M checks after efforts to block the giveaways in court are rejected
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MADISON, WI) — Just hours after the state Supreme Court rejected Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul’s effort to block Elon Musk from handing out $1 million checks on Sunday night, the billionaire [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Good job: Jason Statham’s ‘A Working Man’ tops weekend box office
Dan Smith/Amazon Content Services LLC Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, Snow White had to go. Jason Statham‘s new action thriller A Working Man knocked Disney’s live-action remake of the classic fairy tale out of the top spot at the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Desperate search for survivors continues in Bangkok high-rise collapse from 7.7 quake
Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images (BANGKOK) — A desperate search for survivors continued Sunday — from a collapsed high-rise building that was under construction in Bangkok, Thailand, to the rubble of ancient buildings in neighboring Myanmar — [Read More…]
ABC World News
Zelenskyy urges ‘tough’ Russia measures after Trump shows frustration with Putin
Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for further “tough measures” against Russia to push President Vladimir Putin into a ceasefire agreement, suggesting after another round of drone strikes that [Read More…]
ABC National News
400,000 without power as Midwest battered by severe weather
Members of the Chicago White Sox grounds crew struggle to deploy the rain tarp in the bottom of the seventh inning as hail and rain delay a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Rate [Read More…]
ABC National News
Documents appear to show how Trump admin identifies Venezuelan gang members: ACLU
Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a recent court filing, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has submitted what they believe is a document that the Trump administration uses to identify members of a Venezuelan [Read More…]
Latest News
Graves says spelling matters
Fourteen year old Amanuel Gemechis of George S. Mickelson Middle School in Brookings recently won the South Dakota State Spelling Bee at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell. South Dakota Education Secretary Joe Graves was on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump officials’ Signal chat ‘could have ended with lost American lives’: Sen. Warner
Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said on Sunday that if information had been leaked from top Trump national security officials’ Signal chat discussing plans to bomb the Houthis in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Richard Chamberlain, star of ‘Shōgun,’ ‘Dr. Kildare’ and ‘The Thorn Birds,’ dead at 90
ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Actor Richard Chamberlain, best-remembered for roles in the hit 1980s miniseries Shōgun and The Thorn Birds, as well as in the ’60s TV series Dr. Kildare, has [Read More…]
ABC World News
Iran rejects Trump’s request for direct nuclear negotiations, state media reports
(LONDON) — Tehran has rejected direct negotiations with the United States in regarding its nuclear program, responding to a letter from President Donald Trump, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday, according to the Islamic Republic [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine accuses Russia of war crime for ‘deliberate’ strike on hospital
Sofiia Bobok/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukraine has accused Russia of committing a war crime after a Russian drone struck a military hospital in Kharkiv overnight. Ukraine’s General Staff said the strikes were a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man strikes Tesla counter-protester with vehicle in Idaho, police say
(MERIDIAN, IDAHO) — A 70-year-old man was charged with aggravated assault after allegedly striking a counter-protester with his vehicle outside a Tesla dealership in Idaho, law enforcement said. About 30 people attended an anti-Tesla rally [Read More…]