Month: April 2025
Ag News
Butter & blocks up, barrels continue falling Wednesday at CME
Cash dairy prices were mixed again Wednesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was down $0.0075 at $0.4975. One sale was recorded at that price. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.01 at $1.73. Five [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol production up on the week, stocks down
There were modest changes for U.S. ethanol production and supply over the past week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says ethanol production averaged 1.04 million barrels per day, up 7,000 on the week and 53,000 [Read More…]
ABC World News
No charges for hockey player arrested in on-ice death of former NHL player Adam Johnson
Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images (LONDON) — A professional hockey player who was arrested in connection with the 2023 on-ice death of former NHL player Adam Johnson will not face charges, British prosecutors announced on Tuesday. Johnson, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Child accidentally damages $50 million Rothko at Rotterdam museum
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen/ Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images (ROTTERDAM, Netherlands) — Literally marked by a child’s hand, one of the Netherland’s most valuable paintings is now undergoing restoration after being accidentally damaged in a museum [Read More…]
ABC National News
4 dead in Pennsylvania as severe weather hits from Texas to New York
Scott Olson/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — Four people have died in Pennsylvania as severe storms hammered much of the U.S. on Tuesday night. A long-lived destructive thunderstorm wind event, known as a derecho, traveled more than [Read More…]
ABC National News
Syracuse DA gives high school students 48 hours to surrender for hazing incident
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (SYRACUSE, N.Y.) — The district attorney in Syracuse, New York, is giving a group of high school students 48 hours to turn themselves in for an alleged hazing incident that he describes [Read More…]
ABC National News
University of Delaware student killed, several hurt when driver flees from police, hits people near campus
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEWARK, Del.) — A University of Delaware student was killed and several other people were injured when a U-Haul truck driver fled from police and collided with people near campus, officials said. [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘We’re all ticking time bombs’: Budget cuts gut 9/11 health protections as community braces for crisis
Fatih Aktas /Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The 9/11 health program that monitors and treats thousands of people exposed to toxic dust during the 2001 terrorist attack is under threat — again. A wave [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘I am not afraid of you,’ Columbia student says of Trump after release from ICE
Adam Gray/Getty Images (COLCHESTER, Vt.) — A federal judge in Vermont ordered the release Wednesday of Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia University student who was arrested two weeks ago by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents following his citizenship [Read More…]
Latest News
2025 Elite Eight Academic Award recipients announced by Nedved Media
Nedved Media wants to recognize the academic achievements of area high school students. Eight male and eight female students in our area are selected to represent our Elite group. As with any award, there are [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ellen Pompeo honored with Walk of Fame star: ‘This doesn’t happen overnight’
Amy Sussman/Getty Images Ellen Pompeo received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this week. At the ceremony, the Grey’s Anatomy and Good American Family actress said it had “taken me a long time to get my star on [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ season 2 trailer and more
A new docuseries following Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper is headed to Hulu. Called Call Her Alex, the upcoming original documentary series launches on June 10. It will consist of two parts and will [Read More…]
Ag News
A closer look at the EPA’s final insecticide strategy
The U.S. EPA says its included updates in the final Insecticide Strategy to make it easier for applicators and growers to comply with the Endangered Species Act. “We see a lot of improvements here.” Kyle [Read More…]
Ag News
Economist: Farmers, biofuel producers, fuel retailers still seek E15 certainty
An economist with the University of Missouri says the Trump administration’s waiver allowing sales of E15 fuel blends this summer isn’t a long-term solution. “Monday’s announcement of year-round E15 follows a similar pattern from the [Read More…]
Ag News
Additional specialty crop funding released
The Trump administration has announced it is resuming payments to growers through the Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crop program. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says a second round of support up to $1.3 billion will be used to [Read More…]
Ag News
Second crop corn conditions favorable in Brazil
An ag economist says demand has been strong for U.S. corn. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net says the corn market has been monitoring harvest in Argentina and second crop conditions in Brazil. “A big critical part [Read More…]
Ag News
Criminal charges dropped against a South Dakota ranching family
The Trump administration has dropped criminal charges against a South Dakota family accused of improperly using Forest Service land. Ethan Lane with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the Maude family was a victim of [Read More…]
Latest News
Mitchell School District could see declining revenue tied to fewer students
The Mitchell School Board reviewed projected revenue for the 2025-2026 school year during Monday’s meeting. Superintendent Joe Childs said student numbers this budget year were down and he’s expecting the same for next year. “The [Read More…]
ABC World News
Kim Jong Un oversees missile tests on new North Korean warship
Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly oversaw the test of a supersonic cruise missile fired from a new battleship — the destroyer Choe Hyon — this [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine war cannot end until ‘nuances’ addressed, Kremlin says
Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov warned Wednesday that “a whole series of nuances” needs to be addressed before Russia will agree to any U.S.-brokered peace deal to end Moscow’s [Read More…]