Month: April 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Cade Cunningham wasn’t thinking about himself after the first postseason victory of his career. His focus was on all the Detroit fans who stuck by the Pistons during 17 years since [Read More…]

Tuesday Sports: April 22, 2025

TUESDAY SPORTS, APRIL 22, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell’s Tyler Christensen threw a no-hitter at Pierre on Monday afternoon in a 2-0, game one victory. Christensen allowed two walks while striking out five on 83 pitches. [Read More…]

SDSU Begins Stretch of Game on Home Turf

South Dakota State (8-26) vs. Northwestern (Iowa) (24-17) and Creighton (23-12) When vs. Northwestern: 3 p.m. Tuesday vs. Creighton: 6 p.m. Wednesday Where vs. Northwestern: Erv Huether Field | Brookings, S.D. vs. Creighton: Sioux Falls Stadium (The Birdcage) | Sioux [Read More…]

Jackrabbits Lose Two at Iowa State

AMES, IOWA – South Dakota State played two close games versus Iowa State on Monday, April 21, but the Cyclones came away with a pair of victories (5-3, 7-6) in the softball doubleheader held at the [Read More…]

Tesla earnings to show whether anti-Musk backlash damaged bottom line

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Worldwide protests against Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his role in the Trump administration have coincided with a sales slump and stock woes at the electric carmaker. Little will be [Read More…]

5 million student loan borrowers face mandatory collections starting May 5

(WASHINGTON) — Some 5 million Americans with defaulted student loan payments will have their loans sent for collections on May 5, the Department of Education announced on Monday. Next month, for the first time since [Read More…]

Diego Luna on finishing Cassian’s story in season 2 of ‘Andor’

Des Willie The rebellion fights on in season 2 of Andor. Diego Luna stars as the titular Cassian Andor in the final season of the Disney+ Star Wars series, which debuts with a three-episode premiere [Read More…]

Duke freshman Cooper Flagg is headed to the NBA as the favorite to be the No. 1 overall draft pick

Duke star Cooper Flagg is headed to the NBA as the favorite to be the No. 1 overall draft pick. The program announced Flagg’s move in a social media post Monday following a lone college season that [Read More…]

Who are the top contenders to be the next pope? Experts weigh in

Christoph Reichwein/picture alliance via Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — The question looming on many minds around the world following the death of Pope Francis on Monday is who will become the next leader of the [Read More…]

What Pope Francis said about controversial issues from gay rights to immigration

Buda Mendes/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis, one of the more progressive pontiff’s in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday morning at the age of 88, the Vatican confirmed. Francis’ [Read More…]

Biological crop products leave growers, retailers with many questions

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Biological crop protection products are projected to be a two-billion dollar business in the next five years, but there are a lot of questions from farmers and retailers alike. Leah Anderson is President of WinField [Read More…]

Planters keep rolling in Missouri

Corn planting has picked up, with 33% of Missouri’s corn in the ground compared to just 9% a week ago. Six percent of the corn has emerged, which is about 2% ahead of average. Fifteen [Read More…]

South Dakota small grains planting pass halfway

South Dakota farmers are making progress on planting amid very dry conditions. The USDA says seven percent of the corn is planted, ahead of this time last year and the five-year average. Oats are 59 [Read More…]

Kentucky farmers advance planting pace, but still trail last year

Kentucky farmers have made significant planting progress over the last week, but are still running well behind last year’s levels. Corn is 12 percent planted, a 9-point jump from last week, but is still running [Read More…]

IRFA says Trump admin needs to issue nationwide E15 waiver

The head of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says he’s hopeful the U.S. EPA will soon issue a nationwide waiver that allows all states to sell E15 this summer. Monte Shaw says eight Midwestern states [Read More…]

Weekend rains slow planting pace in Iowa