Month: April 2025
Ag News
Iowa farmer says planting off to a great start
Central Iowa farmer Corey Hillebo says this spring is off to a great start. “We had a lot of anhydrous and strips to make for strip-till, and the end of March gave us some great [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois ag eyeing estate tax reform
The president of Illinois Farm Bureau says passage of the Family Farm Preservation Act is essential for the future of agriculture. Brian Duncan, who farms in northern Illinois, says the state’s current estate tax laws [Read More…]
Ag News
Shipping Michigan Soybeans Through The Great Lakes
In this Pods for Profit, we’ll hear from the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority on how ag products move through their terminals and across the St. Lawrence Seaway. Stay tuned to hear about the benefits of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘The Brutalist’ gets a streaming date, ‘Eddington’ trailer, and more
House of the Dragon star Emma D’Arcy is set to star opposite Tom Cruise in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s untitled upcoming film. D’Arcy confirmed the news to Deadline, saying in a statement, “I’m delighted to be working with such extraordinary and exacting artists as [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
David Oyelowo and cast talk ‘surrealist, quirky’ Apple TV+ series ‘Government Cheese’
Apple TV+ Government Cheese, a new Apple TV+ show debuting Wednesday, follows the story of Hampton Chambers, an ex-convict trying to go into business for himself in late 1960s California — while avoiding further tangles [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US stocks little changed amid tariff uncertainty
manusapon kasosod/Getty (NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks were little changed in early trading on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump signaled a willingness to ease some tariffs but also impose new ones. The Dow [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Meta claims it has ‘no monopoly’ as landmark antitrust trial gets underway
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawyers for Meta told a federal judge on Monday that the social media company founded by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is not a monopoly, countering a landmark lawsuit brought against it [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man wanted for allegedly stabbing estranged wife to death outside elementary school
Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (NASHVILLE) — A man is at large after allegedly stabbing his estranged wife to death outside the elementary school where she worked, Nashville police said. Niurka Alfonso-Acevedo, 52, was attacked Monday [Read More…]
ABC National News
Harvey Weinstein faces #MeToo retrial as imprisoned movie mogul returns to court
Jeenah Moon-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The sequel to the biggest victory of the #MeToo era starts Tuesday when disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein is retried in New York for alleged sex crimes. It could [Read More…]
ABC World News
Iran-US nuclear talks to continue in Oman on Saturday, Tehran says
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (MUSCAT, Oman) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that the second round of indirect talks with the United States are expected to take place in Oman on Saturday, according to the official [Read More…]
ABC World News
American college student arrested in Denmark speaks out: ‘We had done nothing wrong’
ABC News (COPENHAGEN, Denmark) — One of the Americans detained for nearly two weeks in Denmark over an alleged assault against an Uber driver while visiting Copenhagen on their college spring break said he was [Read More…]
Ag News
Non-emotional decisions critical during market volatility
An ag economist says the current volatility in the cattle markets is a good reminder for producers to explore risk management options. University of Tennessee’s Charley Martinez says producers who sold animals on Monday or [Read More…]
Ag News
IDOA extends suspension of poultry shows & sales
The Illinois Department of Agriculture has extended the suspension of poultry exhibitions and sales in the state. The moratorium, in response to the ongoing threat of H5N1 avian flu, now continues through May 11th, 2025. [Read More…]
Latest News
South Dakota Century Farms & Ranches Invited to Apply for Recognition
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) and the South Dakota Farm Bureau (SDFB) are honored to recognize longstanding South Dakota family farms and ranches through the Century Farm and [Read More…]
Latest News
Drugmaker sues South Dakota over law preserving broad access to discounts for hospitals, pharmacies
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A drugmaker is suing South Dakota over a law that bars the company from limiting drug discounts used to prop up providers who serve Medicaid patients. The lawsuit is from Chicago-based [Read More…]
Latest News
Education board votes to finalize embrace of phonics-based reading instruction for South Dakota
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight It’s out with the new and in with the old again for students in South Dakota’s English and Language Arts classrooms. The South Dakota Board of Education Standards approved revisions [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Play-in time: Magic-Hawks, Warriors-Grizzlies on Tuesday, Bulls-Heat and Kings-Mavs on Wednesday
Steve Kerr, the basketball fan, raves about the play-in tournament and the drama that it creates down the stretch of the NBA’s regular season and leading into the official start of the playoffs. Kerr, the [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Tuesday Sports: April 15, 2025
TUESDAY SPORTS, APRIL 15, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell baseball takes on SF Jefferson today at 6 pm at the Sanford Sports Complex. Mitchell won two of three games this past weekend in Sioux Falls [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Paige Bueckers is No. 1 pick in WNBA draft, going to the Dallas Wings
NEW YORK (AP) — Paige Bueckers is ready for her next chapter after a whirlwind week that started with her helping UConn win its 12th national championship and ended with her becoming the WNBA’s No. 1 draft [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Soto hits 2nd homer and Mets top lowly Twins 5-1
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Juan Soto hit his first home run since the opening weekend of the season and the New York Mets beat the slumping Minnesota Twins 5-1 on Monday night. Pete Alonso and Luisangel [Read More…]
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