Month: April 2025
Ag News
Weekly ethanol production increases, exports drop more than 62%
U.S. ethanol production increased over the past week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production was up 0.9% to 1.06 million barrels per day. The four-week average ethanol production rate declined 0.7% to 1.07 million [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Ohtani’s walk-off homer boosts Dodgers to 8-0 with another comeback win
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani met the moment again, and his latest theatrics have the Los Angeles Dodgers perfect to start the season. The Japanese superstar hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning on [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Ovechkin scores his 892nd career goal. He needs 2 to tie Gretzky and 3 to break the NHL record
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin took another step closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record by scoring his 892nd career goal in the Washington Capitals’ 5-1 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night. Ovechkin moved two away [Read More…]
Latest News
Detour Route Planned for S.D. Highway 37 North of Mitchell
Beginning on Monday, April 14, 2025, traffic on S.D. Highway 37 will be detoured onto Minnesota Street and 23rd Avenue, north of Mitchell. This planned detour will be in effect for two weeks to allow [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Thursday Sports: April 3, 2025
THURSDAY SPORTS, APRIL 3, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels track and field is scheduled to compete next in Huron on Friday, April 11 at 2 pm. — Mitchell Kernels softball had its game today [Read More…]
Latest News
Reversal of US energy agenda sparks friction between states
Stu Whitney, South Dakota News Watch Changes to climate policy under President Donald Trump’s administration have sharpened Upper Midwest debates about the reliability of renewable energy and the separation of state and federal interests. One [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two meteor showers will happen simultaneously in April, astronomers say
(Jiojio/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — April may be known for its rain showers — but when the clouds part, nighttime skygazers can enjoy meteor showers and other dazzling displays all month long, according to astronomers. [Read More…]
ABC National News
15-year-old girl attacked by sea lion in California
(Annie Otzen/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) — Phoebe Beltran, 15, has always been a “water baby,” according to her mom, Bibi Beltran. She has always had a love for swimming, she told ABC News, which was [Read More…]
ABC National News
Once-in-a-generation storm to bring tornadoes, historic flooding
(Darwin Brandis/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A once-in-a-generation extreme weather event is underway, beginning with a tornado outbreak and continuing into the weekend with four days of dangerous flooding pounding the same region. A rare [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Bader and Buxton homer to back López as Twins take series from White Sox 6-1 after long rain delay
CHICAGO (AP) — Harrison Bader and Byron Buxton hit home runs to back Pablo López’s solid start and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 on Wednesday after rain delayed the start by [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Musk still plans a major role in midterm elections despite loss in Wisconsin: Sources
(adamkaz/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Despite billionaire Elon Musk’s repeated warnings that “Western Civilization” was at stake if the conservative candidate in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race lost, the Tesla CEO and senior adviser to President [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Timberwolves sale to Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore will go forward
The yearslong quest by Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez to acquire control of the Minnesota Timberwolves finally seems to be in the home stretch, after current owner Glen Taylor opted not to appeal an arbitration [Read More…]
ABC Business News
World leaders blast Trump tariffs as markets slump
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Foreign stock markets tumbled on Thursday morning following President Donald Trump’s announcement of a raft of tariffs on America’s trade partners — including a minimum baseline tariff of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Report: David Fincher will direct Brad Pitt in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ sequel
Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Sony Twice Upon a Time in Hollywood. David Fincher is set to direct Brad Pitt in a sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Quentin Tarantino will write the [Read More…]
Ag News
New U.S. retaliatory tariffs will impact ag
U.S. President Donald Trump says “kind, not full” retaliatory tariffs went into effect midnight for more than 50 trading partners, including China. “We’re going to be charging a discounted reciprocal tariff of 34 percent. In [Read More…]
Ag News
Montgomery wins 2025 International CCA of the Year
A central Illinois-based agronomist with Beck’s Hybrids has been named the 2025 International Certified Crop Adviser of the Year. “Really, really blown away. A little humbled in some ways to be standing with a crowd [Read More…]
ABC World News
Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 3,000 with hundreds still missing
(Photo by Jiang Chao/Xinhua via Getty Images) (LONDON) — The death toll from last week’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar rose to 3,085 people as of Thursday morning, according to an update released by the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What’s in Trump’s sweeping new tariff plan?
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new tariffs on Wednesday, which the White House dubbed “Liberation Day.” “This is one of the most important days in my opinion in [Read More…]
Latest News
Hand County fatal crash
A 22-year-old woman from Highmore died Wednesday morning in a single vehicle crash on SD Highway 14, one mile west of Wessington. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety is reporting around 9:30, the driver [Read More…]
ABC National News
After 6 months, 5 people still missing in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene
Mario Tama/Getty Images, FILE (NORTH CAROLINA) — Six months after Hurricane Helene destroyed communities across the Southeast, five people remain missing in North Carolina due to the storm, according to officials. The missing include one person from [Read More…]
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