Month: May 2025
Lois Lane interviews ‘Superman’ in the film’s official trailer
Alon Amir/Warner Bros. Pictures It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s the official trailer for Superman. DC Studios released the trailer for the upcoming film on Wednesday. The movie arrives in theaters and [Read More…]
Red crown rot on soybean growers radar
An extension plant pathologist with the University of Missouri says farmers in the Midwest need to be keeping an eye out for red crown rot this season. Mandy Bish says the soil-born soybean disease has [Read More…]
MO Farm Bureau health plan pending
Legislation allowing the Missouri Farm Bureau to offer a health plan to its members is awaiting action the final days of the Missouri legislative session. Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins says he’s optimistic legislation [Read More…]
New crop soybean prices might benefit from trade chats
An extension ag economist says the recent U.S. and China trade agreement-in-principle could have a greater impact on new crop soybean prices. “The soybean market didn’t necessarily react too strongly to the news of a [Read More…]
Corn mostly weak, watching planting pace
Soybeans were modestly higher on commercial and technical buying. The trade was monitoring U.S. planting and development conditions, and there was spillover support from bean oil on biofuels demand expectations. The session also featured position [Read More…]
Lean hog futures close lower amid ongoing demand uncertainties
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower on technical weakness, waiting on direct business to develop. June live cattle closed $2.37 lower at $213.95 and August live cattle closed $2.25 [Read More…]
Plankinton man sentenced to prison
A 24 year old man from Plankinton man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison after earlier pleading guilty to one count of First Degree Rape involving a minor. Kody Konechne was sentenced Wednesday [Read More…]
Twins rally to their 10th straight win, beat Baltimore 8-6 for a doubleheader sweep
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kody Clemens hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to lead the Minnesota Twins to their 10th straight victory, 8-6 over the Baltimore Orioles in the second game of a doubleheader [Read More…]
Venezuelan toddler who was kept in US after parents were deported is returned to Venezuela
Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Venezuelan 2-year-old who was kept in U.S. government custody after her parents were deported has been returned to Venezuela. In a video posted to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s [Read More…]
Menendez brothers win resentencing fight: What’s next for their case?
Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Erik and Lyle Menendez have been resentenced to 50 years to life in prison, which makes them immediately eligible for parole — a vindication years in the [Read More…]
Federal court rules against attempt to withhold Endangered Species Act protections from Joshua tree
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK CITY) — A federal court in California sided with environmentalists, striking down a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempt to withhold protections for the Joshua tree under the Endangered [Read More…]
Democrats say it’s a ‘sad day for DHS’ under Kristi Noem’s leadership in fiery House hearing
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem came under fire from House Democrats while testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee on her department’s 2026 budget on Wednesday. The hearing quickly turned [Read More…]
Supreme Court to weigh blocks on Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Thursday over President Donald Trump’s emergency request to roll back nationwide injunctions blocking his executive order to end birthright citizenship. The rare [Read More…]
Pierre woman sentenced for Misprison of a Felony
A former South Dakota Department of Revenue employee has been sentenced on a misdemeanor count of Misprison of a Felony. 52 year old Danielle Degenstein of Pierre entered her guilty plea Tuesday in Hughes County [Read More…]
RFK Jr. says people should not take medical advice from him, defends HHS cuts during House hearing
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the nation’s most publicly recognized vaccine skeptics, took a softened approach on vaccines when he [Read More…]
Davison County Courthouse receives Deadwood Fund matching grant
Historic preservation projects in Mitchell, Menno, Fort Pierre, and Pringle have received matching grants from the South Dakota State Historical Society. These grants are awarded through the State Historical Society’s Deadwood Fund grant program. “For [Read More…]
Maya Hawke joins ‘The Hunger Games’ prequel ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ as Wiress
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images The upcoming Hunger Games film Sunrise on the Reaping has found its next star. Maya Hawke will play Wiress in the film, Lionsgate announced on Wednesday. Wiress is a former Hunger Games [Read More…]
The streaming service Max is changing its name back to HBO Max
Warner Bros. Discovery Call me by my former name. Warner Bros. Discovery is changing the name of its streaming service yet again. The streaming platform originally launched with the name HBO Max in 2020. In [Read More…]
‘Wicked: For Good’ ‘first look’ trailer to debut in June, when ‘Wicked’ returns to theaters for one night only
Disney/Frank Micelotta Glinda and Elphaba will be back in action on theater screens in June. The original Wicked film will return to theaters in the U.S. and Canada for one night only on June 4. And [Read More…]
Ragland tells Senate Committee China trade dispute is impacting soybean farmers
The president of the American Soybean Association says the on-going trade dispute with China could have severe impacts on the industry. Testifying before the US Senate Finance Committee Wednesday morning, Kentucky farmer Caleb Ragland said [Read More…]
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