Month: May 2025
Ag News
Central Illinois farmer optimistic 2025 can be profitable
A central Illinois farmer says he’s optimistic that 2025 can still be a profitable growing season. John Klemm, who grows corn and soybeans in DeWitt County, says there’s a lot of time left in the [Read More…]
Ag News
Senator says UK, China agreements could lay groundwork for more market access
A US Senator from Kansas says he’s cautiously optimistic that recent trade agreements in principle could expand market access for ag producers. Roger Marshall tells Brownfield the deal with the UK could help lay the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel reports 3 Houthi missiles fired in 24 hours amid plans to expand Gaza offensive
Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces issued evacuation warnings for three ports in Houthi-controlled Yemen after intercepting two of three ballistic missiles fired by the Iran-backed group in the past 24 hours. The IDF [Read More…]
ABC World News
Iranian minister says Trump’s Tehran accusations are ‘pure deception’
Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (LONDON) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reacted to President Donald Trump’s remarks about Iran, calling them “pure deception.” Trump described Tehran as the “most destructive force” in the region [Read More…]
ABC National News
Recession warnings fade after Trump rolls back tariffs
Liu Yanan/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Recession alarms blared across Wall Street in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement last month, but a recent trade agreement between the U.S. and China has [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Wednesday Sports: May 14, 2025
THURSDAY SPORTS, MAY 15, 2025 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels boys tennis finished third at the ESD conference tournament on Tuesday in Watertown, led by a Flight 6 championship for Sutton Thompson. Mitchell [Read More…]
ABC Health News
RFK Jr. defends widespread HHS cuts during House hearing
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., before a House committee Wednesday morning, defended the massive cuts to the department’s workforce and laid out [Read More…]
ABC Health News
US drug overdose deaths fell by nearly 27% last year, reaching lowest levels since 2019: CDC
Manusapon Kasosod/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States last year to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new federal report published Wednesday morning. The provisional [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Pacers eliminate top-seeded Cavaliers 114-105, advance to the Eastern Conference Finals
CLEVELAND (AP) — Indiana coach Rick Carlisle put it best in summing up his team’s finishing punch in the Eastern Conference semifinals. “The winning team writes the script,” he said. The Pacers’ 114-105 victory over [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Daniel Day-Lewis’ ‘Anemone’ gets a release date, and more
Daniel Day-Lewis’ return to the big screen, Anemone, has a release date. Focus Features confirms the film, starring and co-written by Day-Lewis and directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis, comes to theaters in limited release Oct. 3 and opens [Read More…]
Ag News
Little old crop corn in northwest Iowa
A commodities broker based in northwest Iowa says there’s not a lot of old crop corn in storage. Shane Holtorf with Logic Ag Marketing tells Brownfield there’s been strong demand regionally with several ethanol plants [Read More…]
Ag News
New study finds off-farm income helping farmers keep farming
A recent Market Intel Report shows that off-farm income is helping keep U.S. farming operations afloat. In this episode of Managing for Profit, economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation Danny Munch says 98% of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Fatal New Jersey house fire ruled a murder-suicide: Prosecutor
Washington Township Police Department (WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ) — A massive fire on Sunday that leveled a New Jersey home, where first responders later recovered the bodies of a man and a woman, has been ruled [Read More…]
ABC National News
Flooding forces evacuation of 2 Maryland elementary schools as flash flood emergency issued
Potomac Fire Company No.2 Inc. (ALLEGANY COUNTY, MD) — A flash flood emergency has been issued for parts of northwestern Maryland on Tuesday, where severe flooding led to the evacuation of two elementary schools. A [Read More…]
ABC National News
Pete Rose among players removed from MLB’s banned list, eligible for Hall of Fame
Rich Pilling/MLB via Getty Images (COOPERSTOWN, NY) — Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and 15 other deceased baseball players have been removed from MLB’s permanent list of banned players, according to a memo from the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan indicted by grand jury on federal charges
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Wisconsin judge who was arrested and charged last month with allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah [Read More…]
ABC National News
US v. Combs day 6: Freak offs, violence and fear – Cassie Ventura takes the stand at Diddy trial
John Lamparski/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For six hours on Tuesday in a packed Manhattan courtroom, Cassie Ventura testified about how her decade-long relationship turned violent as her then-boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs, seized control of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Why too much carbon dioxide harms the planet
Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Carbon dioxide may be a naturally occurring substance on Earth, but too much of its presence has contributed to global warming, climate scientists say. Carbon dioxide, known by [Read More…]
ABC World News
6.1 magnitude earthquake reported near Greece: USGS
(FRY, GREECE) — A 6.1 magnitude earthquake was reported near Greece early Wednesday local time, according to the United States Geological Survey. Greek Emergency Management warned of a possible tsunami risk following the quake, which [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russian delegation to meet Ukrainian officials in Turkey, but unclear if Putin will attend
Contributor/Getty Images (LONDON) — Moscow on Wednesday said it would send a delegation to Istanbul to meet with Ukrainian officials, potentially bringing diplomats from the two at-war countries together for the first known in-person direct [Read More…]
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