Month: May 2025

Working Together for Illinois Agriculture
The Illinois Corn Marketing Board collaborates with several organizations to enhance agriculture and create markets for Illinois corn. In this Managing for Profit, Cassie Dumoulin, a farmer from northern Illinois who raises corn and hogs, [Read More…]

Watertown church begins recovery following a fire caused by lightning
Cleanup and restoration work is underway at a Watertown church that caught fire following a lightning strike. The fire at Hosanna Lutheran began around 1:30 Monday afternoon as a thunderstorm was rolling through the city. [Read More…]

May 21 – Today in Mitchell History
May 21, 1981 – Mitchell boy dies after accidental shooting May 21, 1983 – Suit blames bar owners for death May 21, 1983 – Bank: Corsica Cattle suit should be dismissed May 21, 1987 – [Read More…]

Iran leader casts doubt on US nuclear talks, saying Tehran won’t stop enrichment
Iranian Leader Press Office/ Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed doubt about his country’s nuclear negotiations with the United States, saying he does not think the talks will come [Read More…]

Russia attacks Ukraine with drones after Trump-Putin call
Contributor/Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia launched more than 100 drones into Ukraine following the conclusion of a phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Ukraine’s air force said, and as the world waited [Read More…]

11-year-old boy accidentally shot to death by sibling inside of their home
(RACINE, WI) — An 11-year-old boy was accidentally shot to death by his sibling inside of their Wisconsin home, police said. The incident occurred on Friday when the Racine Police Department in Wisconsin received a [Read More…]

Florida man shoots neighbor’s cow 5 times after it wandered onto his property
Facebook / Lee County Sheriff’s Office (FORT MEYERS, FL) — A man in Florida has been arrested for shooting his neighbor’s cow five times after it wandered onto his property, police said. The incident happened [Read More…]

Inner circle members give testimony as 2nd week of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial gets underway
U.S. Department of Justice (NEW YORK) — After a week of testimony from star witness Cassie Ventura, federal prosecutors in the ongoing trial for Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday started calling witnesses they believe could [Read More…]

Menendez brothers’ post-resentencing parole hearing delayed by 2 months
Los Angeles Times / Contributor (LOS ANGELES) — Erik and Lyle Menendez were resentenced last week to 50 years to life in prison, which makes them eligible for parole — a topic that would likely [Read More…]

Palm Springs bombing suspect appears to have posted bomb tests on YouTube
KABC (PALM SPRINGS, CA) — Guy Bartkus — the lone suspect in a fatal car bombing that took place outside of a fertility center in Palm Springs, California, on May 17 — appears to have [Read More…]

Appeals court sides with Venezuelan man seeking return to US from El Salvador
Handout/Presidencia El Salvador via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A 20-year-old Venezuelan man seeking a return to the United States after being sent to El Salvador won a legal victory over President Donald Trump’s administration on [Read More…]

Why Biden may not have known about his ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer until recently
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Joe Biden’s office announced on Sunday that he was diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer. Biden’s office also said the cancer had metastasized, spreading to his [Read More…]

Trump calls for ‘major investigation’ into Kamala Harris’ celebrity endorsements
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has called for a “major investigation” into several celebrity endorsements former Vice President Kamala Harris received during the 2024 presidential campaign, suggesting without evidence that some of [Read More…]

Alexis Bledel narrates ‘Tuck Everlasting’ audiobook to celebrate 50th anniversary
Dia Dipasupil/WireImage via Getty Images Alexis Bledel‘s involvement in the Tuck Everlasting world seems to be everlasting. The actress will narrate a 50th anniversary audiobook of Natalie Babbitt‘s classic children’s novel, People reports. The new [Read More…]

‘Shadow Force”s Omar Sy and Kerry Washington are both real-life Lionel Richie fans
Lionsgate Omar Sy stars in Shadow Force as a secret agent who briefly separates from his wife Kyrah, played by Kerry Washington, to protect their son Ky. He and Ky bond over their love for Lionel Richie‘s “Truly in [Read More…]

Weed control has been a challenge so far
The dry weather experienced by much of the country before recent storm systems moved through was great for planting, but made controlling weeds a bigger challenge as some of the most yield-robbing weeds were able [Read More…]

Evidence of 30-foot ancient sea monster found in Mississippi
James Starnes (STARKVILLE, MS) — Geologists working in Mississippi recently stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator. They uncovered a piece of vertebra they said likely belonged to a [Read More…]

Tom Cruise says he will make movies ‘into my 100s’: ‘I will never stop’
Cindy Ord/Getty Images Tom Cruise may be closing the book on the Mission: Impossible franchise, but the actor says he isn’t finished making movies. “I actually said I’m going to make movies into my 80s. [Read More…]

Extreme weather delays some South Dakota planting
A farmer in eastern South Dakota says extreme weather has hit in the last week, with thunderstorms delaying soybean planting on Monday. “It was a pretty rowdy storm with a lot of lightening, thunder and [Read More…]

Greer Fire expands to 20,000 acres, over 700 personnel battling flames
ABC (GREER, Ariz.) — A wildfire in eastern Arizona continues to burn, expanding to over 20,000 acres, with more red flag warnings in effect on Monday. The Greer Fire, named after the small community in [Read More…]
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