Month: June 2025

Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Most counties in the United States have seen a decline in childhood measles, mumps and rubella vaccination rates over the last five years, according to [Read More…]

Former state employee charged with three felonies

June 2, 2025 J.P. Skelly

A woman from Pierre woman has been charged with four counts of falsifying her own medical marijuana card while she was an employee of the South Dakota Department of Health. 24 year old Alexandra Feiner [Read More…]

June 3 – Today in Mitchell History

June 3, 1910 – Jail Breakers Captured By A Bloodhound June 3, 1915 – Forty-Five To Be Graduated June 3, 1949 – Woman, 75, Hit By Car, Dies June 3, 1949 – S.D. Has Few [Read More…]

In brief: ‘King of the Hill’ season 14 gets release date and more

We now know the premiere date for the King of the Hill revival. Season 14 of the show will premiere Aug. 4 on Hulu. The 10-episode season will drop in its entirety. It picks up [Read More…]

Stripe rust found in Wisconsin wheat

A plant pathologist says Wisconsin has its first confirmation of striped rust in wheat for the 2025 growing season. Dr. Damon Smith with the University of Wisconsin told Brownfield there was already some head scab, [Read More…]

Standing water, ponding common across parts of Kansas

An extension agronomist who covers northeast Kansas says excessive rain fall across parts of the state have contributed to poor crop conditions for corn and soybeans. Tina Sullivan with K-State University says standing and [Read More…]

Scouting for Weeds

Corteva Agriscience Market Development Specialist, Ron Geis, emphasizes the importance of scouting for weeds after post-emergence applications of Enlist herbicides. He tells Brownfield that scouting enables farmers to determine not only if their current weed [Read More…]

IDOA lifts poultry exhibition suspension

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) is lifting the temporary suspension on the exhibition or sale of poultry that was initially issued in February in response to the ongoing threat of H5N1 avian flu. State [Read More…]

Potential southern Illinois acreage shift

A southern Illinois agronomist says delayed planting caused by persistent rains could result in some acres shifting from corn to soybeans. John Pike, who’s based in Williamson County, tells Brownfield, “I don’t really look for [Read More…]

James Valley Drug and DUI court set to celebrate another graduation

June 2, 2025 J.P. Skelly

As part of National Treatment Court Month, graduation ceremonies will be held to celebrate those completing drug and DUI court in Mitchell and Yankton. James Valley Drug & DUI Court will host a graduation ceremony [Read More…]

‘We see you’: In Trump-era Washington, World Pride 2025 organizers aim to bring ‘hope’ to LGBTQ+ community

Capital Pride Alliance Pride Month in the nation’s capital this year is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of participants across three weeks of programming consisting of over 300 events for World Pride 2025, an [Read More…]

Suge Knight speaks out about Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking case

ABC News Through the course of three weeks of testimony in the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, one man has loomed large even as he remains locked up in a prison, more than 2,500 miles [Read More…]

Boulder attack updates: Suspect booked on charges after ‘act of terror’ with ‘makeshift flamethrower’

ABC News A suspect was booked on a range of charges after allegedly carrying out an “act of terrorism” on a pedestrian mall in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday afternoon, using what police are describing as [Read More…]

Ukraine-Russia peace talks resume in Istanbul after surprise drone attack

Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs viaGetty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian and Russian delegations met again in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday to take part in the next round of U.S.-brokered peace talks intended to end Russia’s [Read More…]

June 2 – Today in Mitchell History

June 2, 1950 – 240 Register at Girls’ State June 2, 1967 – Public Schools Report 750 Summer Pupils June 2, 1967 – State Democrats Will Ask Lower Voting Age Again June 2, 1985 – [Read More…]

Thousands evacuated in 3 provinces as Canadian wildfires threaten air quality into some U.S. states

FLIN FLON, Manitoba (AP) — More than 25,000 residents in three provinces have been evacuated as dozens of wildfires remained active Sunday and diminished air quality in parts of Canada and the U.S., according to officials. Most [Read More…]

Calving Goes High Tech

Megan Luther/ South Dakota News Watch MITCHELL, S.D. – The snow’s blowing sideways, the heavy stuff. It’s one of the few winter storms this year and it happens to fall on the first days of [Read More…]

A museum takes students on flights to the stars, but future trips are in question

Anya Kamenetz/The Hechinger Report HAYTI — “Are we actually in space?” The kindergartners of South Dakota’s Hamlin County are, in fact, in space. To be specific, they are on planet Earth, near the geographic center [Read More…]

Ryan Blaney races to first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the year at Nashville

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Blaney and Team Penske have been fast with his No. 12 Ford Mustang this year only to have races slip away when it mattered most. Not Sunday night. Blaney ran away [Read More…]

Scottie Scheffler joins Tiger Woods as only repeat winners at Memorial