Month: July 2025
Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Parade award winners
Congratulations to all participants in the 54th Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Parade! YOUTH Ultimate Kicks MHS Colorguard Grace Baptist Church HORSE DRAWN CK Fencing Hendrickson Les Schwab COMMERCIAL Performance Pet Crane Realty Paulsons RETAIL Menards [Read More…]
South Dakota Regents approves ‘seismic shift’ to allow guns on campus
Emily DeCock, South Dakota News Watch BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota Board of Regents voted 9-0 Thursday to update its policy to comply with a new state law that allows students and others to [Read More…]
SD Public Broadcasting considering cuts, layoffs after Congress rescinds federal funding
South Dakota Searchlight-Makenzie Huber South Dakota Public Broadcasting is bracing for potential cuts and layoffs after Congress canceled $1.1 billion in previously approved nationwide funding for public media. The federal funding went to the Corporation [Read More…]
Digital design firm agrees to block 3D guns, following letter from Manhattan DA
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One of the world’s largest digital design platforms, Thingiverse, is taking new steps to block 3D-printed guns and gun parts after investigators in New York discovered an alarming number [Read More…]
Russia attacks Ukraine with more than 300 drones and missiles overnight
(LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday morning that Russia had attacked Ukraine overnight with more than 300 drones and over 30 missiles. The strikes, which occurred Friday night into Saturday morning, affected the [Read More…]
How 2 men helped a camp for kids with disabilities rebuild amid deadly Texas floods
Paul Maloy (KERR COUNTY, TEXAS) — A summer camp in central Texas designed for children with disabilities that had severe damage following the deadly flooding that hit the region was unexpectedly able to open on [Read More…]
‘We are so back’: MAGA supporters rally around Trump following WSJ article
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Leading voices in President Donald Trump’s MAGA base who had been critical for days of the president and administration’s handling of the Epstein files are now rallying to Trump’s defense [Read More…]
What have Trump’s tariffs achieved so far? Experts weigh in
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s tariffs tanked markets and unleashed recession forecasts when the president unveiled sweeping levies little more than 100 days ago. Now, as Trump continues to tout the policy, [Read More…]
Man dies after being pulled into MRI machine while wearing metal chain: Police
WABC (WESTBURY, NY) — A 61-year-old man who suffered critical injuries after being pulled into an MRI machine while wearing a metal chain has died, police said Friday. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon at a [Read More…]
At least 30 injured after car plows into crowd outside music venue in Los Angeles
(LOS ANGELES) — At least 30 people were injured after a car plowed through a crowd early Saturday in East Hollywood, Los Angeles, authorities said. The incident took place outside the music venue The Vermont, [Read More…]
Government memo on pro-Palestinian protesters cautioned that authority Rubio used to strip visas would face scrutiny
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Action memos on pro-Palestinian protesters sent by government officials to Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the authority he used to strip their visas had never before been [Read More…]
DOJ files request to unseal Epstein grand jury records after uproar over files
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department formally requested Friday the unsealing of grand jury records tied to federal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, according to a court filing. President Donald Trump announced [Read More…]
Migrants deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison sent to Venezuela in prison swap, Bukele says
(VENEZUELA) — The more than 200 Venezuelan migrants who were deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s mega-prison in March have left El Salvador to be sent to Venezuela as part of a prisoner [Read More…]
Trump suggests there is no ‘smoking gun’ in the Jeffrey Epstein files
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday suggested there is no “smoking gun” in the Jeffrey Epstein files as he seeks to downplay a case that’s long animated his MAGA [Read More…]
Late-night TV hosts react to ‘Late Show’ cancellation
CBS Photo Archive via Getty Images Late-night TV hosts and celebrities are reacting to news of the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and the entire franchise, effective May 2026. Jimmy Kimmel, host [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: July 18, 2025
Sep. corn closed at $4.08 and 1/2, up 6 and 1/2 centsAug. soybeans closed at $10.27 and 3/4, up 6 and 1/4 centsAug. soybean meal closed at $274.00, up $5.30Aug. soybean oil closed at 55.82, [Read More…]
Live and feeder cattle futures close lower, lean hog futures higher
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were lower, waiting for the rest of the week’s direct business after light trade Thursday. Also, boxed beef is showing signs of softening, when compared [Read More…]
Soybeans, corn up on weather concerns
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying, adding to the weekly gains. Forecasts have hot, dry weather on tap for some key growing areas. It remains to be seen how long the pattern [Read More…]
Vomitoxin research funding being considered in House Appropriations
The government affairs advocate for Beck’s Hybrids says research funding in the U.S. House Appropriations Bill could help farmers combat mycotoxins. Kala Jenkins says this is the first year Congress is considering funding specifically for [Read More…]
China looking elsewhere for sorghum
U.S. sorghum is in the crosshairs as China responds to tariff threats by the Trump administration. U.S. Grains Council CEO Ryan LeGrand says Chinese buyers are looking elsewhere. “China imported about 70 percent of the [Read More…]
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