Month: July 2025
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Dakota Wesleyan University welcomes the “Cowboy Astronomer”
Dakota Wesleyan University will bring a unique astronomy experience to campus this week with multiple showings of “The Cowboy Astronomer,” an exploration of the stars from a cowboy’s point of view. Shows will be presented [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘Shark Tank’ season 17 guest Sharks announced and more
ABC has announced the guest Sharks who will appear on Shark Tank season 17. They include Allison Ellsworth, Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines, Alexis Ohanian, Kendra Scott, Michael Strahan, Fawn Weaver and Rashaun Williams. The [Read More…]
Ag News
New survey says public underestimates dangers of rural roads
The leader of agribusiness risk with Nationwide Insurance says a new survey suggests drivers underestimate the dangers of rural roads. Laramie Sandquist says fewer than 1 in 10 drivers view rural roads as dangerous despite [Read More…]
Ag News
Rollins, Kennedy praise ice cream makers, farmers
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., praised the dairy sector for pledging to remove chemical food dyes from their products. Rollins complemented farmers and processors for being [Read More…]
Ag News
On-Farm Soybean Research Relies on Grower Support
Michigan State University Extension’s Eric Anderson works with growers across the state to study their questions. In this Pods for Profit, he joins us for an update on Michigan Soybean On-Farm Research Trials underway in [Read More…]
ABC World News
GHF unveils new ‘flag system’ at aid site in southern Gaza as Palestinians continue to report chaos, deaths
Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON )– The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced some changes at its Khan Younis aid distribution center on Monday, as Palestinians continue to report mass killings and chaos [Read More…]
ABC National News
Millions of undocumented immigrants will no longer be eligible for bond hearings, according to ICE memo
Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Immigrants who arrive in the United States illegally will no longer be eligible for a bond hearing, a move that comes as the Trump administration ramps [Read More…]
ABC National News
DEA chief says meth surge ‘frightens’ him, especially meth-laced pills targeting college-age adults
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As federal authorities continue to crack down on the spread of fentanyl across the country, the Drug Enforcement Administration is warning about a surge in the use of methamphetamine, with DEA [Read More…]
ABC National News
Camp Mystic began evacuating 45 minutes after ‘life-threatening flash flooding’ alert: Spokesperson
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images (HUNT, Texas) — Camp Mystic’s executive director Dick Eastland began evacuating campers approximately 45 minutes after the National Weather Service issued an alert about a “life-threatening flash flooding,” according [Read More…]
ABC National News
Assisted-living facility where 9 died in fire was up for recertification this year: Officials
Murat Usubali/Anadolu via Getty Images (FALL RIVER, Mass.) — The Massachusetts assisted-living facility that caught fire Sunday evening, leaving nine dead, was slated to undergo a recertification and compliance review process later this year. “Gabriel [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Waltz faces a ‘brutal’ confirmation hearing for UN ambassador
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Mike Waltz, the former national security adviser who left his position in May in the wake of the Signal chat controversy in March, will face a confirmation hearing Tuesday on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Freewheeling Trump veers off on tangents at Faith Office luncheon
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images WASHINGTON — It was the first White House Faith Office summit with business leaders, but that didn’t stop President Donald Trump from using expletives and charged language against his foes in a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court allows Trump to continue effort to gut Education Department
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) –The Supreme Court on Monday lifted an injunction against the Trump administration’s efforts to gut the Department of Education. The move allows the administration to proceed, for now, with mass [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s effort to quell MAGA revolt over Epstein files seems to add fuel to the fire
Joe Raedle/Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has come to the defense of Attorney General Pam Bondi amid an all-out revolt among his MAGA base over the administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
2025 Emmy Awards nominations: How to watch and more
CBS Nominations for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards are almost here. The Emmy nominations, which will be announced on Tuesday, will highlight the best of television over the past year. Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego [Read More…]
Ag News
On farm research into nitrogen optimization continues
The Wisconsin Legislature funded a nitrogen optimization pilot program, helping farmers learn what their farms use and how farmers could potentially save on fertilizer costs while at the same time protecting water quality. Matt Ruark [Read More…]
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Countdown to Mitchell High School open-house
The Mitchell School District is hosting a community open-house at the new high school on Wednesday from 1pm to 3pm. Superintendent Joe Childs is excited. “We know the building won’t be 100% complete,” Childs said. [Read More…]
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Mitchell School Board annual meeting takes an unusual turn
Monday’s Mitchell School Board meeting featured an unusual twist as the group closed out business for the 2024-2025 school year. However newly elected board member Kimberly Lofgren was involved in a two-vehicle collision around noon [Read More…]
ABC World News
Japan doesn’t plan on responding to Trump tariff threats with countermeasures, government official says
Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images (TOKYO) — While the European Union has vowed to impose countermeasures if the Trump administration moves forward with its planned 30% tariffs on all EU exports to the U.S., another key strategic [Read More…]
ABC National News
Attorney General Pam Bondi fires top Justice Department ethics official
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired one of the top career officials tasked with advising her and other senior Justice Department officials of their ethical obligations, an official familiar with [Read More…]