Month: August 2025
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Board backtracks on effort to remove student growth goals from South Dakota teacher evaluation requirements
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight A plan to remove an expectation of student growth from South Dakota’s rules governing teacher evaluation rules stalled Monday. Student growth is one performance outcome among many used to track student [Read More…]
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South Dakota National Guard troops begin processing immigration paperwork for ICE
John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight National Guard troops on both sides of South Dakota are now processing paperwork for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Monday that three guard members in Sioux [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Aubrey Plaza breaks silence on late husband’s death, opens up about grief
Aubrey Plaza attends a ‘Honey Don’t!’ screening on August 13, 2025, in New York City. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images) Aubrey Plaza is opening up about her grief following the death of her late husband Jeff Baena earlier this year. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ariana DeBose says mom Gina Michelle DeBose has died of complications from ovarian cancer
Ariana DeBose attends the 77th Annual Tony Awards at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on June 16, 2024, in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Ariana DeBose‘s mother, Gina Michelle DeBose, died Sunday morning [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump says Smithsonian should portray America’s ‘Brightness,’ not ‘how bad Slavery was’
Exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. (Emily Chang/ABC News) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed the White House is conducting a review of the Smithsonian museums and expressed [Read More…]
Ag News
Fertilizer prices pinching 2026 plans
A farm management specialist at the University of Illinois says fertilizer costs are putting a squeeze on farmers planning for 2026. Gary Schnitkey says the elevated prices, primarily resulting from several global supply challenges, are [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag lender: “obviously the price side is a real challenge right now”
An ag lending specialist understands farmer concerns about tight crop margins. Paul Kohls with Compeer Financial says many growers are looking at a big crop this fall. “There are some spots where things are not [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures close Tuesday higher, lean hogs mixed
At the, Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle were mostly higher, and feeders were up, with boxed beef sharply higher at midday, waiting for direct business and Friday’s USDA Cattle on Feed numbers. Feeders had additional [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag leaders stress the importance of ag research funding
A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says USDA research funding needs to be prioritized as part of upcoming farm bill discussions. Michigan Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet tells Brownfield, “We still have a fight [Read More…]
Ag News
KY farmer to Trump: prioritize U.S. soybeans
The American Soybean Association is asking President Donald Trump to prioritize soybeans as the U.S. and China negotiate a new trade deal. In a letter to the president, Cabinet leaders and Congressional lawmakers, Kentucky farmer [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Texas Democrat sleeps in chambers after refusing GOP law enforcement escort mandate
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu attends a news conference at the conclusion of a House meeting on August 18, 2025 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — A trio of Texas [Read More…]
ABC National News
Search on for suspect who stabbed ranger in state park near Denver: Police
(DENVER) — A manhunt was on Tuesday for a suspect who stabbed a ranger at the Staunton State Park in Colorado, according to police. The stabbing unfolded around noon local time in the nearly 4,000-acre [Read More…]
ABC National News
Head of DOJ anti weaponization group calls on NY AG Letitia James to resign
State Attorney General Letitia James. Jim Franco/Albany Times Union via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days after the Justice Department assigned its Weaponization Working Group to open an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas prisoner mistakenly released from jail; manhunt underway: Sheriff’s office
A manhunt is underway after 36-year-old Troy Dugas, an inmate at the Harris County Jail, seen here in this undated police photo, was accidentally released from prison on Aug. 17, according to the Harris County [Read More…]
ABC National News
FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart
A sign for the Food And Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20, 2020 in White Oak, Maryland. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration is warning [Read More…]
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A $33-million dollar boost to the future of education in Mitchell
Roger and Vicki Musick of Mitchell have made a transformative $33-million dollar donation with the goal of elevating local education in making Mitchell an exceptional place to raise a family. Roger Musick is a believer [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Michelle Williams thanks her surrogate for ‘the miracle of’ her fourth child
Thomas Kail and Michelle Williams attend the ‘Dying For Sex’ New York City premiere on April 2, 2025. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Michelle Williams is sharing details about her newborn child. The actress opened up about the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
HBO casts Ron Weasley’s siblings Ginny, Fred, George and Percy for ‘Harry Potter’ TV series
‘Harry Potter’ cast members Tristan Harland, Gabriel Harland, Ruari Spooner, Gracie Cochrane and Alastair Stout pose for a selfie. (HBO) The new Weasley family is nearly complete. HBO has announced the actors who will play [Read More…]
Ag News
Red crown rot detections increasing
The agronomy education lead at Beck’s Hybrids says more cases of suspected red crown rot are popping up in Illinois this year. Matt Montgomery says more farmers are closely examining areas of soybean fields previously [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect charged after leaving suspicious package in Times Square: Police
Emergency responders gather at Times Square in Manhattan after a suspicious package was discovered on August 18, 2025 in New York City. Police evacuated a part of the popular tourist destination for over an hour [Read More…]