Month: August 2025
ABC Business News
These jobs are hiring, despite a weak job market
Stock image of stethoscope. ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The labor market slowed sharply this summer, leaving job applicants with fewer places to turn for a new position. Employers added an average of about 35,000 jobs [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Leonardo DiCaprio says he felt ’emotionally’ in his 30s when he turned 50
Leonardo DiCaprio attends the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ 14th Annual Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom on January 09, 2024, in Hollywood, California. (Emma McIntyre/WireImage via Getty Images) Leonardo DiCaprio doesn’t feel [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Timothée Chalamet takes on the world of table tennis in ‘Marty Supreme’ teaser trailer
The poster for ‘Marty Supreme.’ (A24) Timothée Chalamet is a ping-pong prodigy in the official teaser trailer for Marty Supreme. A24 released the teaser trailer for the upcoming movie on Wednesday. Chalamet plays Marty Mauser, “a young man with [Read More…]
Ag News
Total hay production increase likely
The USDA is projecting a larger hay crop in 2025. Production for all non-alfalfa types of hay is estimated at 73.752 million tons, 1.13 million above the 2024 total, with an increase in the harvested [Read More…]
ABC World News
IDF chief approves new Gaza attack plan, spokesperson says
Smoke rises from the area following an Israeli attack on former Social Development building on August 13, 2025 in Rafah, Gaza. Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Israel Defense Forces Chief of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Search underway for man dropped off by ride share in Rocky Mountain National Park
In this photo released by the National Parks Service, Blake Kieckhafer is shown. Courtesy National Parks Service (ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo.) — Rocky Mountain Park Rangers are searching for a 23-year-old Nebraska man who [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Newsom says California to draw congressional maps to ‘END TRUMP PRESIDENCY’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference with Texas lawmakers at the Governor’s Mansion on July 25, 2025 in Sacramento, California/Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Mark Ruffalo stars in ‘Task’ trailer and more
Mark Ruffalo is on the case in the trailer for Task. The new series comes from the creator of Mare of Easttown. It premieres Sept. 7 on HBO and streams on HBO Max the next day. Ruffalo plays Tom, an [Read More…]
Ag News
Sorghum production up on higher acreage
Farmers planted more sorghum than expected in 2025. The USDA says planted sorghum acres were up 6% from the initial guess at 6.605 million acres and 1% on the year, with that grain bound for [Read More…]
Ag News
Deadline quickly approaching for lease agreement terminations
The deadline for termination or a renegotiation of farm leases in Iowa is quickly approaching. In this episode of Managing for Profit we’ll hear from the associate attorney at Ag and Business Legal Strategies explains [Read More…]
ABC World News
Why Ukraine’s ex-foreign minister believes Putin won’t go for peace as Trump summit approaches
Ukraine’s then-Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is pictured in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 3, 2024./ Nurphoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — Dmytro Kuleba, who served as Ukraine’s foreign minister from 2020 to 2024 and was the [Read More…]
Latest News
Some South Dakota Counties Getting Younger
Melissa Avelino/South Dakota News Watch College towns and high birth rates have increased the average number of young people in some South Dakota counties, even as 17.3% of the state’s residents are 65 or older, [Read More…]
Latest News
Half of South Dakotans Now Live in Two Metro Areas
Melissa Avelino/South Dakota News Watch South Dakota’s only two formal metro areas are now home to roughly half the state’s population, according to the latest U.S Census data. Over the past few decades, Rapid City [Read More…]
Latest News
Thune anticipates ‘big fight’ in September over potential government shutdown
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — When South Dakota Republican John Thune delivered his first remarks as U.S. Senate majority leader in January, he pledged to restore “regular order” to the chamber, including “bringing appropriations bills [Read More…]
Latest News
South Dakota lawmakers endorse more video livestreaming, hear update on Capitol water damage
Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight A committee of South Dakota lawmakers endorsed a proposal Tuesday to provide more video livestreaming of the legislative process and heard how water-damaged technology could affect a special legislative session [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Wednesday Sports: August 13, 2025
WEDNESDAY SPORTS, AUGUST 13, 2025 AMATEUR BASEBALL – SECOND ROUND Tuesday, August 12 Castlewood 10, Clark 1 – Kellan Benck pitched seven innings, allowing zero earned runs, five hits and 10 strikeouts. [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Judge homers, Stanton goes 4 for 5 with a homer, as Yankees rout Twins 9-1
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his first homer in nearly three weeks, Giancarlo Stanton had his first four-hit game in almost two years, and the New York Yankees routed the Minnesota Twins 9-1 [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
SDSU Women’s Soccer 2nd in Summit League Preseason Poll
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Summit League announced its 2025 Women’s Soccer Preseason Coaches’ Poll on Tuesday, Aug. 12. The two-time defending conference tournament champion in South Dakota State was picked to finish second in the [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Dakota Wesleyan Football Lands Ninth in Preseason GPAC Poll
SIOUX CITY, IA – The Dakota Wesleyan football team was picked to finish ninth in the 2025 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Coaches Preseason Poll, the GPAC announced this morning. Dakota Wesleyan received 32 points [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jenny Slate says playing Nikki on ‘Dying for Sex’ helped her express anger
Jenny Slate as Nikki in ‘Dying for Sex.’ (Sarah Shatz/FX) There was so much about working on Dying for Sex that excited Jenny Slate. “I think this is the kind of work that actors have appetite for,” Slate told [Read More…]