Month: August 2025
ABC Business News
About 3,200 Boeing jet and weapons workers begin strike
Jon Hobley | MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images (ST. LOUIS) — About 3,200 union members at Boeing facilities in Michigan and Illinois went on strike at midnight on Monday after rejecting an contract offer from [Read More…]
ABC Business News
ABC starts broadcasting with new affiliate in Miami
Anthony Devlin/Getty Images (MIAMI) — ABC began broadcasting with a new local affiliate in Miami on Monday, just months after Disney Entertainment struck an agreement with Sunbeam Television Corporation. Under the deal established in March, [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Monday Sports: August 4, 2025
MONDAY SPORTS, AUGUST 4, 2025 MITCHELL Yankton 9, Mitchell Aces 1 – Mitchell ends the season with a 2-20 record. DISTRICT 5B AMATEUR BASEBALL TOURNAMENT – FRIDAY Alexandria 7, Winner/Colome 5 – District 5B Championship [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Twins score 4 runs in 1st inning, beat Guardians 5-4 to snap 4-game losing streak
CLEVELAND (AP) — Trevor Larnach had a two-run single in a four-run first inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. Matt Wallner and Royce Lewis [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ hangs on to #1 at box office despite big drop in ticket sales
Marvel Studios The Fantastic Four: First Steps held on to the #1 spot at the box office this week, despite a less-than-fantastic week two. The Marvel film – starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach – suffered a 66% [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Hannaha Hall says playing Tiffany in ‘The Chi’ taught her how to have ‘more grace’ for people
Sandy Morris/ Paramount+ with SHOWTIME Season 7 of The Chi aired its finale Friday on Paramount+Premium. It marks seven full seasons of Hannaha Hall as Tiffany, a role she says taught her how to have “more [Read More…]
Ag News
Southern Rust moving up
Given wet and humid conditions this summer, many farmers are reporting disease pressure in corn and soybean fields. Iowa State University Extension plant pathologist Daren Mueller says in corn, Southern Rust has appeared earlier than [Read More…]
Ag News
Apples… already?
Apple season typically begins sometime in August. But for AppleAtcha Orchards in Eastern Kentucky, apple picking is in full swing. Ryan Wilson, who manages the orchard, says one of the reasons the Honeycrisp apples are [Read More…]
Ag News
Trump administration continues to address trade deficit
The administration remains committed to expanding market access for U.S. farmers and ranchers around the globe. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins tells Brownfield recently announced trade frameworks will benefit American agriculture. “Whether it’s Japan, whether it’s Korea, [Read More…]
ABC World News
South Korea begins removing loudspeakers at North Korean border
Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (SEOUL) — The South Korean military began dismantling loudspeakers that had been placed along its border with North Korea, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said. The speakers along the Demilitarized [Read More…]
ABC World News
5 die of malnutrition in Gaza in past 24 hours, health officials say
Hassan Jedi/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded five deaths over the past 24 hours due to malnutrition, the Gaza Ministry of Health in the Hamas-run territory said on Monday. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former football coach Derek Dooley entering Georgia Senate race
Frederick Breedon/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Derek Dooley, a former University of Tennessee football coach, is launching a bid Monday for the Senate in Georgia, entering a shifting political landscape as candidates vie for coveted [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ star Loni Anderson dies at 79
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Loni Anderson, best known for her role on the radio station sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has died. The actress was 79, just a few days shy of her 80th birthday. Her longtime publicist, Cheryl [Read More…]
ABC World News
Netanyahu pushing ‘military solution’ to free hostages: Source
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (JERUSALEM) — Unable to find a diplomatic answer to the hostage crisis, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for a “military solution” to free the remaining hostages being held by Hamas terrorists, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Texas House Democrats plan to flee state to try to stop proposed congressional maps
P A Thompson/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Democratic statehouse legislators are planning to leave Texas on Sunday in order to break the quorum of a special legislative session in which Republican state legislators are aiming [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
2025 State Amateur Baseball Tournament Bracket Released
KORN News Radio FM 101.3/AM 1490 will have complete coverage of all seven area teams in this year’s 2025 Class B Amateur Baseball Tournament in Brandon at First National Bank Field; Alexandria, Kimball/White Lake, Parkston [Read More…]
Ag News
Lindberg confirmed as Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs
Luke Lindberg of South Dakota has been confirmed as the USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. The U.S. Senate confirmed Lindberg’s nomination by a 77-18 vote Saturday night. During his confirmation hearing [Read More…]
Latest News
Smoke from Canadian wildfires brings unhealthy air to large swaths of the Midwest
Smoke from Canadian wildfires hovered over several Midwestern states Saturday, bringing warnings of unhealthy air for at least the third day. Air quality alerts were in effect in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, as well as eastern [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Byron Buxton looks to be a calming presence in Twins’ clubhouse after a flurry of deadline moves
CLEVELAND (AP) — Every time Byron Buxton picked up his phone Thursday afternoon, there was a text message or news ping that one of his Minnesota Twins teammates was being traded. Two days later, Buxton [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Naylor has RBI double in 8th inning, Guardians beat Twins 5-4 for 4th straight win
CLEVELAND (AP) — Bo Naylor had an RBI double in the eighth inning, José Ramírez and Daniel Schneeman homered and the Cleveland Guardians extended their winning streak to four with a 5-4 victory over the [Read More…]