Month: November 2025
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South Dakota opens its $20 million state-owned shooting range
Joshua Haiar-South Dakota Searchlight The state of South Dakota opened its $20 million, 400-acre shooting range complex Friday. Members of the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission and other dignitaries were on hand for a [Read More…]
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Day care worker detained by immigration agents had valid work permit, temporarily barred from removal
(NEW YORK) — A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from removing Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano from the United States and transferring her to any federal jurisdiction outside of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, court [Read More…]
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Cornell University agrees to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration over frozen research funds
Matt Burkhartt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration to “immediately restore” its frozen federal funding after months-long negotiations over alleged civil rights violations, the school announced on Friday. [Read More…]
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‘It’s insane’: ACA policyholders say soaring health insurance premiums are jeopardizing lives
Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images Colorado mom Astrid Storey, a thyroid cancer patient with an autoimmune disorder, was recently notified that her monthly premiums under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will jump by nearly $500 [Read More…]
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Trump heaps praise on Hungary’s Viktor Orban in White House meeting
Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) President Donald Trump welcomed Hungary’s autocratic leader Viktor Orban to the White House on Friday, praising him repeatedly as a “great leader” as met sat to discuss trade and [Read More…]
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Vance, possible 2028 candidate, viewed by supporters as Trump’s ‘enforcer’ with midterm 1 year away
Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — With almost a year as vice president — and one year until the midterm elections, JD Vance’s supporters say he is settling into his role in the [Read More…]
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Jennifer Lawrence shares upcoming Miss Piggy movie is inspired by cancel culture
Jennifer Lawrence appears on ‘The Tonight Show.’ (Todd Owyoung/NBC) Jennifer Lawrence is sharing new details about the Miss Piggy film she is developing with Emma Stone. The actress revealed what originally sparked the idea for [Read More…]
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Netflix surprise releases first five minutes of ‘Stranger Things’ season 5
Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler, Joe Keery as Steve Harrington, Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers and Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson in ‘Stranger Things’ season [Read More…]
Ag News
From farm to table, not landfill: Michigan partners seek to double food donations
A coalition of Michigan organizations is working to double the amount of donated food by improving food rescue efforts throughout the supply chain. Michigan Farm Bureau’s Tess Van Gorder represents the farming community on an advisory committee [Read More…]
Ag News
Disease pressure impacts yields across the Great Plains
A pair of farmers in the Great Plains say disease pressure played a major role in how well their crops performed. Michael Dibbern of Cairo in south-central Nebraska says corn yields were average even [Read More…]
Ag News
War damage, labor shortages slow Ukraine’s ag shipments
An economist says the ongoing war in Ukraine continues to impact exports of ag commodities. Antonina Broyaka with Kansas State University says shipments through the Black Sea have dropped by 3 million metric tons [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag lobbyist says Senate plan could bring end to shutdown, fund ag bill
Ag lobbyist Randy Russell says the government shutdown could end soon. “It just comes down to pressure,” he says. “When you start having people impacted by not getting their nutrition benefits, have people not getting [Read More…]
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Minnesota corn farmer: tar spot becoming “very prevalent” problem
Tar spot remains a problem for corn growers in southern Minnesota. Rose Karau farms near St. James. “We had tar spot come into the area in the last few years and become very prevalent.” She [Read More…]
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Airlines cancel hundreds of flights Friday amid shutdown-related FAA reductions
Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) Officials decided to gradually increase air travel reductions to 10% after the safety team determined it would be the safest approach, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters at Reagan [Read More…]
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US conducts 17th lethal strike against alleged drug boat
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) The United States has conducted its 17th lethal strike against a suspected drug vessel, killing all three on board, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on X overnight. The strike [Read More…]
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Supreme Court considers Kim Davis petition to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
Photo by Ty Wright/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) The Supreme Court on Friday will consider whether to take up the appeal of former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who has directly asked the justices to overturn the [Read More…]
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Trump to meet with Hungary’s Viktor Orban at White House
Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) President Donald Trump and Hungary’s autocratic leader Viktor Orban, whom Trump has repeatedly praised as a “strongman,” will meet at the White House on Friday. Expected to be part [Read More…]
Ag News
Grain storage issues spill into Western Corn Belt, Nebraska
A grain merchandiser says a slower-than-expected harvest has created storage problems for some farmers and elevators in the Great Plains. Central Nebraska basked Matthew Burkey with Ag Valley Co-Op says corn has had issues drying [Read More…]
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Pollution Control Agency withdraws treated seed rule: Minnesota farmers call it a win
Grower groups in Minnesota are applauding a ruling by the Pollution Control Agency to withdraw a rulemaking process for pesticide treated seed disposal. Minnesota Corn Growers Association senior public policy director Amanda Bilek says the [Read More…]
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MIFarmLink partners with conservation districts to keep Michigan farms in production
The Director of MIFarmLink says conservation districts statewide will soon be better equipped to help landowners and beginning farmers preserve farmland as the program expands next year. Jill Dohner tells Brownfield the Washtenaw County pilot [Read More…]