Year: 2025

February 15, 2025 nedvedmedia

Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis is showing “some” improvement in his lab tests as the pontiff remains hospitalized with a respiratory tract infection, the Vatican said Saturday. The pope “rested [Read More…]

Rollins says Trump administration backs farmers and ranchers; talks funding and relief payments

The newly confirmed Secretary of Agriculture says the administration remains supportive of America’s farmers and ranchers. President Trump’s funding freeze has left many in the ag industry in financial limbo. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins tells [Read More…]

Agency data shared by DOGE online sparks concern among intelligence community

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has sparked concerns within the intelligence community after it posted information about an agency that oversees U.S. intelligence satellites to its newly launched government [Read More…]

New Jersey restaurant impacted by misleading video claiming ICE raid, owner says

ABC News (PASSAIC, N.J.) — Amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdowns across the United States, immigrant-rich communities have felt the impact of the administration’s policies. In Passaic, New Jersey, hundreds of immigrant families and community [Read More…]

Males detained by ICE to be housed in federal prisons, new memo says

David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Males detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be housed in units in several federal prisons around the country, according to the memorandum of understanding between the Bureau [Read More…]

Federal judge hands Musk’s DOGE a win on data access at 3 agencies

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency can continue to access sensitive records from at least three federal agencies after a federal judge in Washington denied a request to block Musk’s [Read More…]

Ralph Yarl shooting suspect strikes deal, pleads guilty to second-degree assault

February 14, 2025 Travis Kriens

ABC News (MISSOURI) — Andrew Lester, the Kansas City man charged with shooting teenager Ralph Yarl in April 2023 after he knocked on the door of the wrong house, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault charges [Read More…]

Growth in Sioux Falls prompts governor to add Highway Patrol troopers

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden announced plans Friday to add an additional Highway Patrol squad for the Sioux Falls area. “My philosophy is that the best way to [Read More…]

Legislative panel supports higher age for lottery tickets, more video lottery machines per business

February 14, 2025 Travis Kriens

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight A South Dakota Senate committee advanced bills Thursday at the Capitol in Pierre to raise the age for buying a lottery ticket and increase the number of video lottery machines [Read More…]

Lily Collins shares family photo after welcoming 1st child

Dave Benett/WireImage Lily Collins is celebrating all the love this Valentine’s Day with her family. The Emily in Paris actress took to Instagram to share a selfie with her husband, Charlie McDowell, and their newborn baby, Tove Jane [Read More…]

Exciting market potential of SoyFoam

The past chair of the United Soybean Board is excited about the market potential of SoyFoam. Steve Reinhard says the environmentally friendly wetting and smothering agent used by firefighters is made from soybeans. “It contains [Read More…]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues in MO

Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to spread across poultry flocks in several Missouri counties. Ag Director Chris Chinn tells Brownfield, “it came in with the wild migratory birds. We aren’t the only state impacted, but [Read More…]

Iowa farmer considering more corn and fewer soybean acres

A north Iowa farmer is considering more corn acres this year. Caleb Renner of Klemme says prices are favoring corn over soybeans, but pest management is a factor. “Yeah, there are a couple genetics that [Read More…]

Compeer Financial community grants supporting food access and more

The manager of corporate giving with Compeer Financial says efforts in Illinois to help communities grow more food are receiving a boost. Karen Schieler says the cooperative has announced funding for several projects aimed at [Read More…]

Lab-grown protein must be labeled in SD

February 14, 2025 Travis Kriens

A new law in South Dakota requires lab-grown protein to be labeled. Governor Larry Rhoden has signed House Bill 1022, which says cell cultured protein or products containing cell cultured protein must feature the words [Read More…]

Mitchell Gymnastics Finishes Second at State Meet Behind Harrisburg

Mitchell Kernels gymnastics finished in second place at the Class AA state meet in Watertown on Friday with a team score of 148.633. Harrisburg won the team title with 152.983 team points. It’s the first [Read More…]

Vance, Zelenskyy meet on ending Russia-Ukraine war as administration sends mixed messages

Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met on Friday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference to discuss how to bring an end [Read More…]

Judge who oversaw Trump’s Jan. 6 case will hear arguments over Musk’s authority to run DOGE

Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal judge who oversaw Donald Trump’s election interference case will hear arguments Friday over tech billionaire Elon Musk’s authority to run the Department of Government Efficiency. Fourteen states filed [Read More…]

DC plane crash: New details emerge from NTSB investigation