Month: May 2026
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Friday Sports: May 29
MITCHELL KERNELS The South Dakota State Track and Field Championships began Thursday at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls. Audrey Miller brought home seventh place in the Class AA triple jump on Thursday. Miller’s best [Read More…]
ABC National News
Pam Bondi to appear before House Oversight Committee to address Epstein questions
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks with ABC News, Apr. 25, 2025. (ABC News) (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — After a tumultuous year at the Department of Justice largely defined by her controversial handling of the Epstein files, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Wembanyama, Spurs send the West finals back to Oklahoma City for Game 7, routing the Thunder 118-91
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had 28 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks and the San Antonio Spurs sent the Western Conference finals back to Oklahoma City for Game 7, routing the Thunder 118-91 [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
MLB owners propose a salary cap for the first time since baseball’s 1994-95 strike
Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players’ association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confrontation that threatens the 2027 season and [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Koupal Makes History, Records Fall on Opening Day of State Track Meet
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — History was made Thursday at Howard Wood Field as Wagner senior Ashlyn Koupal became the first athlete in South Dakota state track and field history to earn six straight individual state [Read More…]
Ag News
Future beef industry leaders gain supply chain perspective
Building a stronger future for the cattle industry. The chair the National Cattlemen’s Beef Associations Young Cattlemen’s Conference and Montana rancher Leoma Donsbach says YCC provides an opportunity to help move the sector forward by [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA base acre updates could increase farm program support for producers
The USDA is allowing landowners to adjust base acres, and a farm management analyst says that could provide more support for farmers. Kent Thiesse tells Brownfield “There are protections there if if we have lower [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA unveils Great American Cotton Plan to support U.S. cotton growers
The USDA has launched an initiative to support a rebuild of the U.S. cotton industry. The Great American Cotton Plan focuses on increasing demand for U.S. raised cotton and boosting the U.S. cotton industry. “You [Read More…]
Ag News
Bee industry fears USDA research lab closure could threaten pollination and crop production
An apiculture educator says many in the beekeeping community are worried about the closure of the USDA Beltsville Agriculture Research Center in Maryland. Michigan State University Extension’s Ana Heck tells Brownfield, “They run a diagnostic service [Read More…]
Ag News
FTC launches investigation into possible anti-competitive practices in U.S. fertilizer industry
The Federal Trade Commission is launching a formal investigation into possible anti-competitive behavior in the U.S. fertilizer industry. Bradley Schad, CEO of the Missouri Corn Growers Association, says unfair practices have caused farmers to pay [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Treasury pushing plans for $250 bill with Trump’s portrait and signature, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump dances on stage after delivering remarks during a campaign and economic policy event in the Eugene Levy Fieldhouse at SUNY Rockland Community College on May 22, 2026 in Suffern, New York. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Andie MacDowell, Kevin Bacon cast in ‘Beach Read’ film adaptation
Kevin Bacon of ‘Family Movie’ poses for a portrait at SxSW on March 13, 2026, in Austin, Texas. (Robby Klein/Getty Images for IMDb) | Andie MacDowell attends the ‘Karma’ screening during the 79th annual Cannes [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Love Island USA’ asks its fans to ‘keep it kind’ ahead of upcoming season 8
Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales during the ‘Love Island USA’ season 7 finale. (Ben Symons/Peacock) As fans of Love Island USA anxiously wait for the season 8 cast to be revealed, the Peacock series has [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota grower targets July 4 finish for nitrogen and herbicide applications
June is poised to be a busy month for a farmer in southeastern Minnesota. Brennen Toquam grows corn and soybeans near Blooming Prairie and says he plans to side-dress corn later this month. “Via Y-drop, [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans, corn see short covering support while watching weather
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Contracts were around support levels, waiting for any signs of new crop demand from China. The USDA’s delayed weekly U.S. export sales numbers are out Friday [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: May 28, 2026
Jul. corn $4.55 and 3/4, up 3 and 1/4 centsJul. soybeans $11.94 and 1/2, up 9 and 1/4 centsJul. soybean meal $334.10, up $3.50Jul. soybean oil 76.70, up 144 pointsJul. Chicago wheat $6.24, up 1 [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy co-product has huge nutritional value
Researchers are finding value and a potential market for something dairy processors previously had little use for. Gulustan Ozturk is a researcher at the University of Wisconsin Dairy Innovation Hub. She says when the dairy [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol stocks move to multi-week highs, production nearly steady
U.S. ethanol stocks swelled over the past week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says the domestic supply was the largest in almost a month at 24.968 million barrels, rising 93,000 on the week and 687,000 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man dead, woman critically injured after home explosion in attempted murder-suicide
A man is dead and a woman is injured after a house exploded in Michigan in an attempted murder-suicide, in Kent County, Michigan, on May 26, 2026. (Kent County Sheriff’s Office) (PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich.) — [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DHS Secretary Mullin threatens to pull agents from Newark airport over ICE detention center protests
Markwayne Mullin, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEWARK, N.J.) [Read More…]
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