Steve Nedved
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Apr 03
Governors emphasize flood control and more state involvement in meeting with Corps
From left to right, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts The governors of Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri met with officials of the Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday afternoon in Council Bluffs, Iowa to discuss Missouri River flooding. At a news conference following that meeting, the governors said they …
Apr 03
Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin face judge in massive ‘Varsity Blues’ college entrance scam
YinYang/iStock(BOSTON) — Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin made their first formal appearances Wednesday in Boston federal court along with ten other parents charged in the massive college entrance scandal in which prosecutors say they allegedly lied and bribed to get their children into elite schools across the country. While there was no red …
Apr 03
Flood Warning issued April 03 at 7:42PM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Minnesota… West Fork Des Moines River at Jackson …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Nebraska…Iowa…Minnesota… James River At Huron
Apr 03
Video tours demystify pork production
Photo: SDSU Extension People everywhere can tour a state-of-the-art swine research unit thanks to video live-streaming. South Dakota State University swine specialist Bob Thaler says after a new swine unit was opened near the campus, a student began giving video tours. “Just using cellphone, she can walk through our farrowing rooms, gestation, our finishing barns,” …
Apr 03
Market economist surprised by small spring wheat intentions
An extension grain market economist was surprised by the low spring wheat number in last week’s USDA Prospective Planting report. “I’ve been looking for a big shift in the Dakotas away from soybeans and more into spring wheat, a traditional crop for them. And we’re not necessarily seeing that there.” Ed Usset with the University …
Apr 03
Hog futures continue to push higher
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day lower on technical pressure and weakness in cash and wholesale beef. Feeder cattle were pressured by the day’s firm move in corn. April live cattle closed $.50 lower at $125.77 and June contracts closed $.65 lower at $119. April feeder cattle closed $.10 lower at …
Apr 03
One dead in single vehicle crash near the James River
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a 28 year old man died in a single-vehicle crash that occurred two miles northeast of Mitchell. A 2008 Chrysler Town and County Van was eastbound on 250th Street when the vehicle eventually entered the south ditch, went through a barbed wire fence and into the James …
Apr 03
Dylan Scott plans second Bayou Stock in his “Nothing to Do Town”
CurbDylan Scott’s doing his best to give the folks in his “Nothing to Do Town” something to occupy their time. For the second year in a row, the Louisiana native will bring his Bayou Stock concert back to the place he grew up. The event is modeled on the Swampstock shows formerly put on by Tim …
Apr 03
25-year-old woman buys out Payless store to donate shoes to Nebraska flooding victims
Courtesy Addy Tritt(NEW YORK) — Addy Tritt had an idea while browsing in a Payless shoe store that was closing and selling its remaining shoes for $1. “I was just walking around and looking and I started grabbing handfuls of shoes thinking, ‘This would be great to donate and this, this and this,” Tritt, 25, …
Apr 03
17-year-old Ohio boy charged with 73 counts of delinquency in a nationwide ‘swatting’ spree that left police scrambling to phony 911 calls
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(NEW YORK) — A 17-year-old Ohio boy was charged with 140 counts of delinquency — stemming from what authorities said is the latest in the dangerous trend of “swatting” in which prank 911 calls are placed to draw a SWAT team response. The teenager, whose name was not released because he is legally underage, allegedly …