Steve Nedved
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Apr 18
Aurora opens second organic dairy plant
Aurora Organic Dairy opened its second processing plant this week in Columbia, Missouri. Construction began almost two years ago. The company, based in Boulder, Colorado has another processing facility in Platteville, Colorado, and eight farms in Texas and Colorado. Most of Aurora’s milk comes from company-owned farms, but they buy from third-party producers who meet …
Apr 18
USMCA would boost the economy, ITC says
The U.S. International Trade Commission has found that the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement would have a positive impact on the U.S. economy if it was fully implemented and enforced. The commission says provisions that reduce uncertainty about digital trade and some new rules of origin in the automotive sector would have the biggest impact on …
Apr 18
Limited livestock trade heading into the long weekend
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures were mixed in light trade with support from this week’s higher cash trade. And there was position squaring ahead of the long holiday weekend. Feeder cattle futures closed higher with support from the higher cash trade and the weaker move in corn. Today’s Cattle on Feed report …
Apr 18
NARCAN saves Mitchell man’s life
On 04-17-2019 at approx. 4:13 p.m., the Mitchell Department of Public Safety Dispatch center received a 911 call regarding a male subject at 713 E. Havens Lot #15 in Mitchell who was not breathing. Officers with the Mitchell Police Division and ambulance personnel with The Mitchell Fire Division responded to the scene. A short time …
Apr 18
Luke Combs’ “Beautiful Crazy” run at #1 lands him in the history books
ABC/Image Group LABrett Young’s “Here Tonight” might have ended Luke Combs’ seven-week run at the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart this week, but Luke can still say he’s scored the second most popular song in that chart’s history. Two songs are tied for the longest reign on the Country Airplay chart: 2003’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” by Alan Jackson and Jimmy …
Apr 18
Woman finds man and girl from viral photo taken outside Notre Dame before fire
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(PARIS) — The father and daughter captured in a photograph in front of Notre Dame an hour before a massive fire erupted and destroyed parts of the building has been found. But, the dad has asked to keep their identities a secret. Brooke Windsor, who took the photo, tweeted on Thursday morning, “The …
Apr 18
Car-sharing service car2go temporarily halts Chicago operations after 50 Mercedes stolen from fleet
Roberto Galan/iStock(CHICAGO) — Car-sharing company car2go has temporarily suspended service in Chicago after dozens of cars were stolen from its fleet. A total of 100 cars were unaccounted for, 50 of which were Mercedes-Benz vehicles, officials with the Chicago Police Department said in a statement. The cars may have been rented by deceptive or fraudulent …
Apr 18
Police shooting of unarmed woman in Connecticut prompts angry protests
Fedorovekb/iStock(NEW YORK) — The shooting of an unarmed woman by two Connecticut police officers who opened fire on a car that she was riding in has prompted angry protests over the incident, which the mayor of New Haven called “police activity gone horribly wrong.” Stephanie Washington, 22, was was shot in the face early Tuesday …
Apr 18
Watch now: “There Was This Girl” and Riley Green may get her back in the “In Love By Now” video
Big Machine Riley Green’s debut single, “There Was This Girl,” is number one this week, and the Alabama native is wasting no time capitalizing on his momentum: his second release, “In Love By Now,” is already out, along with its accompanying music video. While the song finds Riley lamenting the loss of a girlfriend, he …
Apr 18
MO NRCS declares local disaster in five counties
Missouri NRCS has issued a local disaster declaration for five counties in northwest Missouri affected by flooding along the Missouri River, “Emergency Watershed Program, the EWP, is USDA/NRCS’s recovery program from natural disasters when they occur. And that’s what we’ve got up in northwest Missouri in the Missouri River system, of course, with that flooding …