Steve Nedved
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Mar 29
City of Mitchell plans to lease former Northwestern Energy building
The City of Mitchell is looking to lease the former Northwestern Energy Building at 514 North Main to the Mitchell Area Development Corporation. The City Council will consider a resolution to do so at its Monday meeting and set the date for a public hearing. Development Corporation executive director Mark Vaux says the plan has …
Mar 29
1 in 4 people near Congo’s Ebola outbreak believe virus isn’t real, new study says
Cesare Ferrari/iStock(NEW YORK) — A quarter of people interviewed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last year during the ongoing Ebola outbreak believed the deadly virus wasn’t real, according to a new study. A survey was conducted last September, one month after the country declared its 10th outbreak of the Ebola virus disease. …
Mar 29
A New Jersey nanny found dead in a lake was killed; no arrests have been made: Prosecutors
kali9/iStock(JERSEY CITY, N.J.) — A New Jersey nanny was out for a jog when she was allegedly attacked and left for dead in lake, officials said. The body of Caroline Cano was found Sunday morning in a lake in Jersey City’s Lincoln Park, the Hudson County prosecutors said. The city’s medical examiner’s office ruled her …
Mar 29
Ohio senate votes in favor of establishing industrial hemp program
The bill legalizing hemp and related products like CBD oil passed the Ohio Senate Thursday. Ohio Senator Brian Hill says the bill would create an industrial hemp program in Ohio administered by the Department of Agriculture. Hill says it’s an exciting opportunity for farmers to expand the crops they plant and could also improve soil …
Mar 29
Crouch discusses rural broadband growth in D.C.
Indiana Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch is discussing rural broadband growth with legislators this week in Washington D.C. Crouch is also speaking at the National Lieutenant Governors Associations roundtable. She says it’s critical to share the progress Indiana has made with other state leaders and continue the conversation on how to close the digital divide across …
Mar 29
ISA celebrates 25 years of making new products out of soybeans
Twenty-five years ago, Indiana soybean farmers started a program to encourage Purdue University students to find new uses for soybeans. Jane Ade Stevens, CEO of the Indiana Soybean Alliance, has been part of the program since its inception. “It’s been one of the most exciting programs the soybean checkoff has ever funded,” she says. “This …
Mar 29
George Strait’s six-year-old grandson couldn’t wait to board his “Honky Tonk Time Machine”
MCA Nashville George Strait‘s thirtieth album, which comes out today, turned out to be a family affair. Most of the songs on Honky Tonk Time Machine were written by the Country Music Hall of Famer, along with his son, Bubba Strait, and his longtime collaborator, Dean Dillon. One track even features vocals from Strait’s grandson, Harvey. King …
Mar 29
Gov. Noem Announces Nearly $1.3 Million of Additional Loans for Mitchell Water Projects
Gov. Kristi Noem says the state Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved an additional $1,295,750 to the funding package for Mitchell to make storm water, sanitary sewer and drinking water system improvements on Sanborn Boulevard and for nonpoint source projects in the Firesteel Creek watershed upstream of Lake Mitchell. The board previously awarded …
Mar 29
Dad accused of killing his 8-year-old son; police still searching for boy’s body
Corona Police Dept.(CORONA, Calif.) — Weeks after 8-year-old Noah McIntosh vanished, his father has been charged with first-degree murder, police announced Friday. But authorities are still searching for the boy’s body. The case began on March 12, when police in Corona, California, responded to a welfare check on Noah after his mother, Jillian Godfrey, contacted …
Mar 29
Local Sports for Friday March 29th
The Mitchell Kernel track and field teams headed to Brookings for an indoor event at the SJAC on the campus of SDSU. Eight teams participated in the events of indoor track and field. Payton Olson and Ryley Johansen both had a pair of top-eight finishes for the Kernel boys. Olson took sixth in the 200-meter …