Steve Nedved
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Mar 28
Minnesota farmer can finally “think spring”
A farmer in southern Minnesota says before this week it was hard to imagine prepping for fieldwork this spring. “We don’t have a heated shop all year round that we can be getting equipment ready (in), so it’s starting to get the blood pumping now and saying it’s time to get busy.” Sam Ziegler of …
Mar 28
Homeland Security secretary asks for new authority to send young migrants back home
Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has asked for immediate action from Congress to address a “dire situation” at the border, including new authority to immediately deport unaccompanied minors back to their home countries. “Now we face a system-wide meltdown,” Nielsen wrote in a letter obtained by ABC …
Mar 28
City of Chicago asks ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett to pay $130K for cost of investigation
E. JASON WAMBSGANS/AFP/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — The city of Chicago is seeking more than $130,000 from Empire actor Jussie Smollett to pay for the cost of the investigation in which he “falsely claimed” that two men attacked him. The city asked for an “immediate payment” of $130,106.15 “in an attempt to resolve this matter without further …
Mar 28
Now in the spotlight, dissident group linked to North Korean break-in suspends operations
Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images(MADRID) — A shadowy North Korean opposition group accused of a brazen raid of the North Korean embassy in Madrid last month announced that it is “temporarily” suspending operations in the wake of glaring media attention. “Multiple actions targeting the North Korean regime were being prepared, but because of speculative …
Mar 28
Parents’ day in Boston federal court as defendants in massive college entrance scam slated to appear before judge
DNY59/iStock(BOSTON) — It will be a parents’ day unlike any other as a group of wealthy mothers and fathers are scheduled to appear in Boston federal court on charges connected to a nationwide college entrance scam. At least 13 of the 33 parents indicted earlier this month in the stunning $25 million bribery and test-rigging …
Mar 28
If You’re Reading This: Two books from Tim McGraw on the way later this year
ABC/Image Group LATim McGraw will soon be able to add “historical author” to his resume. The “Thought About You” hitmaker has co-written a new book with Pulitzer-Prize-winning presidential historian Jon Meacham. In Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation, the two trace U.S. history through the lens of music. While Meacham provides a …
Mar 28
Milk futures mostly higher, cash dairy lower
Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mostly higher Wednesday as long-term outlooks for dairy remain positive. March Class III milk down two cents at $15.06. April down six cents at $15.63. May a penny higher at $15.49. June up a penny at $15.66. July through November contracts were one to four cents higher. …
Mar 28
USDA sees long-term improvement in milk prices
The USDA is projecting a $3.25 rise in milk prices from 2018 levels and the milk supply to increase by 15 percent over the next decade. In the agency’s Long-term Projections Report, USDA says by 2028 the all milk price could rise to $19.65 per hundredweight. The milk herd is expected to remain mostly steady, …
Mar 28
Apple growers calling for USMCA passage
Apple exports have fallen at least 30 percent since the retaliatory tariffs have been imposed by Mexico. U.S. Apple Association director Mike Dietrich from West Central Michigan tells Brownfield Mexico and Canada are the top destination for U.S. apples but are currently under a 20 percent tariff from Mexico. “When are fellow partners that are …
Mar 28
Chris Young to go Fishin’ in the Park to fight cancer this summer
RCA NashvilleThis summer, Chris Young will be throwing a line in the water to help find a cure for cancer. The “Raised on Country” hitmaker will host the 3rd Annual Th3 Legends Cast for a Cure Big Bass Tournament on Saturday, June 1. The fundraiser will take place in Sanders Ferry Park on Old Hickory Lake, in Hendersonville, Tennessee, …