Steve Nedved
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Jan 27
Forty dead, hundreds missing after dam collapse in Brazil
iStock/LSP1982(MINAS GERAIS, Brazil) — At least 40 people are dead and up to 300 people have been reported missing after a dam collapsed in Brazil on Friday. Eight of the 40 bodies have been identified, a spokesperson for the southeastern state of Minas Gerais said Sunday. There are still 256 people missing as a torrent …
Jan 27
Nine arrested for ‘die-in’ protest at Rockefeller Center ice skating rink in New York City
@LAKauffman/Twitter(NEW YORK) — Nine climate change activists were arrested while staging a protest at the nation’s most famous ice skating rink on Saturday. The activists, who laid down in the middle of the ice rink at Rockefeller Center around 2:45 p.m., were part of a group called the Extinction Rebellion. The protesters formed an hourglass …
Jan 27
‘You can’t think, you can’t eat, you can’t sleep, you can’t rest’: Parents bare their agony over girl, 14, now missing 2 weeks
iStock/Chalabala(NEW YORK) — Two weeks into an expanding search for a missing 14-year old girl from Tennessee, federal and local authorities are seeking public assistance, and her devastated parents are using visceral metaphors to describe the depths of their agony and plead for the public’s help as the days Savannah Leigh Pruitt has been gone …
Jan 27
Wind Advisory issued January 27 at 2:48AM MST until January 28 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
.Very strong winds will develop behind an arctic front tonight and continue into Monday morning. Areas that experience light snow or flurries tonight will see reduced visibility in blowing snow at times during this period of strong winds. …WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY…
Jan 27
Wind Chill Watch issued January 27 at 2:34AM MST until January 30 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
.While light snow will be possible this morning, the main concern will be a heavier and more persistent snow that should develop this afternoon and evening in parts of east central South Dakota and southwest Minnesota. By late evening into the overnight hours, a strong arctic front will usher in very strong winds. Flurries and …
Jan 27
Farmers Union urges farmers to get FSA business done quickly
National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson (L) and Wisconsin Farmers Union President Darin Von Ruden (R) The President of the National Farmers Union is pleased the government shutdown is over, but he is concerned about the long term. Roger Johnson tells Brownfield the shutdown didn’t help anyone. “There’s an old saying that there’s not much …
Jan 27
Farm employee training has changed
L-R: Douglas Grotegut, workshop facilitator Molly Fenske from KCoe Isom, and Daniel Rice at Dairy Strong 2019. With low unemployment and the challenge of keeping skilled workers on the farm, farmers say they are changing how they manage people. Dairy farmer Daniel Rice is with Prairieland Dairy in Firth, Nebraska where 25 people manage 15-hundred …
Jan 27
Lender anticipates more financially-stressed farmers will quit
An ag lender says farmers are continuing to feel financial stress and he expects more will quit farming. Bob LeCocq with Compeer Financial tells Brownfield more farmers, especially dairy farmers, have been dealing with more financial stress in the last 24 months. “A lot of them have adjusted well, but for those that have not …
Jan 26
Winter Weather Advisory issued January 26 at 8:35PM MST until January 28 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
.While light to moderate snow and possibly a little mixed precipitation will be possible from Sunday morning through the evening, the main concern will be the heavier and more persistent snow that should develop in the evening in southwest MN. By late evening into the overnight hours very strong winds will develop and usher in …
Jan 26
Venezuela’s Maduro eases stance on US diplomats, loses highest-ranking military attaché to Guaido
beyhanyazar/iStock(CARACAS, Venezuela) — With the military support crucial to his ability to hold on to power in Venezuela beginning to fracture, embattled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on Saturday walked back his demand that American diplomats leave the country this weekend and instead extended that deadline to 30 days, a significant political concession. The longer time …
