Steve Nedved
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Feb 08
Maren Morris on her multi-genre Grammy noms: “You don’t have to be one thing… You can still be true to yourself and your sound”
Columbia Maren Morris could take home five Grammys at Sunday’s ceremony in L.A. — an even more impressive feat when you consider that none of her nods are for her own recordings. She has pop and all-genre noms for “The Middle” with Zedd and Grey, one country mention for her cover of Elton John‘s “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” from …
Feb 08
Local Sports for Friday February 8th
Due to the blizzard conditions yesterday, the following Mitchell Kernel activities have been rescheduled as follows. The Kernel wrestling tri-angular in Watertown yesterday has been moved to Brandon Valley today. Mitchell will wrestle Brandon Valley at 4:00pm followed by Mitchell against Watertown at 5:15pm. After today the Kernel wrestlers will wrestle in the Region Meet …
Feb 08
“Minimum wage increase will be detrimental to Illinois agriculture”
The Illinois Farm Bureau says with the already struggling ag economy, an increase in the state’s minimum wage would be detrimental to farmers. “We are opposed to the minimum wage increase to $15. An over 86% increase in the minimum wage, we feel this is very high and very detrimental to agriculture.” Kevin Semlow, Farm …
Feb 08
Check out the apps that will intercept robocalls and tell you when they’re done
Oleksii Spesyvtsev/iStock(NEW YORK) — Pesky calls from telemarketers may be easier to combat than ever. With new apps like Robokiller, spam calls are automatically intercepted so that your phone may never even ring. ABC News’ Paula Faris demonstrated the app’s functionality on Good Morning America to show that when a robocall was placed, it didn’t …
Feb 08
Paradise residents recall horrifying escape from the Camp Fire
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(PARADISE, Calif.) — Brian Andrews awoke on Nov. 8 to his panicked daughter at his bedside. A fast-moving wildfire that would become the deadliest, most destructive in California’s history was heading straight for Paradise. Andrews, a 52-year-old retired firefighter, had moved into his one-story home in the bucolic Northern California town a decade …
Feb 08
USDA report could spark fireworks
Last month’s government shutdown delayed several important USDA reports. Many market analysts say the lack of information has led to a narrow trading range for corn and soybeans. Fresh news is on the way later today as the department releases a backlog of data, and traders are poised for volatility. Stewart Peterson senior market advisor …
Feb 08
Losing grip on power, Venezuela’s Maduro leans on Cuban security forces: US officials
YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is increasingly leaning on the protection and support of his Cuban backers, amid mounting global pressure to leave office, according to several senior U.S. officials. Adm. Craig Faller, head of U.S. Southern Command, told U.S. senators on Thursday that Havana “owns the security around Maduro and is deeply …
Feb 08
Ivanka Trump launches Global Women’s Initiative targeting developing nations
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Thursday launching a new “Women’s Global Development and Prosperity” Initiative aimed at empowering women in the developing world. The force behind the initiative: the president’s daughter and adviser, Ivanka Trump. “It’s a culmination of a lot of hard work but also really the beginning because …
Feb 08
Industries, researchers were ‘essentially blind’ during shutdown data drought
wildpixel/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Though government agencies reopened their doors nearly two weeks ago, experts have warned that the impact of the longest shutdown in history still lingers with continued delays in the release of key federal data. “We are really fortunate,” said Amitrajeet Batabyal, an economics professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. “We are probably …
Feb 08
Arizona’s Hacienda Healthcare closing unit in wake of rape, pregnancy scandal
kckate16/iStock(PHOENIX) — Hacienda Healthcare, the Arizona facility where a nurse allegedly raped and impregnated a vegetative patient, has decided to close the unit where she was housed. The company said it “has come to understand that it is simply not sustainable to continue to operate our Intermediate Care Facility for the Intellectually Disabled” after a …