Steve Nedved

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Processing to alleviate dairy contraction in Michigan

Michigan officials say hopefully more dairy processing projects will sustain the state’s largest ag industry. Representative-elect Luke Meerman is a dairy farmer from Ottawa County.  “I can still see the tractors running up and down the road of farms that aren’t in existence today and that’s hard to see.” He tells Brownfield some of the …

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More mixed signals from Trump

President Trump on Thursday continued to send mixed signals on resolving trade issues with China. As he prepared to leave for his high-stakes meeting in Argentina with his Chinese counterpart, Trump told reporters that while he’s open to a trade deal, he’s not sure he wants one. He said he’s happy with the money coming …

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Keith Urban’s Music City Midnight to be part of “NBC’s New Year’s Eve”

ABC/Image Group LA This year, you can watch Keith Urban ring in the New Year live from Nashville on NBC. While this is the third year in a row that the CMA Entertainer of the Year has headlined the gathering known as Music City Midnight, it’s the first time it’s gotten such extensive national coverage. It’ll be …

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Columbia University professor’s office vandalized with swastikas, anti-Semitic words

WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A Columbia University professor’s office was painted with swastikas and anti-Semitic words, according to school officials. The professor, Elizabeth Midlarsky, told the Columbia Spectator that she was “in shock” when she walked into her office on Wednesday. “I stopped for a moment, because I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” she said. …

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Winter Storm Watch issued November 29 at 1:45PM MST until December 02 at 5:00PM MST by NWS

…Significant Winter Storm Possible This Weekend… …WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON… * WHAT…A winter storm is possible Friday night into Sunday morning, with a potential of 5 to 9 inches of snow along with strong winds gusting as high as 35 mph. Ahead of the snow, a

Mall shooting suspect apprehended days after police shoot and kill wrong man: Officials

Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images(HOOVER, Ala.) — A 20-year-old man has been apprehended in connection with a Thanksgiving shooting incident that turned deadly at a shopping mall in Hoover, Alabama. The initial shooting, which injured two people, set off a chain reaction in which a police officer shot and killed a man whose family claims …

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FBI pleads for help after 13-year-old Hania Aguilar’s body found: ‘We have to find out how she died and who did this to her’

FBI Charlotte(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — The body of abducted 13-year-old Hania Aguilar was believed to be recovered this week in North Carolina but the search for answers is far from over. “We have to find out how she died and who did this to her,” Andy de la Rocha of the FBI said in a statement …

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DOJ distributes another $695 million to Madoff fraud victims

Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Department of Justice distributed an additional $695 million to investors who lost money in the largest known Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, orchestrated by Bernard Madoff, the agency announced Thursday. This is the third installment, bringing the total amount distributed to almost $2 billion, according to the Justice Department. …

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Dolly Dolly Dolly: The superstar takes to TV to promote Dumplin’ as her MusiCares tribute grows

RCA Nashville The list of superstars who’ll honor Dolly Parton as 2019’s MusiCares Person of the Year is growing: Vince Gill, Don Henley, Kacey Musgraves, and Willie Nelson are now set to take the stage February 8 in Los Angeles. Mavis Staples and Linda Perry, who both worked with Dolly on the Dumplin’ soundtrack, are set to sing as well.  They join previously-announced performers Chris Stapleton, Pink, Shawn Mendes, Norah …

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US warships again transit Taiwan Strait over Chinese objections

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. Navy ships transited through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the third time this year that U.S. Navy ships have sailed through the body of water separating China from Taiwan, once again drawing criticism from China. U.S. Navy transits through the Strait that divides China and Taiwan have been rare …

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