Steve Nedved
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Jun 18
Flood Warning issued June 18 at 9:31AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Nebraska… Lake Francis Case At Chamberlain Missouri River Near Greenwood Missouri River Near Verdel Missouri River At Niobrara
Jun 18
Phoenix couple in viral-video arrest reject police chief’s apology
Obtained by ABC News(PHOENIX) — A Phoenix man and his pregnant fiancee rejected apologies from the city’s police chief and its mayor on Monday for an incident last month in which police were caught on cellphone videos manhandling them and threatening to shoot them in front of their two young children. Dravon Ames, 22, and …
Jun 18
Destination, “Dive Bar”: Garth & Blake throw it back to 90’s country in new duet
Pearl Records“We’re gonna spend the weekend in the deep end of a dive bar,” Garth Brooks and Blake Shelton declare in their rollicking new duet. As you might imagine, “Dive Bar” sounds a lot like the music you’d probably hear in one of the hole-in-the-wall joints that inspired it. “This is kind of a salute back to the dive …
Jun 18
Road signs warning of hedgehogs coming to the UK
Courtesy of Britain’s Department of Transport(LONDON) — New signs are coming to protect drivers, hedgehogs and other small animals in the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport announced Monday, as hedgehog populations in rural areas have halved since 2000. “The new small mammal warning sign should help to reduce the number of people killed and …
Jun 18
Winter wheat harvest delayed
Winter wheat harvest is underway in parts of the Midwest, but USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says there are significant delays. “Overall, just 8% of the 2019 winter wheat crop has been harvested. That compares to the five-year average of 20% and last year’s 25%.” He says Missouri, Illinois and Oklahoma are the furthest behind. Nationwide, …
Jun 18
Extension increasing mental health awareness
Michigan State University Extension Director Jeff Dwyer says more awareness is needed in farming communities as stressors increase. “This is something we need to be more attentive to today than ever before.” Continue reading Extension increasing mental health awareness at Brownfield Ag News.
Jun 18
Wisconsin farmers continue dealing with rain
Wisconsin farmers had to dodge showers last week to get some field work and planting done. USDA reporters say showers were found in some part of Wisconsin every day last week. Spring tillage is now 99% finished, and corn planting is 87% finished. Corn emergence is around 66%, about 16 days behind average. Seventy percent …
Jun 18
Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi given quick, secretive burial
Sean Gallup/Getty Images(CAIRO) — Former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was laid to rest in a low-key and un-ceremonial burial in the early hours of Tuesday that stands in stark contrast to other leaders who were mourned by hundreds of thousands of people. When former Presidents Gamal Abdel-Nasser and Anwar El-Sadat died, Egypt’s streets were packed …
Jun 18
Conservationists: ‘Catastrophic’ elephant poaching at Niassa Reserve in Africa reduced to zero
WCS Mozambique (LONDON) — One of Africa’s largest protected wilderness areas has marked an entire year without finding a single elephant killed by poachers. The last time an elephant was recorded killed by a poacher in Mozambique’s Niassa Reserve was May 17, 2018, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, a New York-based nonprofit that helps …
Jun 18
Wisconsin off-duty police officer shot dead while trying to stop armed robbery: Chief
kali9/iStock(RACINE, Wis.) — An off-duty Wisconsin police officer was shot dead while trying to stop an armed robbery at a bar Monday night, according to the police chief. Officer John Hetland, a 24-year veteran of the Racine Police Department, had worked the day-shift on Monday, Chief Arthel Howell said. At 9:40 p.m., the veteran officer …
