Hornet83/iStock(ROME) — The meeting of Catholic leadership in the Vatican to address clerical sex abuse comes amid a busy and controversial time for the church within the United States. There are now at least 17 states or cities that have open investigations into their respective local dioceses, and a number of states and cities have …
Feb 21
Court resets fouled up furlough
A 31 year old Mitchell man awaiting a furlough from jail ended up in front of Judge Chris Giles after some apparent confusion. Giles granted Nicholas Tischler a four-hour furlough earlier this week to see his three-month old son for the first time at his mother’s home in Mitchell. However an apparent communication breakdown led …
Feb 21
Judge sets $100,000 bond for Jussie Smollett, orders ‘Empire’ actor’s passport surrendered
Chicago Police Dept.(CHICAGO) — A Chicago judge set Jesse Smollett’s bond at $100,000 on Thursday and ordered him to surrender his passport, hours after a remarkable Chicago Police Department press conference in which Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson blasted the ‘Empire’ star, saying that Smollett’s alleged staging of a hoax attack was a “publicity stunt…to promote …
Feb 21
Defendant reaches a deal with prosecutors over a 2015 fire and attempted poisoning
A woman accused of trying to poison her husband and starting a fire in October of 2015 in Mitchell has reached a deal with prosecutors. 40 year old Dawn Long pleaded no contest to aggravated assault during a Thursday court appearance. In exchange for the guilty plea prosecutors agreed to dismiss an attempted first-degree murder …
Feb 21
State ag group, bioengineers critical of FDA regulations on gene editing
The policy expert that leads the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is critical of the federal government’s regulation of livestock gene editing. Dr. Barbara Glenn says, “Clearly for livestock and poultry, the current regulatory path is broken. It’s not risk-based. It’s not getting the animals and the animal products to market. The chilling …
Feb 21
Minnesota farmer says he has to be optimistic about trade
A southwest Minnesota farmer says he’s got to be optimistic about the U.S. and China agreeing to a trade deal soon. Brandon Fast grows corn and soybeans near Mountain Lake. “I’m very optimist, but that’s just what a farmer is. We’re the eternal optimists.” President Trump has hinted at a possible extension of the March …
Feb 21
Rural Mainstreet Index shows strain of farm economy
The Rural Mainstreet Index for February shows the rural economy expanding but the strain of tariffs and low ag commodity prices continues to weaken the farm sector. Dr. Ernie Goss with Creighton University in Nebraska tells Brownfield the survey of ag bankers in 10 states found two-thirds of them increasing the collateral requirements on farm …
Feb 21
A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll: Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts to headline festival with Aerosmith and REO Speedwagon
ABC/Image Group LARascal Flatts will join Tim McGraw in headlining the three-day Twin Cities Summer Jam Festival, along with rock legends Aerosmith. Rapper Pitbull and eighties rockers REO Speedwagon are on the bill as well for the July 18-20 event, which takes place on the infield of the Canterbury Park racetrack in Shakopee, Minnesota. Tim’s not just one of the performers, by the …
Feb 21
US Coast Guard lieutenant accused of being a domestic terrorist appears in court for first time
Tamilisa Miner/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A man allegedly caught researching acts of domestic terrorism and amassing more than a dozen firearms will spend at least two weeks in federal custody, a Maryland federal judge decided on Thursday. U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant Christopher Paul Hasson, 49, was arrested on charges of firearm and drug possession, but Judge Charles …
Feb 21
Dolly Parton marks the passing of Country Music Hall of Famer Fred Foster, the man behind her first record deal
L-R: Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster, Willie Nelson; Erika Goldring/Getty ImagesCountry Music Hall of Famer Fred Foster passed away Wednesday night at the age of 87, after a short illness. The 2016 inductee into the Hall led the legendary record label Monument, and was instrumental in the careers of Kris Kristofferson and Roy Orbison, among others. Perhaps most notably, he gave Dolly …