The Mitchell Kernel wrestling team opted not to travel to the Watertown Tournament on Saturday. The Kernels will be in action again at the Rapid City Central Tournament this Friday and Saturday. The Kernels opened the season by beating Chamberlain 40-30 Friday night. The Mitchell Kernel gymnastics team was to compete at the Washington Invite …
Dec 02
Petition requests government allow father of murdered teen Hania Aguilar to enter US for funeral
FBI Charlotte(NEW YORK) — A North Carolina community is rallying in support of the family of 13-year-old Hania Aguilar, whose body was found more than three weeks after she was kidnapped in front of her home. An online petition to the Guatemalan Embassy requesting that Hania’s father be allowed to enter the U.S. to attend …
Dec 02
North Korea’s state TV gets a quiet makeover, adding neon suits and smiles
Korean Central Television(NEW YORK) — Reporters in neon-colored suits walk and talk on camera, television programs feature flashy effects, and anchors deliver the news in a high-tech studio. It’s not what viewers expect from KCTV, North Korea’s state-owned broadcaster, but it seems the country’s young leader has been pushing the outlet to find more modern …
Dec 02
International Space Station likely to be temporarily abandoned if Russian rocket fails
Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images(MOSCOW) — On Monday, a Russian Soyuz rocket with three astronauts aboard will depart for the International Space Station in one of the most high-stakes launches in years. If the rocket does not reach the ISS as planned, the station is likely to be left temporarily abandoned by the end of …
Dec 02
NYPD finds couple who lost diamond ring in sidewalk grate
iStock/Getty(NEW YORK) — The international manhunt for a couple that got engaged in New York City — only to lose their diamond ring moments after the proposal when it fell down a sidewalk grate in Times Square — has come to an end. The New York Police Department announced on Saturday that it had found …
Dec 02
Farmers cautiously optimistic about US/China talks
The president of the American Soybean Association says a resolution to the trade war with China would a great Christmas present for America’s farmers. Iowa farmer John Heisdorffer says this trade war has been costly. “This bean market has been floored out and doesn’t want to move up,” he says. He tells Brownfield the negotiations …
Dec 02
Schedule for George H.W. Bush’s funeral includes trip to Capitol, burial in Texas
Cynthia Johnson/Liaison(WASHINGTON) — The official schedule for ceremonies honoring the late George H.W. Bush was released on Saturday. The four-day tribute includes lying in state at the U.S. Capitol for parts of three days, a funeral at the Washington National Cathedral and eventual burial at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The ceremonies will …
Dec 02
President Trump hits pause on tariff war with China
iStock(BUENOS AIRES) — President Trump is hitting pause in the escalating trade war with China after a meeting with President Xi Jinping. Just a day after Trump threatened to bludgeon China by doubling U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods, the White House said a planned increase from 10 percent to 25 percent on …
Dec 02
Dozens injured as 22 tornadoes reported in central Illinois
iStock(LINCOLN, Ill.) — A rash of tornadoes broke out Saturday afternoon and evening across central Illinois, injuring at least 30 people and turning homes into piles of splintered wood. There were 22 tornadoes reported to the National Weather Service on Saturday, all in central Illinois. The offices in Lincoln, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri, will …