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'That '70s Show' actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years to life in prison for rapes of 2 women
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023, UPDATE: LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge sentenced "That '70s Show" star Danny Masterson to 30 years to life in prison Thursday (Sept. 7, 2023) for the rapes of two women two de...
Jody Heemstra Sep 07, 2023 Oscar Rohena / CC
Is the center of the USA's population still in Missouri? US Census Bureau will release data next week
Next week (Nov. 16, 2021) the U.S. Census Bureau will announce where the U.S. center of population was in 2020, a way to summarize population shifts every decade. The colonial town of Chestertown, Mar...
Jody Heemstra Nov 12, 2021
Rural Mainstreet Economy Slows in August
August 2023 Survey Results at a Glance: After four straight months of above growth neutral readings, the Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) slumped to growth neutral, 50.0, in August. Farmland cash rents ar...
Jody Heemstra Aug 18, 2023
Teenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding's top level. It's an uphill dream
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Najiah Knight is a 17-year-old bull rider with a big dream. She wants to be the first woman to compete at the top level of the Professional Bull Riders tour. She's garnered attention ...
Jody Heemstra Dec 27, 2023
A healthy US economy's secret ingredient: Immigrant workers, eager to fill jobs
MIAMI (AP) - Millions of jobs that new immigrants have been filling in the United States appear to solve a riddle that has confounded economists for at least a year: How has the U.S. economy managed t...
Jody Heemstra Apr 12, 2024
Veto Day and Beyond-- District 24 Rep. Will Mortenson's legislative Mort Report
Veto Day and Beyond by District 24 Rep. Will Mortenson (March 30, 2021). The 2021 legislative session concluded on Monday, often called "Veto Day" because it is reserved for the consideratio...
Jody Heemstra Mar 31, 2021
South Dakota's Noem tries to convince lawmakers on tax cut
DECEMBER 6, 2022: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is trying to win over the Republican-controlled Legislature with details of her plan to enact a historic repeal of the state's ...
Jody Heemstra Dec 06, 2022
Corn, Soybean Numbers "Neutral" in December WASDE
USDA's December 2021 World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates report was called "neutral" for corn and soybeans and bearish for wheat. This month's 2021-2022 U.S. corn supply and use outlook is ...
Jody Heemstra Dec 10, 2021
Alabama executes a man with nitrogen gas, the first time the new method has been used
JANUARY 26, 2024: ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama has executed a man with nitrogen gas, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind method that once again put the U.S. at the forefront of the debate ove...
Jody Heemstra Jan 26, 2024
Human remains have likely been recovered from the Titan submersible wreckage, US Coast Guard says
JUNE 28, 2023, UPDATE: PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Human remains have likely been recovered from the wreckage of the submersible that imploded during an underwater voyage to view the Titanic, the U.S. Coas...
Jody Heemstra Jun 29, 2023