Author, sixth-generation cattle farmer and agriculture advocate Haley Ammann-Ekstrom reads her children’s picture book, “Ruby the Runaway,” during an author event on Wednesday afternoon at the Sherburn Library, currently located in Sherburn City Hall. The story follows a young girl, ...
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have at least one viable site for a new stadium in northwest Indiana and they are examining a second location as they move closer to finalizing a place for their new home. The Bears announced in June that they were moving forward with a stadium development project in Hammond, Indiana. They have completed their review of what they are calling the Lost Marsh site, and they are doing their due diligence on the Wolf Lake Terminal site. They could merge the two options together in some way. "Even though we've had occasional meetings with the ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Lane Kiffin said Thursday that he is standing by his initial stance on allowing cornerback D.J. Pickett to wear the No. 5 jersey previously worn by 2023 Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels — even in the face of objections and legal threats from the former Tigers quarterback. "I commented a week ago on that," Kiffin said. "That's the comment that I had and we're moving forward." Pickett also did not indicate any interest in giving up the No. 5 when he spoke with reporters after Thursday's practice. "I've been wearing the number my whole life, ...
DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Kyle Schwarber smashed two home runs into the corn behind right field to stretch his major league -leading total to 37, as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1 on Thursday night in the first game at the Field of Dreams movie site in four years. Schwarber sent the third pitch from Twins right-hander Taj Bradley (9-5) into the cornfield that frames the picturesque backdrop for the uniquely rural regular-season game. The four-time All-Star, who has 224 homers in just five years with the Phillies, followed with a two-run stalk shot in the fourth ...
High Tuesday — 82 Low Tuesday — 66 High Aug. 11, 2025 — 78 Low Aug. 11, 2025 — 59 Total moisture in August — 3.95 Moisture this year — 16.63 Wednesday’s sunset — 8:26 p.m. Thursday’s sunrise — 6:20 a.m.
ABOVE:Lizzy and Robert Reisdorfer play on the spinning chair on a breezy Tuesday evening at Gomsrud Park in Fairmont. Weather in the area for the rest of the week is expected to remain in the 70 and 80-degrees Fahrenheit temperature range, with cloudy horizons.
