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Danish man suspected of killing five in bow-and-arrow attack in Norway
KONGSBERG, Norway (Reuters) -A 37-year-old Danish citizen who had converted to Islam is suspected of killing five people with a bow-and-arrow and other weapons in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg in a ...
Oct 14, 2021 Police officers investigate after several people were killed and others were injured by a man using a bow and arrows to carry out attacks, in Kongsberg, Norway, October 13, 2021. Terje Pedersen/NTB/via REUTERS
Tornadoes confirmed in Woodford County from Monday storms
WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. -- The National Weather Service in Lincoln, Illinois has confirmed three tornadoes in Woodford County from severe storms on Monday, October 11. The first tornado occurred in a fi...
Oct 14, 2021 Midwest Communications
Deere workers go on strike after UAW fails to reach deal
(Reuters) -Thousands of Deere & Co workers began a strike on Thursday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) said, days after overwhelmingly rejecting a six-year labor contract that was agreed on with the...
Oct 14, 2021 FILE PHOTO: The leaping deer trademark logo is seen on a sign outside a John Deere dealership in Taylor, Texas, U.S., February 16, 2017. Picture taken February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Khursheed
No more Whiskeydaddle races
PEORIA, Ill. - Last weekend's Whiskeydaddle races in Peoria were the last. Race Director Adam White tells our news partner 25 News turnout was 40 percent lower than in 2019, the last year the race was...
Oct 13, 2021 25 News
Federal judge sides with Jan. 6th rioter over poor treatment at D.C. jail
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday held top officials at the Washington, D.C., Department of Corrections in civil contempt, after ruling they violated the civil rights of a U.S. Capit...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A mob of supporters of then-U.S. President Donald Trump climb through a window they broke as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
Supply chain issues for ag business compound with Deere & Co. strike fears
Peoria, IL (WMBD) -- A labor strike looms large as union workers for tractor giant Deere & Co. have overwhelmingly rejected a new contract offer. The strike deadline for 10-thousand production and...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: A John Deere tractor, a combine, and other heavy machinery sit inside a barn on a corn and soybean farm in Woodburn, Indiana, U.S., October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Push by ports, delivery companies to ease holiday bottleneck, Biden says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday launched an effort to ease supply chain blockages that are threatening to disrupt the U.S. holiday season, relying on expanded port and shipping ...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he participates in the virtual CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain Resilience from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
FDA sets new goal for lower salt in everyday American food
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday is pushing to cut salt levels by an average of 12% in food ranging from packaged meats to cheese, trying to clamp down on a growing epide...
Oct 13, 2021 FILE PHOTO: An employee checks packaged meat at a 365 by Whole Foods Market grocery store ahead of its opening day in Los Angeles, U.S., May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
'Profound experience': Star Trek's Shatner becomes world's oldest space traveler
VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) -Having made a career out of playing an explorer of the cosmos, William Shatner - Captain James Kirk of "Star Trek" fame - did it for real on Wednesday, becoming at age 90 th...
Oct 13, 2021 Blue Origin's rocket New Shepard blasts off carrying Star Trek actor William Shatner, 90, on billionaire Jeff Bezos's company's second suborbital tourism flight as part of a four-person crew near Van Horn, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
New candidate for 17th Congressional District seat in 2022 election
ROCKFORD, Ill. - There's now a third candidate -- and the first Democrat -- looking to be the next 17th District Congressperson in 2022. Teacher and Rockford Alderman Jonathan Logemann formally threw ...
Oct 13, 2021 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Jonathan Logemann
