DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated and spooked the U.S. public, Kyle Bass foresaw what he deemed another foreign danger slated for skies above the Texas-Mexico border: wind turbines. Dozens of them, roughly 700 feet (213 meters) tall — as big as San ...

REDWOOD FALLS – Over 40 teams of youth from across central and southwestern Minnesota braved the snow drifts and icy roads to participate in the 4-H Regional Project Bowl in Redwood Falls March 11. This competition challenges teams of three to six youth by testing their knowledge on a variety ...

As river water gushed through a broken levee, thousands of people in a California farming town were forced to evacuate as their homes were flooded and businesses destroyed. Yet another potential casualty of the powerful rainstorms that drenched coastal California: hundreds of acres of fresh ...

SLEEPY EYE — National FFA Week was celebrated by FFA members nationwide from February 17-25, 2023. The Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter was very active throughout FFA Week and after due to the big storm during FFA Week. To start out the celebration, we hosted a Blacklight student dance for all ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House voted Thursday to ban entities from China and four other perceived adversarial countries from purchasing land in the state, citing a need to protect farms from the possibility of falling under hostile control. The Missouri legislation, which now ...

The Region VI FFA interviews were held on Thursday, Feb. 16 for Region Office, State Degrees, and Region Star Awards. This year, eleven Sleepy Eye FFA members applied for State FFA Degrees. The State FFA Degree is the second highest degree attainable in FFA, behind the American FFA ...