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Iowa farmer brings class-action claim over herbicide banned by other nations Clark Kauffman An Iowa farmer is leading a nationwide class-action lawsuit against the manufacturers of a commonly used weed killer linked to Parkinson’s disease. It is one of a spate of class-action claims filed in just the past two weeks against the makers and distributors of Paraquat, a herbicide banned by China and many other nations but still legal to sell and use in the United States. The Iowa case was filed Ma...

Hoerner A bench trial that had been set to start Monday in St. Clair County Associate Judge Kevin Hoerners court on claims that weed killer paraquat caused four plaintiffs to suffer Parkinson’s disease has been continued to June 1. While a motion for continuance and the order granting it are not yet posted on the court docket, Courtroom View Network (CVN) reported over the weekend that the case had been reset. Defendant manufacturer Syngenta released a statement Mo...

SAINT CLOUD (KNSI) — The St. Cloud Tech Tigers defeated the Alexandria Cardinals in high school baseball action on Thursday night. The Cardinals scored twice in the 5th inning. The first coming on a Lake Hagen RBI single. The other came on a Tigers throwing error. The Tigers scored three runs in the bottom of the 7th inning including a walk-off 2 RBI single from Matt Friesen. He was named the All-Star Trophy and Awards Player of the Game. Thomas Hoffman started for the Tigers pitching 6 1/3 i...

Anthony Sims, 45, is asking a judge to overturn his decades-old murder conviction, claiming he was framed for the shooting by the testimony of the true killer — his close friend.

A musical journey from Jacaranda Ensemble 920448 Georgina Benison - On Monday evening, February 6, Arabesque International, together with the German Embassy in Muscat, presented the second concert in the third season of the Muscat Chamber Music Series at the Oman Auditorium of the Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton hotel. This was no ordinary concert and it was by no means Classical, even though the five members of the Jacaranda Ensemble are from the Brandenburg Orchestra in Germany — one of th...

A Penny for Innovation Campworks Introduces the NS-1 The NS-1 will allow you to maintain a comfortable lifestyle anywhere in the world. Boulder, Colorado, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quality, value, durability and a lifetime of adaptability are all encompassing elements of the Colorado Campworks NS-1. Some have gawked at the price of this truly one of a kind system.            “I could build that for 3 grand in my garage!”            “You’re out of your minds valuin...

Isavia ANS, Iceland’s Air Navigation Service Provider, selected Frequentis Comsoft to integrate its space-based ADS-B surveillance data sources with the ground-based infrastructure consisting of radars, ADS-B ground stations and multilateration. The addition of space-based ADS-B to Isavia ANS’ current surveillance capabilities extends Isavia’s current ground-based air traffic surveillance framework, focusing on enhancing the real-time air traffic surveillance in the North-Atlantic surveil...

Three Innocent Queens Men To Be Released From Prison Following Wrongful Convictions In 1996 Case Arrests and Subsequent Convictions Were the Result of Political Pressure, Coerced False Confessions and Suppressed Evidence News provided by Share this article Share this article QUEENS, N.Y., March 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- George Bell, Rohan Bolt and Gary Johnson, who were wrongfully convicted of a double murder in Queens and incarcerated for the last 24 years, will be released from prison today. T...

In response to Judge McDermott’s column in The Times (Feb. 14), I would like to offer a different perspective and lay out a little history as to why Lake County

Mainstreet Waynesboro honored with two Townie awards From Mainstreet Waynesboro Inc. Mainstreet Waynesboro Inc. is one of a handful of community programs in the state to be honored as a Townie Award recipient for 2020, the Pennsylvania Downtown Center announced recently. Mainstreet Waynesboro, a nonprofit whose sole mission is the revitalization of the downtown’s commercial core, joins Venture Lititz as double winners. Mainstreet was honored for the following: In the Safe, Clean and Green cat...