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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 May 3 rd in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on behalf of Doug Holliday, who farm...

Hoerner A bench trial that had been set to start Monday in St. Clair County Associate Judge Kevin Hoerner's 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 Monday afternoon saying the "court and the parties have agreed to postpone the start of the trial to ...

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 innings and giving up 2 unearned runs. The Tigers next game is on Monday against St. Francis.

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 the top symphony orchestras of the world. They titled their performance, a musical journey, and it tru...