Tuesday, June 18 2013 11:54 PM EDT2013-06-19 03:54:41 GMT
Gleny Duran wants to know why her eight–year–old son Angel has autism. "Is it something that I'm eating, is it the air? Is it genetic?" she wonders. Doctors don't know exactly what causes the neurological
More research points to the environment playing a role.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:12 PM EDT2013-06-19 00:12:59 GMT
The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Department identifies human remains found last week in South Bend Township. Investigators say the remains are that of 38-year-old Maverick Henry Arrowood.
The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Department identifies human remains found last week in South Bend Township. Investigators say the remains are that of 38-year-old Maverick Henry Arrowood.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:10 PM EDT2013-06-19 00:10:44 GMT
A man who says he was sexually abused by an Irish priest in Minnesota decades ago is suing the New Ulm Diocese. This morning Attorney Pat Noaker filed a lawsuit in Brown County on behalf of John Doe 103. His
Noaker anticipates it will be at least 18 months before this case will be set for trial.
The fiscal cliff isn't the only thing that may affect us. If Congress doesn't pass a farm bill, we could also have the "dairy cliff."
Failure to pass a farm bill before the end of the year is expected to have significant consequences, including the potential that the price of milk will soar as high as 8 dollars.
Minnesota Farm Bureau President Kevin Paap says not having policies in place is especially hard on farmers.
MN Farm Bureau President Kevin Paap says, "It brings so much uncertainly in agriculture, we don't know what's going on, we are making decisions for next years crop already, but we don't have a the farm bill, same thing with conservation, same thing with nutrition programs, we need certainty as we move forward."
There has been talk of an extension of the 2008 legislation, but Paap says what we really need is a 5 year comprehensive farm bill, and there is still time to pass one.
