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Senators demand ICE answers and body cameras after 2 fatal shootings in Maine and Houston

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of Democratic U.S. senators and the Independent senator from Maine pushed for more details Monday from Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the agency's vetting practices for new agents and how officers conduct vehicle pursuits, even as they demanded that body cameras be swiftly rolled out to all officers. The demands came in a letter spearheaded by Maine's Independent Sen. Angus King, signed by 38 Democratic senators and sent to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE. The demands follow two deadly shootings in which ICE officers shot ...

Little House gathering

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WALNUT GROVE — The Wilder Pageant hosted its second week of performances over the weekend. But this week brought along new and familiar faces to longtime fans of the Little House books and show. Actresses, historians and people with direct connections to the Ingalls family arrived over the ...

Wall Street drifts as AI stocks hold steadier after last week's losses

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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted to a quiet finish Monday after stocks of chipmakers and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom trimmed some of their recent losses. The S&P 500 dipped 0.2%, coming off its first losing week in the last three and just its third since the end of March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 307 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite was basically flat after slipping by less than 0.1%. Nvidia added 0.2% and held firmer following its drop on Friday, when it was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500. Sandisk climbed 2.7% after tumbling ...

Esping hired as Lyon County's newest correctional officer

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MARSHALL — The Lyon County Sheriff's Department hired one new correctional officer after undergoing training for the safety of himself and others on the job, according to Sheriff Eric Wallen. With Trent Esping now on the Lyon County corrections staff, there still one opening and possibly ...

Redwood Co. crash kills motorcyclist

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REDWOOD COUNTY — A 48-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon in Redwood County, the Redwood County Sheriff’s Department said. At 4:24 p.m. Saturday, the Redwood County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the intersection of County State Aid Highway 46 and County State Aid Highway 8 for the report of a single motorcycle crash. The Redwood County Sheriff’s Department said that the driver, who was identified as Craig Michael Baune, lost control on the curve, went into the ditch where he hit a road sign. Baune was pronounced deceased on scene, the Redwood ...