Great Plains News Digest
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IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–TOWN HALL-GRASSLEY
Iowa town hall attendees turn on each other as Sen. Grassley faces heated questions
SUMMARY: Iowans attending a forum hosted by Sen. Chuck Grassley started to turn on each other as the lawmaker faced heated questions about President Donald Trump’s first months in office. The room of about 100 people in north-central Worth County near the Minnesota border was largely critical of the administration. They peppered Grassley with questions about mass deportations, including Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s, cuts to the federal workforce and tariffs. But the deep-seated political rifts running through even the smallest U.S. communities became clear when one woman used her turn to apologize to Grassley for “all the grief you’ve gotten this morning,” prompting expletives, finger pointing and shouts between audience members to “shut up.”
WORDS: 557 – MOVED: 04/23/2025 12:43 p.m. CDT
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MINNESOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–PHILANTHROPY-FOUNDATIONS
Marguerite Casey Foundation dips into endowment to grant out $130M this year
SUMMARY: The Marguerite Casey Foundation plans to significantly increase donations this year to $130 million to help nonprofits respond to policy changes from the Trump administration. Ian Fuller is chair of the Seattle-based foundation’s board. He said they thought it was important to act now to protect their freedom to give and their grantees’ rights to freedom of speech and assembly. Several foundations have also pledged to increase the amount they give this year but most have not. The Trump administration has canceled federal funds that were awarded to nonprofits and threatened the independence of civil society organizations.
WORDS: 825 – MOVED: 04/23/2025 7:14 a.m. CDT
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US MINNESOTA-WALZ
DESCRIPTION: Gov. Tim Walz will deliver the State of the State Address to a joint session of the Minnesota State Legislature. On merits from speech scheduled to start at 7 p.m. CDT.
ON MERITS: By 04/23/2025 9:00 p.m. CDT, Text
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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HKN–FACEOFF
DESCRIPTION: Home teams are off to a flying start in these Stanley Cup playoffs. Thursday’s home teams — Tampa Bay, Ottawa, St. Louis and Minnesota — can only hope that trend continues. By Tim Reynolds. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos.
UPCOMING: By 04/23/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT, Text, Photo
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HKW–PWHL-EXPANSION-VANCOUVER
DESCRIPTION: The PWHL has scheduled a news conference Wednesday when the six-team league is expected to announce adding Vancouver as its first expansion franchise. A person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press of Vancouver’s selection last week. By Hockey Writer John Wawrow. Upcoming: 700 words, photos. Developing after news conference set to begin at 2 p.m. EDT.
UPCOMING: By 04/23/2025 1:15 p.m. CDT, Text
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BBO–WHITE SOX-TWINS
DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Chicago plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Tyler Mason. 300 words.
UPCOMING: By 04/23/2025 6:40 p.m. CDT, Text
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MISSOURI – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–EDUCATION-INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
International students stripped of legal status in the US are piling up wins in court
SUMMARY: Some international students in the U.S. who have had their legal status terminated in recent weeks have found a measure of success in court, with federal judges around the country issuing orders to restore students’ status at least temporarily. More than a thousand international students have had their visas revoked or their status ended, with their academic careers — and their lives in the U.S. — thrown into doubt in a widespread crackdown by the Trump administration. Judges have issued temporary restraining orders in states including Georgia, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Judges have denied similar requests in some other cases.
WORDS: 1146 – MOVED: 04/23/2025 12:05 p.m. CDT
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US IMMIGRATION
FORMATS: Text, Photo, DigitalPlans
1. WITH: US IMMIGRATION-IDEOLOGICAL DEPORTATION
2. DESCRIPTION: Several associations representing university professors are requesting a judge stop the Trump administration from a policy of deporting people based on their political beliefs. Story on merits from 10aET hearing.
3. ON MERITS: By 04/23/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT
4. WITH: US TRUMP-SANCTUARY CITIES
5. DESCRIPTION: San Francisco is among cities and counties asking a federal judge to block the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from sanctuary jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal immigration policy. Story on merits from 5pET hearing.
6. ON MERITS: By 04/23/2025 7:00 p.m. CDT
7. WITH: US TRUMP-MIGRANT CHILDREN
8. DESCRIPTION: A federal judge will consider turning an emergency TRO ordering the Trump administration to maintain legal services for unaccompanied migrant children into a longer-lasting preliminary injunction. Her temporary restraining order expires April 30. She also faces a request from the government to recuse herself due to her previous work as a manager with the lead plaintiff. Hearing is via Zoom. Story on merits developing from 7pET hearing.
9. ON MERITS: By 04/23/2025 7:00 p.m. CDT
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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HKN–FACEOFF
DESCRIPTION: Home teams are off to a flying start in these Stanley Cup playoffs. Thursday’s home teams — Tampa Bay, Ottawa, St. Louis and Minnesota — can only hope that trend continues. By Tim Reynolds. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos.
UPCOMING: By 04/23/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT, Text, Photo
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BBO–ROCKIES-ROYALS
DESCRIPTION: Colorado plays Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 04/23/2025 6:40 p.m. CDT, Text, Photo
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NORTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US–LIBRARY SEXUAL CONTENT-NORTH DAKOTA
DESCRIPTION: North Dakota’s Republican governor is expected to act Wednesday on a bill that would further restrict sexual content in libraries.
UPCOMING: By 04/23/2025 6:30 p.m. CDT, Text, Photo
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OKLAHOMA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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ENT–MUSIC-SANTANA HEALTH
Carlos Santana postpones tour date after suffering from dehydration
SUMMARY: Carlos Santana was forced to postpone a concert at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio on Tuesday night. He was suffering from dehydration, according to a statement Santana’s manager Michael Vrionis provided to The Associated Press. Vrionis says the tour will continue onward, and the San Antonio date will be rescheduled. The guitar virtuoso is still scheduled to perform in Sugar Land, Texas, on Wednesday night, in Thackerville, Oklahoma, on Friday and Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday. Santana told the AP earlier this month that fans could expect “a whole lot of energy and freshness and high consciousness and hope and courage” from his Oneness Tour.
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