SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A legal settlement between ABC and a South Dakota meat

producer in a defamation lawsuit over the network’s reports on a beef product that critics

dubbed “pink slime” exceeded $177 million, an attorney for the producer said.

Disney, which owns ABC, disclosed a $177 million legal settlement charge in a filing

with a government securities regulator last week that didn’t specifically link it to

South Dakota-based Beef Products, Inc. BPI attorney Dan Webb said based on the

disclosure, it appears Disney is funding $177 million of the settlement and insurers

are “paying the rest.” The company didn’t immediately respond to an email requesting

comment from The Associated Press.

 

WATERLOO, Iowa — Authorities are continuing to investigate a grain bin accident

that took the life of a Waverly man at the East Central Iowa Co-Op facility on Broadway

Street August 7, according to The Courier.

Rand Eugene Renner, 68, became trapped in soybeans after entering one of the

storage towers that morning. Captain Ryan Mahood with Waterloo Fire Rescue said

other employees apparently realized he was trapped almost immediately and summoned

help at about 11:18 a.m. Firefighters were on the scene within four minutes

and found Renner unconscious with soybeans over his head, Mahood said.

Renner was at the bottom of a 30- to 40-foot funnel of beans, and crews inside

struggled to dig him out while outside co-op workers used a vacuum and firefighters

sliced holes in the bin’s steel side. Mahood said the grain appeared “crusty” and

didn’t flow easily. Earth-moving equipment from the city of Waterloo and nearby Alter

Metals was brought in to shovel away released soybeans that began blocking the

holes. The facility didn’t have a rescue tube; even if the site did have a tube, Renner

was submerged too deep for it to be used when firefighters arrived, Mahood said.

ROSSBURG, Ohio — An Indiana man was seriously injured in a local farming accident

August 6, according to The Early Bird of Greenville.

At approximately 7:49 a.m. the Darke County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center

received a 911 call in reference to a serious industrial farming accident in northern

Darke County. The Center immediately dispatched Ansonia Rescue, Rossburg

Fire, CareFlight and Darke County deputies to 13291 Cochran Road in Rossburg.

Preliminary investigation revealed Matt S. Rogers, 35, of Portland, Ind., an employee

of Howe’s Hens Layer Farm, was conducting his daily duties when his arm was

caught in a conveyor belt. Rogers was treated by Ansonia Rescue at the scene and

transported to Miami Valley Hospital by CareFlight.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky-based ice cream chain says it has recalled

some of its most popular flavors due to possible E. coli contamination.

Comfy Cow said in a statement to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week

it is recalling store-bought pints of several flavors, as well as three-gallon bulk containers

of Georgia Butter Pecan.

Comfy Cow says the products were sold between June 13-July 21 in retail stores in

Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana and Tennessee. Consumers are being advised to throw

away the ice cream pints or return them for a full refund. Those with questions may

call the production facility at 502-384-2556.