Author: Cecil Larson

A total of nine Midwest schools have been ranked among the top 50 “Best Colleges in America,” including several in Illinois, a new Wall Street Journal report revealed. The WSJ rankings, released Wednesday, use a methodology different from that used in previous years, according to the editors. As a result, the schools that made the list may not necessarily be the ones that made it in previous years. “Some schools with longstanding reputations don't fare as well when we look at their student outcomes under our new methodology,” the WSJ reported in a Post on Instagram. For example, the editors…

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Lucy Wallace, a recent transplant from San Diego, had been warned about the chilling winters of her new city, Minneapolis. She bought a $900 winter coat, two pairs of boots and metal spikes to make her running shoes usable on icy sidewalks.So he was immediately confused and relieved by the record-breaking warm temperatures that made for a rare snow-free winter holiday week across much of the upper Midwest.”I spent hundreds of dollars on a new wardrobe and winter gear that until now has gone completely unused,” said Ms Wallace, 35, who ran five miles on Christmas Day in a T-shirt.…

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The Buckeye State is ready to compete with the best in the West. This was the mood at the opening Startup Midwest: the premier event for emerging tech entrepreneurs at The Ohio State University.The two-day event, hosted by the university's Center for Software Innovation, was attended by more than 300 people and featured keynote speeches by Ratmir Timashev, software entrepreneur, investor and co-founder of Veeam Software. Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted. Carl Eschenbach, co-CEO of Workday. and Andrew Lang, Global CTO of JPMorgan Chase.Peter Mohler, Ohio State's associate president and executive vice president for research, innovation and knowledge, helped kick…

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GREEN BAY – A Green Bay-based video game publisher looking to fund and support Midwest-based game developers has raised $3 million from TitletownTechowner of Skee-Ball and other Wisconsin investment funds.Midwest Games was launched earlier this year in Green Bay by Ben Kvalo, a UW-Green Bay alum, game developer and former Netflix executive. His first game, Ra Ra Boomhas been developed from Cincinnati based Gylee Games and is expected to be released soon.TitletownTech, the venture capital firm led by the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft, announced Monday that it led a $3 million funding round that included investment from a Green…

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The MLS Cup Final will crown the league's first two-time champion this decade, as clubs that couldn't be more different off the field showcase rival models to ultimately create success on the field. Reigning MLS champions LAFC visit the Columbus Crew, who won the franchise's second title during the pandemic-inflicted 2020 season. This season, both teams stacked up pretty evenly, each finishing third in their respective conferences before making the playoffs in Saturday's championship game. But when comparing LA and Columbus away from the field, the differences become stark. This year, LAFC became the first MLS team to receive a…

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smallAnford Health Services and Fairview have canceled for the second time planned mergerannounced the systems on Thursday. The plan to create a $14 billion health system with just 60 hospitals has met with significant resistance from the University of Minnesota, whose main teaching hospital in Minneapolis is part of Fairview. University leaders and state officials equated the idea of ​​the hospital being owned by an entity outside the state. The merged system would be headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD, where Sanford is based. Despite the heartburn in Minnesota, it was ultimately Sanford who called off the deal. The system said…

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Up to 12 states in the Midwest and Northeast will see snow this weekend The snow forecast will be smaller in scale compared to the storm that hit the Great Plains during the Christmas holidayFlooding and waves reaching 30 feet are expected along the west coast A blustery winter storm that brought blizzards to millions of Americans in the Great Plains during the Christmas holiday season is now sweeping across the country as a dozen states could see snow this coming New Year's weekend. The storm, which endangered vacationers and forced crews to clear treacherous roads in the Plains region,…

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Melinda Maerker didn't aim to premiere “We Live Here: The Midwest” a few weeks before Christmas, when networks and streaming platforms emphasize feel-good content.However, the director is confident that those who watch her new documentary will find a “very positive holiday message,” even if it doesn't evoke the emotions found on the Hallmark Channel.Released by Hulu on December 6, “We live here: The Midwest” is a lively, yet insightful, chronicle of LGBTQ+ families living in five Midwestern states: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Ohio.Without a doubt, viewers from all walks of life can relate to the challenges—from homophobic and transphobic…

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They tried before and failed because cable wouldn't pick them up because Fox sports forced the issue. Now that it's out it could be done, but how much can they really make? Not knowing the Wolves and Wild contracts with Bally would be hard to come by, chances are he would need to be a full partner, which also leads to problems as there is so much overlap in games, they would have to have a second channel. , like the one Bally has. As for the U of M, they have a network and would not be allowed to…

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Expanded inter-agency collaboration provides medical students with enhanced education and robust training with HCA Midwest Health's seven hospitalsKANSAS CITY, Mo., November 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Kansas City University (KCU), the largest medical school in the Missouri and the sixth largest medical school in the nation, and HCA Midwest Health, Kansas City the leading healthcare provider, recently announced a key partnership that will enhance the education of tomorrow's doctors, today. Joseph Massman, chief financial officer and chief operating officer, KCU Keith Zimmerman, president, HCA Midwest Health Josh Cox, DO, executive dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and vice president for…

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