Basic points Three pivotal dates in Midwestern history – 1787, 1854, and 1937 – have shaped Midwestern culture and attitudes and can be used to examine the role of the Midwest in the 2016 election. History of the Midwest reveals what factors contributed to changing voter attitudes, their transition from Obama to Trump, and why Midwesterners have voted close to the national average throughout history. After this discovery, the Midwest, especially the remote Midwest, may no longer be ignored by political journalists and taken for granted by Democratic strategists. Read the entire PDF. Introduction Much to the surprise of the…
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It was a night to celebrate as four media production teams from the Department of Communication Studies were nominated in various categories for their work at the 2023 Upper Midwest Emmy® Student Production Awards. Nominating students and categories were Peter Kraakevik '23, Non-Fiction producer for “gooder: DALL-E,” Carter Nelson and Amira Graf, Commercial producers for “Lucky Shots Pickleball Club Promo,” Mild Du '25 and Glasha Hovey '24, Commercial Producers for “Bethel University Men's Hockey Intro: 2022-23” and Ellie McLaughlin '24, Commercial Producer for “Carmen's Flower Shop Promo.” Kraakevik's project focused on his YouTube channel called “gooder” which it focuses on…
Listen to the article 2 minutes This sound is generated automatically. Let us know if you have any feedback. Dive Brief: Kratos Defense & Security Systems is expanding its autonomous truck solution throughout the Midwest. Its platooning technology allows human-operated lead vehicles to be escorted and mimicked by unoccupied follower vehicles. The tech company said it will develop another set trucks capable of deploying with a 3PL in the Ohio-Indiana region, following previous truck development with a sugar beet cooperative in North Dakota called the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative. “Our strategy is to make internal investments to be first to market…
Listen to this article An artist's rendering shows the Andy's Altitude 1291 entertainment center planned for the Sooner Rose development at SE 15th Street and Sooner Road in Midwest City. (Rendering courtesy of Fitzgerald + Associates Architects Inc.) For several years, there has been a need for entertainment options in the Midwest City. When Community Development Director Robert Coleman was interviewing for his position, he was told that entertainment is a big recruiting target. The city will have the options it's looking for this year when the Warren Theater opens in May and Andy's Altitude 1291 entertainment center opens in…
HCA Midwest Health, Kansas City's premier healthcare provider and award-winning leader in stroke care, recently announced that Angie Lucchi has been named Vice President of Communications and Telemedicine. In this role, Lucchi will continue to develop strategy and strategic initiatives for HCA Midwest Health's robust outreach and telemedicine initiatives, connecting rural healthcare partners with better and more immediate access to specialty care. The HCA Midwest Health TeleStroke Network represents HCA Midwest Health partner hospitals, including Research Medical Center, Overland Park Regional Medical Center and Centerpoint Medical Center. Through awards and accreditations such as Research's Comprehensive Stroke Center, as well as…
Biden aims to shore up support in the Midwest after the Democratic nomination Zoom in By Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden visited the state of Wisconsin on Wednesday after winning the Democratic Party nomination and focused on hunting votes among suburban women, black voters and Latinos across the Midwest. Biden announced more than $3 billion in infrastructure investments in disadvantaged communities in 40 states, to be funded through the bipartisan Infrastructure and Inflation Act He said the projects will help repair neighborhoods in states like Wisconsin where black, Hispanic and Chinese communities were…
Michigan State University Press. By JACK ARMSTRONGCapital News Service LANSING – Ethical questions about how to allocate resources between people and nature rarely face these problems in the Midwest. But two philosophy professors have addressed this gap in scholarship with a new book, “Environmental Ethics in the Midwest: Interdisciplinary Approaches.” “So much ink has been spilled, so many reels of film have been used on issues of environmental ethics and values on the West Coast,” said Ian Smith, associate professor of philosophy and religious studies at Washburn University and one of the book's two co-editors. “Think about everything that's been…
Google is developing a $1 billion data center in Kansas City, Missouri.The data center will be located in the Hunt Midwest Business Center.The cloud giant first bought 78.9 acres in Northland, Kansas City, in 2019, followed by another 236.4 acres in December 2021, saying at the time it was for a “potential data center.” Moves on the project began in September 2023, when Google submitted planning applications.In October, Google announced that the data center campus would be developed in four phases and include several ancillary buildings for a total of 1.435 million square feet (133,316 m2).According to Monique Picou, global…
Spring arrives earlier in Florida than in Wisconsin, so Mark “Mad Dog” Mathewson and Gary Merrill had no complaints about spending a few days in Cocoa Beach recently.The duo, known for their fun take on baking, filmed an episode of their TV series 'Mad Dog and Merrill Midwest Grill'n” poolside at the Beachside Hotel and Suites in early March, adding a dose of Florida sunshine to their Wisconsin fare.”We've been Mad Dog and Merrill for 40 years,” Mathewson said. “We've had a great, long run and we've got a few more in us.”They started working for Weber Grills, grilling food…
It's officially NCAA Tournament week, with all the March Madness action kicking off Tuesday and Wednesday with the first four games. The bracket was officially released on Sunday, with 68 teams competing for a national title. Here, we'll take a look at the games in the Midwest Regional, featuring Zach Edey and No. 1 Purdue along with some popular upset picks in McNeese and Samford.No. 1 Purdue vs. No. 16 MTST/GramblingCan the Boilermakers overcome the demons of last year's loss to a No. 16 seed? Probably. They are 29-4 and have a potential national player of the year in Zach…