Butler University is the No. 1 Regional University in the Midwest for the sixth year in a row, according to 2024 US News & World Report The ranking of best colleges was released today. Butler was also ranked the No. 1 most innovative school in the Midwest for the ninth year in a row and No. 1 for undergraduate teaching for the third year in a row. Rankings in both of these categories are based on peer review surveys sent to university presidents, professors and deans of admissions. “This recognition is a testament to the unwavering dedication of our faculty,…
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CNN — Large parts of the world, including China and the Midwestern United States, are on track to become too hot for humans to cope with, as accelerating global temperatures expose billions to heat and humidity so extreme that their bodies will not be able to now cope, according to a new study. The researchers used temperature and humidity data along with climate models to analyze humanity's exposure to potentially deadly heat as the world warms, looking at a range of temperature increases from 1.5 degrees Celsius to 4 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. They found that above 2 degrees…
CINCINNATI, OH – SigmaTEK has named four additions to its Central United States Region team. The team works under regional sales manager Mike Galetti, regional sales manager and a 23-year veteran of the manufacturing industry. “As manufacturing across the board continues to strengthen, companies are taking a hard look at tools, technologies and processes in an effort to maximize output and eliminate waste. Nowhere is this more evident than in the labor heartland,” he says. Galetti. “We are taking these aggressive steps to remain responsive to the needs of both current and future customers.” Young people were appointed: Todd Shrum,…
FARGO — Myles Montplaisir was an exercise science major at Minnesota State Moorhead, where he played football for the Dragons, but now he's earned a reputation for tackling the tough questions: like comparing Busch Light beer to Spotted Cow beer. The aforementioned video lasted more than three minutes. Montplaisir posted the video last summer that now has more than two million views on Facebook less than a year later. “That was the first one that pushed us to where we are now,” said Montplaisir, a Fargo Shanley graduate. Montplaisir created a Midwest entertainment social media channel last summer called “You…
ST. PAUL, MINN. – Midwest Dairy introduced its new CEO, Corey Scott. The checkoff agency said Scott, who replaces retiring CEO Molly Pelzer, started her new position at the company on March 13.Previously vice president of sales and marketing for Athian, Scott's experience also includes more than 15 years in various leadership positions with Land O'Lakes and its sustainability division, Truterra LLC.GreenBiz named Scott one of 12 Women Growing Sustainable Food Systems in 2023. She also received the US Dairy Sustainability Award for her work to reduce the overall environmental footprint of dairy products.”I am honored to serve as CEO…
Philip Bump/The Washington Post | MetroWest Daily NewsOne of the many whirlwinds of social media Wednesday morning centered on a series of tweets from Jonathan Weisman of the New York Times.In the tweets, which have since been deleted, Weisman responded to Democratic strategist Waleed Shahid, who shared a video with former Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., saying “free stuff from the government doesn't play well in the Midwest.” . Shahid noted that Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., were both from the Midwest and both supported health care expansions that McCaskill opposed.“Saying @RashidaTlaib (D-Detroit) and @IlhanMN (D-Minneapolis) are from…
Craig Lassig/AFP/Getty Images Snow shovelers during a blizzard in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on February 22, 2023, during a snowy winter. Winter has done a 180 on the city every year and now the city has less snow than Nashville. CNN — Winter is lost in the Midwest and Great Lakes, and time is running out to find it. Dozens of cities are on track for one of the warmest winters on record, making snow and ice rare commodities. Many cities are missing feet of snow compared to a typical winter, ice on the Great Lakes is near record lows, and spring…
MINNEAPOLIS — Midwest Mountaineering is closing its doors after 53 years in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, but not before a sale that will raise thousands.It's not just for the offers, but also to say thank you for the memories.The line of customers stretched all the way outside Midwest Mountaineering on the second day of the sale from the business on Saturday. “It's unbelievable,” said Bob Swenson of Champlin. “I've bought quite a few things here.”Customers lined up for huge deals and to say goodbye to the man behind it all.MORE NEWS: Canterbury Park co-founder Dale Schenian has died aged 82″What really…
Lawrence University | Appleton Post-CrescentAPPLETON – Lawrence University's 55th annual Great Midwest Trivia Contest is happening this weekend, starting at 10:00:37 p.m. on Friday January 24th and closes at midnight on Sunday January 26th.The student-run competition is one of the longest-running traditions at Lawrence.The Great Midwest Trivia Contest probably isn't trivia as you know it. For 50 straight hours, a team of trivia masters solve 300 questions that require teamwork and extensive searching to answer. Nearly 100 teams from on and off campus will take part. Many groups are made up of current students or alumni, but others are simply…
Midwest Sports, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a leading online retailer of tennis supplies and apparel. The Company was founded in 1987 by Greg Wolf, President and CEO, and his brother, Marty Wolf. Midwest Sports offers a wide variety of tennis supplies, including rackets, tennis shoes, tennis apparel and tennis bags, through its website, third-party online retailers and its physical showroom in Cincinnati. “We are very excited about our partnership with Tennis Point and Signa Sports United. Signa and Tennis Point are recognized as an incredible global sports community, participation, education and retail platform. We…