Pat Broz has been serving meals to students in the Mehlville School District outside of St. Louis for nearly 30 years. On a recent day at Oakville Elementary School, the kindergartners bouncing slide drives to the register were all dressed up for school pictures. He complimented their outfits as he called out their lunches. However, this year, Broz said fewer students are coming through her line compared to when school lunches were free for all students. “There were a lot more kids,” he said. “Everyone wanted breakfast and lunch.” Her observation is confirmed in the national data. When the program…
Author: Cecil Larson
On a sunny afternoon in early June, I ask some Silicon Valley tech workers in downtown Palo Alto what they think of when they think of Nebraska.
The Midwest Theater in downtown Scottsbluff will be a busy place in the coming days as it's set to host an array of live music, stand-up comedy and movies. Things kick off on Friday night with comedian Lucas Bohn, described as the perfect combination of schoolboy charm and bad boy charisma. Friday night showtime is 7 p.m. with tickets ranging from $20 to $30. On Saturday and Sunday, Oscar nominee for best animated film “The Boy and the Heron” will be shown on the big screen. On Tuesday night, the “Dave Matthews Tribute Band” will play hits like…
Football 9/25/2018 11:00:00 AM History links FOX Sports Indiana will televise the 125th Monon Bell Classic This November's meeting between DePauw University and Wabash College will mark the 125th contest in the historic game known as the Monon Bell Classic, and for the second year in a row one of America's oldest and best-known college rivalries will be televised by FOX Sports Indiana and broadcast nationally on FOX Sports application. The 125th game in the series, which began in 1890,…
Photo: Getty Images A hundred million. That's how many cases of COVID have occurred in the United States since March 2020 with a total death toll of more than 1 million, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many people are well aware that many Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) members of the collective community have borne the brunt of these statistics which have become reality with higher death rates due to poverty and health care inequity. According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, blacks, Latinos and Native Americans are dying…
The fast clipper drops snow and rain on the Great Lakes A fast-moving shear system moves into the Great Lakes region on Tuesday and brings rain and snow to the area, leading to some slower drive times on the roads.DETROIT – Weather is expected to be relatively quiet across the eastern half of the U.S. this week, but the FOX Forecast Center is tracking a fast-moving cutting system that pushed through Canada and is bringing snow, freezing rain and rain to parts of the Midwest and Great Lakes on Tuesday.It's not a powerful storm system, but the FOX Forecast Center…
LANSING, Mich. — Supporters of the broad legalization of marijuana are trying to overcome a geographic barrier in November and claim their first seat in the Midwest after a series of election victories in northeastern and western states. Michigan and North Dakota, where voters previously authorized medical marijuana, will now decide whether the drug should be legal for any adult 21 and older. They would become the 10th and 11th states to legalize so-called recreational marijuana since 2012, politically lightning fast. Meanwhile, Missouri and Utah will weigh in on medical marijuana, which is allowed in 31 states, after voters in…
Since 2014, Kara has hosted 150 classes in her cozy brick barn. Austin Day A series of epic snowstorms has bleached the landscape along Wagner Street in Cedar Falls, Iowa. I focus on the few bits of color: a dark curve of road, the green smudges of a distant grove of trees, and the splashes of red barns that make up Three Pines Farm. A rooster crows from a nearby building as I dart through the French doors into a neat brick-walled barn, shedding my coat and shaking off the deep chill of the snow. Our host, Kara Grupp, is…
Sandhill cranes. (US Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Region) They came back. Red-winged blackbirds, American robins and sandhill cranes are among the bird species Chicagoans have spotted in recent days on the leading edge of spring migration. But wait – according to the calendar, it's still winter. Is it too early for birds to travel north? As images of their latest sightings are shared online, birders and casual observers debate whether the timing is really off. Some attribute the early arrivals to a warmer El Niño weather pattern. Others say it's a more insidious sign of climate change — “We…
With tens of thousands of jobs and more than $20 billion in economic activity, there's no doubt that craft beer equals big business in the Midwest. In Michigan alone, the thriving brewing industry contributes more than $144 million in wages with a total economic contribution of more than $600 million.From Bell's Brewery's Two-Hearted IPA and Oberon Ale – a personal favorite of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer – to Grand Rapids, Mich., to Three Floyd's Pear Bear in Munster, Ind., to Central Waters Brewing Company's Black Gold in Milwaukee, Wis., the Midwest's many craft beer options are familiar to beer lovers.In…