European sports e-commerce and technology platform SIGNA Sports United (SSU) has agreed to acquire the US-based online tennis retailer Tennis Express. The acquisition will expand SSU's reach in the tennis category, which already includes its own destination Tennis-Point as well as another US-based online tennis retailer — Midwest Sports — acquired by the company in April 2020. The Association of Tennis Professionals also recently named SSU's Tennis-Point as the Official Racket Sports Merchandiser of the ATP Tour through 2025. Both Tennis Express and Midwest Sports will continue to operate as separate businesses and leverage SSU's platform to marketing, dynamic pricing.…
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A massive storm lashed the South with powerful storms and tornadoes that blew roofs off homes, tossed campers and tossed furniture across Florida on Tuesday. Another storm stranded cities across the Midwest with more than half a foot of snow, stranding people on highways as it headed northeast.At least four deaths were attributed to the storm pounding the South, where 55 mph winds and hail swept across the Florida Panhandle and into parts of Alabama and Georgia by sunrise Tuesday, along with several reports of radar-confirmed tornadoes , the National Weather Service said. . A wind gust of 106 mph…
Some Midwestern states want to go carbon-free by 2050. This year's midterm elections could throw a wrench in those goals. Next week, voters in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin will they go to the polls and voted for governor. All three states have sitting Democratic governors who have enacted clean energy plans for the state in the past three years. All face Republican challengers with ties to the fossil fuel industry or who have campaigned to extend the life of polluting infrastructure. Experts say if Republicans win those races, they have the potential to slow progress in that direction carbonization or…
The USDA has invested in new Cooperative Extension and USDA Climate Hubs partnerships to strengthen climate research and connect and share climate-smart solutions directly with the agricultural community. This investment is part of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), the nation's premier competitive grant program for the agricultural sciences. This new AFRI program area provides effective, translatable, and scalable approaches to addressing climate change through regional partnerships, including USDA Climate Hubs, and further expands outreach through organizations such as the Cooperative Extension Service.The following projects were commissioned in 2022 and 2023 to address…
(photo courtesy of M. Maggs/Pixabay) The Indiana State Department of Agriculture and Elwood-based Red Gold recently appointed two Midwest tomato growers as agricultural stewards. The government agency partners with Red Gold each year to present the Red Gold Stewardship Award. This year's recipients are Niese Ag LLC of Pandora, Ohio and Myers Sod Farms of Seymour, Indiana. As the first place winner, Niese Ag received a $1,000 scholarship and an option to ship an additional truckload of tomatoes each day during the harvest season. In second place, Myers Sod Farms won $500 and an option to ship an additional half…
OTT: What do you think about the value the Heartland Climate Tech Partnership provides? AG: The biggest undertaking so far has been building and managing the three new climate technology accelerators. The collaboration has allowed us to strengthen our relationships with key partners throughout the greater Midwest region by identifying ways we can support each other's programs and more effectively transfer knowledge across organizations. In addition, our Heartland website is a great resource directory for any entrepreneur who may not know where to start in terms of what is available to them in the Midwest. Prior to this collaboration, there…
Cole & Van Note, a leading consumer rights law firm, today announces its investigation into Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, LLC. on behalf of its consumers/customers, due to the company's recent data breach. According to the company, the personal information of a huge number of people may have been stolen during the breach of its information network. It is currently unknown how many people have had their details used for criminal purposes.In the event that you have received notice of the data breach or engaged in any form of transaction with Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, LLC., it is imperative that we…
Everything is going according to plan.Thomas More has been accepted back into the NCAA, this time as a Division II school (with athletic scholarships) and into a conference of “like-minded programs,” said Pres. said Joseph Chillo.The Saints, coming off an NAIA national championship in women's basketball and a semifinal on the men's side, will move to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference in one year as an NCAA provisional member after the organization was notified Thursday at Crestview Hills College.As the 14th school in the GMAC (10th in football), Thomas More will join a private school conference that spans four states…
The endless notifications, emails and DMs in our increasingly tech-driven world are enough to send anyone's stress levels through the roof. When you need to unwind and unplug, look no further than these locations around the Midwest that will have you happy in minutes. With a wide-ranging menu of relaxing treatments, stunning facilities, and comfortable accommodations where you can truly find your Zen, these are the best Midwest spa and wellness getaways to book this year. Moccasin Springs Natural Mineral Spa, Hot Springs, South Dakota Let your troubles float away in the Black Hills when you soak in its natural…
The Midwest Roadside Safety Facility at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been mobilized to answer the safety and military defense questions raised by the growing number of electric vehicles on the nation's roads. In research funded by the U.S. Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC), the Nebraska facility recently conducted a first-of-its-kind crash test of an EV truck to better understand whether U.S. military guardrails and protective measures are currently in use against enemy vehicles prepare for the increasing number of EVs. Thousands of deaths result each year from more than 100,000 off-road accidents involving traffic infrastructure such as barriers.…