After months of construction, the Capital's newest summer attraction is giving people a reason to dive in at the end of summer.”The winter was great, we got hit in the spring with a lot of rain. It's been off and on since then, but it's been a good process. We've had some hiccups that set us back a little bit, but we're back on track now,” Shawnee Co deputy manager said. .Parks and Rec, Terry Bertels.The $9.25 million facility has no few attractions, including some that no one has ever seen before.”We have a zip-line in the activity pool, a…
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Winter storm and flood warnings continue this week for millions of Americans after a weekend of flash flooding in states like Pennsylvania and Illinois, where many residents were forced to evacuate their homes as water took on. It's the third weekend this month that large swaths of the country have been inundated with extreme winter conditions – a trend made increasingly likely by climate change, recent analyzes show. In northeastern Illinois, unusually warm temperatures destabilized an ice pack on the Kankakee River and unleashed major flooding, prompting evacuations about 200 houses. “There's always ice backup this time of year, but…
The interior of a store is damaged after a severe storm swept through Little Rock, Ark., Friday, March 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo) APWYNNE, Ark. (AP) — Storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people in small towns and cities across the South and Midwest, tore a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsed the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois and stunned the world in throughout the area on Saturday with the extent of the damage.Confirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least eight states destroyed homes and businesses, snapped trees and devastated neighborhoods across…
Reading time: 5 minutes This story is his product Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an editorially independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in partnership with Report For America and funded by the Walton Family Foundation. Wisconsin Watch is a member of the network. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our news straight to your inbox. The Midwest has one impending power problemalthough experts do not agree on how big the problem is. Recent reports from both regional and national grid organizations raise concerns about vulnerabilities in the electrical infrastructure system. At its…
Prototek, a digital manufacturing company based in New Hampshire, USA, has officially absorbed four prominent business units – Sac EDM & Waterjet, Inc., Midwest Prototyping, ProtoCAM and Prototype Solutions Group – under the Prototek brand. Prototek is now a one-stop shop for digital production services with locations spanning the United States. The merger of these leading companies strengthens Prototek's ability to offer unmatched solutions and maintain the highest quality standards for its customers. The decision to consolidate stems from Prototek's commitment to meet the evolving needs of its customers and prospects. By combining the strengths of the acquired companies, Prototek…
At the end of last month, Mazak hosted a special three-day “Discover More” event and open house at the newly renovated and renovated Midwest Technology Center in Schaumburg, Ill. The 18,000-square-foot addition brings the facility's total square footage to 56,000 square feet. The company says the Midwest Technology Center expansion enables it to further support the continued growth of the manufacturing business across the region, as well as provide its customers with even more advanced technology, support and training. The center's new 124-seat auditorium and two state-of-the-art training rooms will allow the company to host more events with its VIP…
Ric Riccardo opened Riccardo Restaurant and Gallery in 1934 in a small space at Rush and Hubbard Streets in Chicago. Tribune reporter Rick Kogan writes, “Ric's was in its day — from the mid-1930s to about the late 1980s — a notable gathering place for artists, writers, journalists, opera singers and stars of cinema, admen, drunks, scalawags and bon vivants. actual and potential. It was called the Montmartre of the Midwest.”
In addition, all communities anchored by one of the region's many top-tier research universities (such as Iowa City, Ann Arbor and State College) thrive in an economic era dominated by talent and innovation. Many other Midwest communities that are neither major metros nor home to top research universities have also found paths to new success, embracing the forces of economic change and building on their distinctive strengths to create a new era of economic vitality. These include cities such as Columbus, Indiana. Midland, Michigan; and Rochester, Minnesota—cities that thrive as their employers stay on the cutting edge of innovation in…
We always encourage our Wyoming students to aim high. The Midwest School took this direction quite literally a few months ago when they launched a high-altitude balloon nearly 100,000 feet above Wyoming.Not sure how I missed this, but this launch from Midwest School was in February. That's probably why Wyoming looks so white from up there. It's a relatively short video, but it shows the balloon's progress from the time it was on the ground to the point where it reached 99,000 feet.Getting an object to that height is no small feat. This means that this balloon went over the…
When Midwest Mountaineering in Minneapolis closed its doors last fall after more than 50 years in business, another chapter was written in Minnesota's long, colorful history of the sport. Midwest Mountaineering's reputation for quality gear, especially paddling gear, and salespeople knowledgeable about canoe trips and other adventures was well deserved. Midwest Mountaineering, too, for many years had a feel that suggested it was the place to be if you were heading inland—in part because some, or many, of the people who hung out or worked there had already been to places you were going That said, its location on Cedar…