Officials of the National Meteorological Service published a Outlook for hazardous weather conditions early Tuesday morning for parts of north-central and northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana as a deepening low-pressure system approaches and is expected to follow a polar vortex by the middle of next week, officials said. Much of the central United States, from the Rockies to the Midwest, was braced for blizzard conditions on Tuesday, while states further south saw tornado warnings from a massive storm blowing across the country. An area extending from Montana to western Nebraska and Colorado was under blizzard warnings, and the National Weather…
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By Tim Rohwer New ownership has taken over a local sporting goods store – emphasis on “local”.”I would like to emphasize 'locally owned family business,'” said Marve Bergsten, describing the history of the company. “Money spent in Council Bluffs stays in Council Bluffs.”Bergsten and his wife, Pat, sold their longtime Midwest Sporting Goods business to Mark Holmgren in October.It was around that time that the business celebrated its 40th anniversary serving the sporting needs of people who live, well, locally.In 1974, Bergsten bought a then-closed gas station at 305 E. Broadway and turned it into a business he called Midwest…
South Dakota-based Sanford Health and Minnesota-based Fairview Health Services unveiled plans Tuesday to merge and create a 58-hospital stronghold that would serve rural and urban patients across the Midwest. Non-profit organizations have signed a non-binding letter of intent as they proceed with due diligence and regulatory antitrust reviews; they said in a press release. Each would retain its own regional presence, leadership and regional boards, but operate as a single integrated system under the Sanford Health brand. The organizations said they expect to close their deal sometime next year. “Our organizations are united by a shared commitment to advancing the…
Ferris State University has been ranked among the “Top Public Schools” in the Midwest, as announced by US News and World Report. Ferris was ranked 18th among regional public institutions in the Midwest in the recently released 2017 Best Colleges Rankings. Overall, the university was ranked 74th among Midwest regional universities. Ferris also ranked 42nd in the Midwest among the best colleges for veterans and tied for 111th best undergraduate engineering programs, nationally. The US News and World Report ranking is based on several factors, including first-year student retention rate, faculty quality and graduation rate. Ferris recently announced a fall…
An outbreak of severe thunderstorms prompted nearly 300 reports of damaging winds across the Midwest on Thursday. A devastating derecho, or curved line of very strong winds, traveled 600 miles from northeast Kansas to the Kentucky-Tennessee border, packing gusts of up to 100 mph and cutting power to more than 300,000 customers in Illinois and Indiana.Derecho Season Is About to Begin: Why You Should Be Aware of These Potentially Destructive WindstormsThe storms formed within a “ring of fire” pattern, which features relentless waves of powerful storms rising above a persistent “heat dome” of high pressure. Extreme heat warnings blanket the…
“Since 2014 we have expanded by acquiring existing Filta franchises and are proud to report annual revenues in excess of $10 million today. Entrepreneurship through acquisition is a strong driver and I am incredibly proud of my outstanding team whose dedication and hard work made this possible.” Post this “When I started my Filta franchise Columbus in 2014, I knew I was entering a promising industry, but I could not have imagined the magnitude of success we would achieve,” he said. Ken Melick. “Over the years, we have expanded our footprint, acquired existing Filta franchises and seen phenomenal growth. Today,…
As Twin Cities residents awoke on Jan. 29, the first of three straight days of sub-zero temperatures, about half of the area's electricity was coming from wind farms located in the Upper Midwest.Wind power across the northern region of the independently operated Midcontinent System, which stretches from Minnesota to Iowa, peaked that morning between 9 and 10 a.m. at 11,445 megawatts. Wind farms produced about half of the region's total electricity output, according to hourly data from the grid operator.At the time, it was minus 8 degrees Fahrenheit in the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Gusty winds made it feel like…
ELKHART — The 45th “Elkhart Juried Regional” continues through Dec. 22 at the Midwest Museum of American Art, 429 S. Main St.The Elkhart Juried Regional is a major survey of contemporary trends by artists from 20 northern Indiana counties and four southern Michigan counties.This year, 217 artists submitted 380 works in all media for consideration by the jury. The exhibition presents 164 works of art by 147 artists.Prizes awarded this year totaled over $20,000, making the Elkhart Juried Regional the largest cash prize show in Michiana.Mark Ruschman, curator emeritus of arts and culture at the Indiana State Museum and Historic…
Personal repository report | The RepositoryMalone's Justin Miller is the Midwest Athletic Conference Big Men's Basketball Player of the Week.A redshirt junior forward, Miller was instrumental off the bench for the Pioneers in their pursuit of their first G-MAC conference tournament championship. In Malone's three wins, he averaged 16.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists.More: Malone men's basketball team wins G-MAC conference championshipMiller had 18 points, four rebounds and four assists in the Pioneers' quarterfinal win over Walsh. He scored 12 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out three assists in Malone's win at No. 1 Hillsdale in the semifinals.…
SALT LAKE CITY — Intermountain Healthcare announced Monday that it plans to merge with Midwest health care system Sanford Health in an effort to create a “model” for the country and improve health outcomes across the West. “These are two great organizations with strong histories that are financially and clinically very strong. This is not something that should happen. This is not a reversal, this is something that needs to happen for the future of American healthcare,” said Dr. Marc Harrison, CEO and president of Intermountain Healthcare.He called the merger between the two systems that were both originally founded by…