Author: Cecil Larson

Heather Richards 307-266-0592, No one expected easy answers when a rural school 40 miles north of Casper was evacuated in May because of a gas leak from a nearby oil well.As the weeks passed, local residents worried about everything from poisonous hydrogen sulfide to contaminated water. Many of those fears were eased when the well was plugged and air samples began to improve, but the wait for serious events continues.More than 100 Midwest students will be bused to Casper starting next week, with middle schoolers housed at the new Pathways Innovation Center campus and younger kids using the old Westwood…

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This is the first in a series. In the summer of 1985, Nancy Rabalais set sail on a research vessel into the Gulf of Mexico—and into the scientific unknown. At the time, scientists knew little about the vast expanses of low-oxygen water, called hypoxia, which sometimes appeared in the Gulf and other bays and rivers. That summer, Rabalais' team set out to discover how these areas connected with creatures that inhabit the bottom of the Gulf. Analyzing water and sediment samples miles offshore, the team from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Louisiana State University quickly discovered that the hypoxia…

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Navy Pier is no longer the top tourist attraction in Chicago and the Midwest, according to a new crowd-counting methodology. The pier didn't lose visitors, but Millennium Park gained a lot of them in the new count that would put it in first place, even as it takes on an expanded mission. The free park east of the Loop hosted 12.9 million visitors in the second half of 2016 alone, according to the city's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, which commissioned the head count. That's up from previous estimates of 5 million annual visitors to the nearly 25-acre…

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* Kole Mathison poses with Karrie Baloga and the University of Colorado after winning the Champs Sports Nationals XC title Photo: Cory Mull/MileSplit—- SAN DIEGO, CA — Col. Matheson had to endure a few things Saturday at Balboa Park. First, the Carmel (IN) High School senior had to hang on through a daunting first mile from Benzie Central's Hunter Joneswho went 2:14 and 4:37 in the 800m and mile at the Champs Sports National Cross Country Championships. Then, once Mathison made a move and claimed the lead, he had to fend off Christ School (NC) Rocky Hansenwho ran with the…

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College Failure: Student Loan Debt SoarsStudent loan debt is at an all-time high, leaving 45 million Americans in the hole. Is college really worth it?USA TODAYButler University named the best university in the Midwest for the second consecutive year in US News and World Report's annual ranking of the nation's colleges and universities; released today. Butler also topped the list of “most innovative” schools for the fifth year in a row and named the best school for veterans among Midwest Regional Universities.”I am pleased that our ranking reflects the high quality of education we provide at Butler University,” President James…

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Property and casualty insurance specialist based in St. Louis, MO serving diverse regional clienteleIRVINE, CA, November 28, 2023–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alliant Insurance Services continues to expand its presence in the Midwest region, hiring Morgan Jensen as Vice President of the Alliant Americas division. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Jensen will serve a diverse regional client base, providing customized risk management and property and casualty insurance solutions.During his diverse insurance career, Jensen has worked with key decision makers across a range of industries, delivering tailored programs and solutions to mitigate industry-specific risks and deliver long-term stability and growth prospects.”Morgan will play a key…

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11:05 am PDT • October 28, 2017 Image Credits: Li-Anne Dias Joanna Glassner Contributor More posts from this partner What does it take to be a startup that raises huge sums quickly? Not a minimalist? Startups will store, manage and deliver your items with pleasure Stories about seed funding often contain juicy metaphors about planting seedlings and nurturing them to maturity. In fact, it's a brutally Darwinian business: most companies fail, successful ones are weakened, and exits usually take a decade or more. That said, seed also has the highest potential returns of any investment stage. Unlike most VCs, early…

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Troy, MI — December 11, 2019 Star Wars fans, the start of the latest saga in the beloved series is just one week away. Would you like to see STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER in spectacular fashion? A short trip to Emagine's Super EMAX, located in the Canton/Westland location, will allow you a unique view of the film on the largest screen in the Midwest. See the news. Emagine Entertainment, Inc., one of the nation's leading innovators in motion picture exhibition, is pleased to unveil the largest CinemaScope screen in the Midwest: Emagine's Super EMAX, located at the Canton/Westland…

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Polo Ascencio enters his 8th season as the broadcaster of St. Louis Cardinals. On September 29, 2016, he became the first Hispanic play-by-play broadcaster in Cardinals history in a game that ended in dramatic fashion with a Yadier Molina walk-off single over the Cincinnati Reds.Polo's career began in Oxnard, California in 2004 in radio and later television as a sports anchor for Univision Santa Barbara Channel 38 KPMR. In 2006, he began writing for the Los Angeles Dodgers Spanish website. Ascencio was a producer/reporter for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Time Warner Cable (2008-14), where he created and hosted “Cubriendo…

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GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) – Shawn Duncan and his wife, Betty, moved to Grand Haven 14 years ago but kept their relationship under wraps for most of that year, fearing a small-town backlash to a traditionally conservative part of Michigan.”We knew if we wanted our company to thrive, we would just have to put aside the fact that we were together and married,” said Duncan, who is on a break from work. “We both had the same last name, so it was easy to say we were sisters.”But last weekend, surrounded by allies and members of the LGBTQ community, the…

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