Tom Morton, Townsquare MediaTom Morton, Townsquare MediaMidwest School second-grader Marco O'Brien on Monday shyly but succinctly described how the woes of his school — which closed in May because of very high levels of carbon dioxide and benzene — have affected him.”I don't like waking up early in the morning and being on the bus,” the 12-year-old told the Natrona County School District board about having to transfer to Casper.Despite the sleepiness, the district had to close school on May 26.The Casper-Natrona County Health Department said Monday that the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, part of the U.S.…
Author: Cecil Larson
A heat wave sweeping the Midwest threatens to dry up grain crops in the final weeks of the growing season, jeopardizing a bumper U.S. harvest that is key to controlling global food inflation.The temperatures are forecast could reach as high as 115 degrees in parts of the Midwest this week, renewing concerns from the start of the season when drought sent crop conditions to their worst since the late 1980s before they improved significantly with the return of rain .
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Kimball Midwest earned its seventh consecutive appearance on an annual Best Companies for Sale list. Kimball Midwest is No. 19 on Selling Power magazine's “50 Best Companies to Sell” in 2023. This continues the company's steady rise up the list from No. 32 in 2017 to No. 20 last year. “Attracting and developing the best sales team in the industry is critical to our ability to bring the Kimball Midwest experience to customers across the country,” said Kimball Midwest President Patrick McCurdy III. “This recognition from Selling Power reinforces our commitment to going green and growing, both…
Wisper Internet, a US rural Internet service provider (ISP) and Tarana, a next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) broadband provider, announced the successful upgrade of their network this week. This improvement is now reportedly providing high-speed internet, reaching speeds of up to 400 Mbps, to rural and underserved communities across a vast 9,500 square miles of the US Midwest.Also read: Tunisie Telecom unveils Giga Rapido, 1 Gbps FTTH serviceExpansion and DevelopmentAccording to the official announcement, Wisper, the first service provider in the US to embrace Tarana's ngFWA in 2021, has rapidly expanded its deployment. Currently, 310 Tarana-equipped towers provide reliable high-speed…
Longtime Cardinals and Bally Sports Midwest play-by-play broadcaster Dan McLaughlin resigned from his television position Thursday after he was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in suburban St. Louis on Dec. 4. McLaughlin, a St. Louis native, has been behind the microphone calling big moments for the Cardinals for the past 24 years. He got his start while working alongside and later replacing Hall of Fame announcer Jack Buck, and has repeatedly said that calling Cardinals games was the job he always dreamed of landing. McLaughlin's departure was described as a mutual decision in prepared statements distributed by the…
President Joe Biden speaks Wednesday at Dutch Creek Farms in Northfield, Minn. He announced $5 billion in investments in rural America — money already approved for infrastructure and deflationary measures. (Associated Press) President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced more than $5 billion in renewable energy, land conservation and rural broadband and utility projects, including more than $400 million for projects in Iowa. “When rural America does well, when Indian country does well, we all do well,” Biden said, speaking in an engine room next to a green tractor and in front of a large American flag in rural Northfield, Minn.…
Shark training program introduced at small Midwest school by John Bell on April 4, 2014 Guy Harvey helps release tagged mako shark John Bell The students of the Natural Science class at St. Mary Central join thousands of students from Florida to follow the migration patterns of mako, tiger, sandbar and oceanic white sharks on their daily journeys across the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.St. Mary is the first Midwest school to participate in the new Shark Education program originally created by the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation for Florida schools, where students can study shark species, understand…
A federal district court lacked jurisdiction to block construction of the Cardinal-Hickory Creek power line through a Midwest wildlife refuge, the Seventh Circuit ruled, dismissing the lawsuit. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has not made a final decision on transmission developers' requests to build the $500 million, 101-mile transmission line through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge, so the lower court could not review the decision, the court said. “The Fish and Wildlife Service's current position on the proposed transfer line does not meet the court's criteria for finality,” Judge Frank H. Easterbrook wrote in a …
In the Green Market Report At the Midwest Women's Cannabis Business Summit in Chicago on November 2nd, we recognized some of the top players in the industry with the GMR Midwest Women in Cannabis Awards. The supporting provider award went to Jennifer Whiteley, CEO and co-founder of CannaCarton, which specializes in packaging solutions for marijuana companies. Whiteley already had an established career in packaging for a variety of sectors, including food, beverage, pharmaceuticals and health and beauty, before setting her sights on cannabis. But she brought her expertise to the burgeoning industry in 2018 when she co-founded CannaCarton LLC. “We…
The financial engine of Silicon Valley seems to be driven right out of the Midwest. America's urban coastal cities experienced a boom in their technology sectors. New York's Silicon Alley and Boston's biotech corridor are world-renowned incubators of talent and startups. Austin, Texas, Seattle, Washington, Washington, D.C., and even Miami Beach are vying for a piece of the digital economy (and silicon-like nicknames).But what about Columbus and Indianapolis and Kansas City? After years in the doldrums, their fortunes are on the rise. Venture capital firms set up shop. Startups cluster in old industrial strongholds. But the region's tech sectors look…