News Upper Midwest drought zone east of Interstate 35 September 22, 2023 With Mark Dorenkamp Filed Under: Corn, Crops, crops, Drought, Harvest, Iowa, Minnesota, News, Soybeans, weather Large parts of Iowa and Minnesota have been hit hard by the drought. Northern Country Cooperative CEO Jason Schwenneker says the co-op primarily operates east of Interstate 35 from Cedar Rapids to Rochester. “We are worried, yes. We are in a very affected area where our entire trading territory will have a lot of ups and downs.” He tells Brownfield that he recently visited a farmer who harvested corn and saw yields range…
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Notre Dame Law School/Facebook Business Insider recently published its ranking 50 Best Law Schools in Americawhich highlights the top institutions that prepare students to land coveted jobs in the legal world. But in addition to job prospects, location can play an important role in deciding which school to attend as well. Some of the schools on our list are located in the Midwest — the University of Chicago even claimed the No. 2 spot — so we narrowed down our list to shine a light on the heart of the country.Pulling from our overall law school rankings, we've compiled a…
Hydrogen fuel technology could power Carmel's fleetAn Indiana entrepreneur is bringing cleaner-burning, more fuel-efficient technology to the city of Carmel's fleet of vehicles to save money and reduce emissions. That's how it works.Dwight Adams, dwight.adams@indystar.comIndiana will receive part of a $1 billion investment in hydrogen production. The The federal government today announced $7 billion in funding for seven regional hubs Hoosiers across the US stand to gain jobs and other economic development benefits through it Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogenaccording to the US Department of Energy.The Midwest Hub includes Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. The three states could see additional private…
Posted: Oct 17, 2023 07:00 am Local officials as well as members of the McCurdy family, owners of Kimball Midwest, gathered to celebrate the opening of the company's new distribution center in Newtown on Friday, October 6. Kimball Midwest, a national industrial supplier based in Columbus, Ohio, broke ground on its new distribution center at 14 Prospect Drive, just months before the company's centennial. The 142,000-square-foot facility, which the company acquired in 2021 before undertaking an extensive remodeling process, will enable improved service to thousands of customers in the northeastern United States. “We appreciate all the hard work that so…
Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks already has a lot to offer, but two St. Louis-based companies have announced plans to make the area even more appealing. Presented by SkyView Partners and Tegethoff Development and submitted in Osage Beach, Missouri, last week, the plan calls for the development of a $300 million family “resort and entertainment district” called Oasis in Lakeport. The development will include hotels and restaurants along with amusement rides and attractions. “We are excited about the opportunity to partner with the Osage Beach community to build a new entertainment district that will be enjoyed by generations,” Todd Schneider,…
Atrium Health, the parent company of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, said Wednesday it plans to merge with Advocate Aurora Health of Downers Grove, Ill., creating the fifth-largest nonprofit health care system in the United States.The proposed transaction is subject to approval by state and federal regulators, which could be completed by the end of the year.With purchases in North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, South Carolina and Wisconsin, the combined organization would serve 5.5 million patients and operate more than 1,000 practices and 67 hospitals. It would have more than 7,600 physicians, nearly 150,000 employees and annual revenue of more…
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Amy Green has joined Inside Climate News as a reporter covering climate and the environment in Florida, adding an important new dimension of reporting to the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit's Southeast network. Green joins Inside Climate News from WMFE in Orlando, where he covered the environment for more than a decade. Green is also its creator Draineda podcast about the massive plan to save the Everglades, and the author of “Moving Water: The Everglades and Big Sugar”, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Green's work has been heard on NPR and seen by PEOPLE, Newsweek, The New York Times, Inside Climate…
Kris Folland grows corn, wheat and soybeans and raises cattle on 2,000 acres near Halma in the northwest corner of Minnesota, so his business is by no means small. But when he last bought a new tractor, he opted for an old one — a 1979 John Deere 4440. He retrofitted it with satellite-guided automatic steering, and he and his kids can use the tractor to feed cows, plant fields and operate a grain drill. The best thing? The tractor cost $18,000, compared to over $150,000 for a new tractor. And Folland doesn't need a computer to fix it. “This…
Updated December 25, 2023 at 12:08 pm. ET Flight cancellations began to occur as a major winter storm battered parts of the Northern and Central Plains and the Upper Midwest with freezing rain, heavy snow and high winds. However, as of late morning, the total number of delayed and canceled flights remained lower than last yearbut the storm system is also creating hazardous road conditions. Blizzard warnings are in effect for South Dakota and Nebraska, where heavy snow is expected throughout the day. The Nebraska Department of Transportation issued a warning Monday morning asking people to stay off roads across…