High school seniors from five Midwest states, including Nebraska, have a chance to receive one of 10 $1,000 college scholarships. Registration is open now through April 30, 2024. Parents can also register their student.High school seniors or their parents can apply for the ISL Midwest Senior Scholarship at IowaStudentLoan.org/Midwest. ISL Education Lending will award $1,000 scholarships to 10 students whose names are randomly drawn after the registration period. There are no financial need, grade point average or ranking requirements. The ISL Midwest Senior Scholarship can be used at any eligible institution in the United States.Registered participants also receive emails highlighting…
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As planting season approaches for farmers across the Midwest, large parts of many states are still in drought.The latest update from the US Drought Watch shows that the upper Mississippi River from Minnesota to Missouri is in moderate to severe drought, with a portion of northeast Iowa in extreme drought. Some areas of the Midwest have been experiencing drought since mid-2020.Although winter rains have improved conditions in some parts of the region, the outlook remains challenging for Midwest farmers. While warm temperatures made it easier for the soil to absorb water, it also made it easier for water to evaporate…
After an eventful offseason of acquiring the necessary starting pieces to remain competitive in 2024, the St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training is in full swing in Jupiter entering a make-or-break season. Staying in contention will be critical to the future of this organization, and if the Cardinals fail to stay productive again, major changes could be in store. With so much at stake, Cardinals fans need to know how to watch all the games so they don't miss any big moments this year.The information below is subject to change, as the Cardinals could switch networks at the last minute, so…
Last week, Sarah Cannon, our global cancer institute, and HCA Midwest Health, Kansas City's largest health care network, announced that they have expanded their cancer collaboration through clinical research. By joining a global research network, HCA Midwest Health now offers greater access to clinical trials for those facing cancer in the Kansas City area.”Clinical trials are an integral part of advancing the standard of cancer care, as today's trials are tomorrow's cutting-edge treatments,” said Dr. Howard A. “Skip” Burris, III, president of clinical operations and chief medical officer at Sarah Cannon. “By expanding our partnership, we can provide patients in…
Record the heat in the freezing cold After seeing the first city hit the 100-degree mark for the year on Monday in Killeen, Texas. temperatures will drop. FOX Weather tracks cold air.A powerful storm that hit the West, dumping heavy snow on the mountains on Monday, moved east on Tuesday, where more than 55 million people in the Midwest and Great Lakes are on severe weather watch. The storm's journey will continue into Wednesday, when it will affect the eastern US with widespread rain and some snow.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHERBlizzard warnings were issued in the Plains, Upper MidwestThe storm…
Several faculty members of the Department of Politics and Government attended the 2017 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago on April 6-9, 2017. They presented or co-presented the following papers: Meghan Leonard presented a co-authored paper (with Joseph Ross) titled “Gender and Opinion Assignment on State Supreme Courts” Kerri Milita self-authored “Helicopter Parenting and the Decline of Political Ambition.” Carl Palmer presented two papers entitled “Come to the Dark Side: The 'Dark Triad', Participation, and Newborn Ambition” (with Rolfe D. Peterson) and “Political Implications of Perceived Party Biases in the Classroom.” TY Wang presented “Political Fragmentation and Electoral…
The yellow buses that line up after school in the Ralls County School District look almost identical. Only two of them are not like the others: they run on batteries.”They're not as loud as the others,” said Ian Joiner, a ninth-grader riding one of the buses driven by his father, Eric Joiner.The rural school district in northeast Missouri is one of the first in the state to receive electric buses from the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean School Bus Program. The federal initiative has sent at least one electric bus to almost every US state with thousands more to come. So…
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Photo (c) Clare FM The Social Democrat leader insists that getting Sláintecare right is key to solving health care access issues in the Midwest. Holly Cairns made her comments ahead of a planned visit by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly and HSE Chief Executive Bernard Gloster to University Hospital Limerick today, although it is understood the pair attended the Midwest facility last night. The Mid-West Hospital Campaign group are due to protest outside University Hospital Limerick from 10am this morning to coincide with the visit. 1,691 admitted patients were left waiting on trolleys at the district's…
The Midwest's regional transmission network operator this week announced another phase of multibillion-dollar transmission line projects as part of a four-part push to improve reliability and reduce cuts. Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) unveiled its plans on Monday for what is known as “Tranche 2” portfolio.which includes plans for several 765 kilovolt transmission “highways” spanning parts of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, North Dakota and Missouri. Many of the new lines will connect to projects being built as part of the $10.4 billion Tranche 1 portfolio, which MISO approved last year. Installment 2 is projected to cost even more,…