“Expend your energy to find out what is the one thing you can agree on with a political enemy,” General Colin Powell told me years ago. “Think about it and you can do a lot.”We see this in evidence across the Midwest from Illinois to North Dakota, where unlikely allies with different interests and perspectives have come together to fight multiple multi-state carbon pipelines proposed by giant agri-food and fossil fuel companies.For some, it's as simple as private companies trying to take private land that belongs to someone else to make a profit for themselves. For others, pipelines will expand…
Author: Cecil Larson
TEL AVIV, Israel & SAN CARLOS, CA. — Greeneye Technology, the maker of AI precision spraying technology, and Farmers Business Network, a global farmer-to-farmer network and agtech company, on February 2 announced their agreement to test Greeneye's innovative precision spraying system at the 2022 On-Farm of FBN Field Test Program. FBN will conduct field trials in the Midwest throughout the 2022 growing season to test the effectiveness of applying customized herbicide programs using Greeneye's precision spray system across a range of geographies and field conditions.“FBN's On-Farm Field Trials program was launched to give agtech startups the opportunity to test their…
The relationship between Myles Montplaisir and the state of Wisconsin may have had a rocky start, but now things are as smooth as an iced Busch latte. In his first video to really get an audience, the 26-year-old YouTube personality from Fargo, North Dakota sat at a patio table at his family's lakeside home and compared Busch Light, his beer of choice, to New Glarus Brewing Co. .'s Spotted Cow.His take on farmhouse ale, you know, too big a deal for Wisconsin? Let's just say one of the few positives over the more affordable domestic was the higher alcohol content.…
Jasmine Kilman is the Director of Content for Connect Commercial Real Estate, covering Chicago and Greater Chicagoland, the Midwest, Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. It covers industry trends, deals, market research and produces daily news. With marketing and communications experience for academic nonprofits and corporate clients including Hearst Media, Hilton and Coldwell Banker, Kilman has written on commercial real estate, environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), technology, healthcare and philanthropy . He was born and raised in California and graduated with a degree in public relations. In her free time, Kilman enjoys hiking and traveling to new locations with her…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Donald Trump's name appears only once in Professor Jon Lauck's new book on perceptions of the Midwest as a “country beyond aircraft” and then only in a footnote featuring a Missouri poll .But the book's exploration of decades of historical trends helps explain Trump's electoral appeal to people who felt alienated from the political and cultural mainstream.”As the twentieth century dawned, the American Midwest stood tall as the rising and triumphant region of democracy—economically prosperous, politically formidable, culturally proud, and self-consciously regional,” Lauck writes in “From Warm Center to Ragged Edge: the Erosion of Lidestary and…
If Donald Trump ends up facing Joe Biden in 2020, will be displayed as a fight for the hearts and souls of white working-class voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and my home state of Michigan. But what do these workers want and need? The President and his allies on the right offer a mix of economic nostalgia, hardline nativism and trade wars. Many on the left (though not Biden himself) promise a guaranteed income for underemployed and unemployed populations. However, the evidence shows that most of these voters ultimately want the “dignity of work” through a well-paid job. With labor markets…
History at a glance Some parts of the upper Midwest are called “climate havens,” or areas that are less likely to suffer from extreme heat, sea level rise, and flooding as the Earth's temperature rises. But experts agree that while some areas of the U.S. are less likely to be hit as hard by some consequences of climate change, no place will be immune. Instead, they say, Americans must figure out how to make all parts of the country more resilient to the effects of climate change. As the effects of global warming become increasingly apparent, some cities are being…
“This adds to our already strong base in the Midwest of new technical talent with deep expertise securing and managing small and mid-sized businesses,” said ACP CreativIT CEO Scott Dunsire. ACP CreativIT has strengthened its grip on the Midwest technology solutions market with the acquisition of superstar Citon Computer Corp. of Duluth, Minnesota and its three sister companies. The deal brings Citon's founders – Steven Dastoor and Sean Dean – together with 70 employees from the three companies primarily focused on providing managed and professional services to small and medium-sized businesses to ACP CreativIT. In addition to Citon, which provides…
It's a big fundraiser for Youth Go, but with this gusto it's not out of fear.The Neenah nonprofit known for having an annual haunted house in the fall that serves as a major fundraiser will get a boost this weekend without the help of ghosts and ghouls. The sixth annual Midwest Sunsplash music festival, with a little help from the July sun, will bring hordes of happy patrons to Main Street in Menasha for two days of summer fun.Founded in 2013 by Kay Halbrook and Pita Katobalavu (of Unity the Band), the festive community festival is in its second year…
Norovirus cases are increasing in the US, particularly in the Midwest, where cases are already above levels seen in 2022, data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. While most norovirus cases typically occur between November and April in a given year, cases in the Midwest have increased dramatically since mid-January, according to the most recent counts. Data from the CDC showed that the three-week average of positive tests for norovirus had increased from 11.5% on January 14 to 19.5% on February 4. Around the same time last year, the same metric averaged 10.2%. The rise in cases reflects…