The marking of that moment when Ben Loseke's hobby became a business – a family company with a current valuation of around $8 million – is up for debate.There are many possibilities as to when the seeds of Midwest Barrel Co. were planted. – with offices in Lincoln and Louisville, Kentucky.It might have been a decade ago when, as a graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Loseke bought a broken electric washing machine at a garage sale for $20, fixed it up and decided he didn't need it. Jessica and Ben Loseke raised Midwest Barrel Co. from a side…
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The American Midwest he's about to do a triple somersault. The area, long known as the Corn beltextends from Ohio to Iowa, including the states south of the great lakes, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, large parts of Nebraska and Minnesota. And at the same time it was called the Rust beltto mark its deindustrialization and the loss of jobs in closed, rusting steel and car factories. However, with the speed typical of the American boom times, the region today is a veritable hub of technology, going from Corn to Rust to Technical zoneso much so that it makes the wealthiest…
Photo courtesy of Embed.February 7, 2020Embed, a Carrollton, Texas-based provider of cashless business management systems and solutions for the amusement, entertainment and entertainment industries, has partnered with Waite Park, Minnesota-based Midwest Coin Concepts, a provider of amusement arcade machines, to to carry unmanned galleries. in small traces, according to a press release.Midwest Coin Concepts operates more than 10 locations, installed with Embed's integrated business platform designed to enable business owners to achieve greater operational efficiency while reducing costs and increasing their profitability.Midwest Coin said it uses the Embed system to provide an improved guest experience in small, unmanned gaming rooms…
Does “battle testing” matter? This is something coaches love to talk about – especially those in the nation's power conferences. If playing a tough conference schedule really mattered, though, would it be Gonzaga who currently has a nationally-best streak of seven straight Sweet 16 appearances? Would the Zags make it to the NCAA Championship game twice in the last five tournaments? Houston's non-conference schedule featured only three major tests: Alabama, Virginia and Saint Mary's, all set as top-five seeds. The American Athletic Conference has produced only one other NCAA Tournament team, Memphis, which the Cougars have played three times. TSN…
UNMC students are invited to participate in the Midwest Global Health Conference, sponsored by Creighton University. “Many Communities, One Health” is the theme of the event, which will take place on February 3 and 4. The popular conference features keynote speakers, panels and information sessions covering a range of global health topics. New for 2023 is the addition of the Great Plains Native American Health Symposium (GPNAHS). The Office of Global Engagement will pay the registration fee for up to 20 UNMC students to attend the conference. The conference program and registration information can be found at the conference website.…
Post views: 1,901 KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney remains a top choice for students who want a high-quality education at a lower cost. UNK was recognized for its academic excellence, strong student success rates, affordable tuition and accessible financial aid programs in the latest “Best Colleges” ranking by US News & World Report. For the 16th year in a row, UNK has been ranked among the best public regional universities in the Midwest, ranking 8th on this list. No other school in Nebraska or the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association received a higher ranking. It's UNK's ninth…
The regional hydrogen hub will include blue hydrogen production at or near the BP Whiting refinery. (photo courtesy: Mark Morrison/BP) A coalition that includes Indiana, Illinois and Michigan is one of seven selected by the Biden administration for a $7 billion program to create clean hydrogen hubs in the US Biden is expected to make the official announcement during an economic-themed visit to Philadelphia on Friday. Gov. Eric Holcomb's office says the U.S. Department of Energy will award up to $1 billion in a grant to the Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen, or MachH2, which is made up of more…
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) has launched an intermodal service offering the first single-track, competitive truck service option between the Midwest and Mexico. As the only dedicated intermodal trains operating daily between the US and Mexico, the Mexico Midwest Express (MMX) series provides the fastest transit times in the rail industry with the longest reach in more markets, according to CPKC. The MMX series debuted on May 11 with trains MMX-180 and MMX-181 now connecting the Chicago, Kansas City, Texas, Monterey and San Luis Potosi markets. Trains offer third-day service to and from Laredo, fourth-day to and from Monterey, and…
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Thanks for reading! Don't miss this deal Winter Sale: Standard Digital Access $1 for 6 months Already a subscriber? Connection Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com The southeastern and midwestern states have been hit the past two weeks in record numbers 12 consecutive days of at least eight confirmed tornadoes in every day. Only in May 442 tornadoes have been reported in the United States through NOAA's Storm Prediction Center. The last 11-day stretch with as many tornadoes per day ended on June 7, 1980, according to the Associated Press. As of this week, the NWS Storm Prediction Center in Oklahoma has confirmed…