Author: Cecil Larson

Kimball Midwest, a national industrial supplier based in Columbus, Ohio, has named a new leader for its information technology and business intelligence groups.Gautham Jayaraman was recently appointed as the company's chief information officer and senior director of business intelligence. Jayaraman will lead the team in shaping Kimball Midwest's overall technology vision, partner with division leaders to deliver solutions that help divisions modernize and develop new business capabilities, and continue to drive its agenda and success company in the future.Jayaraman joined Kimball Midwest in April 2021 after spending the previous 10 years at JP Morgan Chase, where he held leadership roles…

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“Tis the season of staying in doors.Years ago, when I moved to the Midwest, I wondered why the holidays went by so much faster here than on the coasts. I soon realized it wasn't that time and space behaved differently in the Midwest, it was because we spend so much time standing in a doorway, one hand on a doorknob, resisting the leftovers, hugging, promising to come back, resisting the leftovers again, Hearing just one more story because we can't reveal ourselves, the holiday is over before we can get to a second holiday gathering.They call it the Midwest Goodbye.When…

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MADISON, Ill. — Greg Anderson built on the momentum he built with his first NHRA Pro Stock victory in more than a year by earning his second victory in as many weeks at Sunday's NHRA Midwest Nationals.This weekend's event, at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis, was third in the NHRA's six-race Championship Playoff Countdown. Anderson, a Duluth native who lives in North Carolina, went from eighth to second in the standings in two weeks.”I'm back in the game. I legitimately have a shot at this championship with three races to go, and that's all you can ask for,”…

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo., September 13, 2021 — Drury University is once again included in US News & World Report's “Best Colleges 2022” rankings, published today. Drury made two lists that demonstrate the university's high-quality education. Drury jumped 14 spots to No. 12 Best Regional University in the Midwest. This marks more than 25 years that Drury has been in the Top 30. Drury also improved to #2 Best Value Universities in the Midwest list. The list recognizes schools with exceptional value for money, according to US News editors. Drury has garnered appearances on other US News “Best Colleges 2022” lists, including…

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A large farm fire recently brought firefighters and a dozen farmers together to fight the blaze near Emerson in southwest Iowa. Brian Hamman, emergency management director for nearby Montgomery County, estimates the fire has burned up to 300 acres. “It's so dry, all it takes is strong wind and a spark and it goes out,” Hamman said. The drought is fueling concerns about wildfire danger across the Midwest. Dennis Todey, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Midwest Climate Hub, said that while grass fires are not unusual for the Plains states, fire danger follows drought. “Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin…

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Corner down icon An icon in the shape of a corner pointing down. The Gateway Arch, St Louis, Missouri. credit joe daniel/Getty Images The Midwest lags other regions in terms of real wage growth.Average wage growth for the Midwest was just 0.4% from 2019 to 2022, compared to 5.7% in the Northeast.Declining unions and a lack of minimum wage increases have kept wage growth low. The Midwest may have the lowest unemployment rate of any U.S. region, but it lags behind in increasing the wages of its workers.Compared to the rest of the U.S., the Midwest lags in terms of…

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READING, Operation., October 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Eliassen Group, LLC, a strategic consulting firm, has acquired SafeNet Consulting, an IT services company operating throughout the Midwest. The Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting firm providing business, information and clinical services to clients as they seek to transform and execute strategies that will drive outstanding results. Eliassen leverages over 30 years of success on behalf of its clients, focusing on three core areas: technology solutions, clinical and financial, risk and compliance solutions, and advisory solutions. Founded in 1994, SafeNet Consulting has a long and successful history in the technology industry,…

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Trailer Tuesdays: 'Black Widow' ranks among all Marvel heroinesUSA TODAY's Brian Truitt breaks down his top Marvel heroines ahead of the highly anticipated “Black Widow” hitting theaters.Entertain This!, USA TODAYPerformances continue at Midwest City's coronavirus-doomed Warren Theater thanks to its purchase by a chain with locations in Moore, Norman and Bartlesville. Regal Entertainment Group is buying the theater, renamed Regal Warren Midwest City, from Arvest Bank. It reopened this week. Arvest foreclosed on the Warren Theater last fall and then acquired it in March as the sole bidder at a sheriff's auction.Warren, at 5905 SE 15, the anchor of Midwest…

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By Anuja Vaidya August 14, 2023 – Ohio-based Cincinnati Children's works with Parkview Health will launch telehealth clinics to expand access to health care for children seeking pediatric neurosurgery, rheumatology and drug-resistant epilepsy. Beginning in August, the telehealth clinics will allow Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Parkview Regional Medical Center clinicians to connect with Cincinnati pediatric specialty physicians for consultations in the above specialties. Children from Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio receiving outpatient care at Parkview Regional will be eligible for these counseling and care coordination services. “The goal of our new, enhanced partnership with Cincinnati Children's is to better meet the…

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War Pony, a coming of age story in the rez.What new movies have recently joined the Stream & Dream Lounge?War pony In generally lively fashion, War pony It works in many ways—as an unlikely modern western, as a fractured and darkly picaresque coming-of-age story, and as an extended social document with dark humor.Filmed on the Pine Ridge Reservation with a young cast of mostly Oglala Lakota, this mini-epic follows the separate but adjacent adventures and misadventures of two men – 23-year-old Bill (Jojo Bapteise Whiting) and 12-year-old Matho (LaDamian). Crazy Thunder). Both are free spirits in trouble – Bill drives…

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