Midwest Shooting Center's terms of acquiring Top Gun Shooting Sports Store include a commitment to offer positions to its 30 employees and honor customer memberships and gift cards. (Photo courtesy of Top Gun) What started as a couple of guys from New Boston shooting the breeze to open a gun store has ended up as a 20-year success story that is about to close another chapter. The Top Gun Shooting Sports store in Taylor is targeted for sale to a Midwest retailer with stores and gun ranges in Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania. In nearly two decades of operation, the Taylor…
Author: Cecil Larson
Dr. Kiran Velpula has been a member of the Peoria City Council since 2021 and hopes to continue serving in that role.An assistant professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP) whose research focuses on brain cancer, Velpula was appointed to the council to fill the vacancy created when Rita Ali became the city's mayor.He is now vying for the first time to retain his seat, as one of three sitting MPs among 10 candidates vying for a total of five seats in the April 4 general election.In a conversation with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Velpula…
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has returned to the Upper Midwest of the United States with a vengeance. After a break from spring to early fall, new case reports are piling up for commercial swarms. New reports of bird flu include the following: A commercial turkey flock in Buena Vista County, Iowa. A commercial turkey flock of 49,700 birds in Faulk County, SD. A commercial turkey flock of 65,000 birds in McPherson County, SD. A turkey farmer operates 2,700 toms in Becker County, MN A commercial turkey flock of 72,100 birds in Meeker County, MN The discovery of avian influenza…
by Ronald L. Feinman The Midwest is the heart of America, both in history past and in the political present and future.Ridiculed by many on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, as “Fly Over” states, the facts are clear that these inland states fill a “wall.” The Midwest has been a major factor in many past elections with the potential to set the national political trend now and into the future.The Midwest has historically been the legacy of eleven GOP presidents – Abraham Lincoln from Illinois; Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Warren…
Wisconsin will receive a total of $25.8 million in federal funds to purchase 72 new electric school buses for 19 school districts, according to announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency. The investment is part of the agency's Clean School Bus program, which focuses on replacing existing school buses with zero- and low-emission buses. The program — which is funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act of 2021 — will invest a total of $5 billion over the next five years. “Up to 25 million children rely on the bus to get to school every day. Thanks to the Biden-Harris administration, we…
Alarm bells started ringing in Midwest Mountaineering owner Rod Johnson's head in May, when a usually reliable spring sales jump turned into a slump. “We've lost money every month this year,” Johnson said. “When the July financial statement came out a few weeks ago, I thought it was time to throw in the towel and sadly close our doors.” After 53 years in business, the iconic West Bank retailer will close in October. Johnson has seen sales decline over the past seven years as shopping styles changed, except at the height of the pandemic, when people turned to the outdoors…
Posted on Friday, April 15, 2022 The University of Chicago's Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is hosting again DeepTechUa business conference that brings together global investors and deep-tech startups in the greater Midwest. “Last year's inaugural DeepTechU was the largest venture conference in the Midwest and demonstrated the breadth and weight of the region's deep tech community,” said Jay Schrankler, associate vice president and head of the Polsky Center. “The University of Chicago is excited to partner with more than a dozen research universities and national labs to showcase the latest deep-tech startups coming out of our institutions.” Taking…
Pick your favorite Midwestern awe phrase — “holy cow,” “son of a gun,” “oh my god” — and it all works when it comes to news that Charlie Berens is now a New York Times bestselling author .The Wisconsin comedian's debut book, “The Midwest Survival Guide: How We Talk, Love, Work, Drink and Eat… Everything with Ranch,” landed him at No. 4 the latest New York Times list of best-selling Tips, How-tos and Miscellaneous titles. That puts him in the company of home decor and lifestyle icon Joanna Gaines (No. 7) and The Pioneer Woman herself, Ree Drummond (No. 1).…
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Andrew Myers, Republican candidate for Minnesota House District 45A, asks a voter what his priorities are while door-knocking along the east shore of Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior, Minn. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri) By STEVE KARNOWSKI (Associated Press) TONKA BAY, Minn. (AP) – As Andrew Myers knocked on doors in a neighborhood with a stunning view of Lake Minnetonka, the Republican state lawmaker got an earful from residents worried about crime in Minneapolis' west suburbs: the body of a woman had washed ashore a few doors down earlier in the week, and authorities had not said whether foul play was involved. Another…