ST. LOUIS — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has officially opened a new, modernized Midwestern Food Safety Laboratory ...

Global clashes and trade wars hammered Midwestern states’ agricultural economies early this year, while a continuing boom in Southeastern states’ housing and tech jobs kept their economies humming ...

Kansas City broke a 57-year-old rainfall record on Wednesday when it more than doubled the previous record amid torrential ...

Imagine a prairie. How many plant species do you see? Maybe you're picturing yellow coneflowers, some little bluestem, ...

Overall, Illinois ranked at number 16 out of the 50 states. Other nearby states have some higher and lower rankings than Illinois: Indiana (27), Wisconsin (8), Missouri (31) and Iowa (12). And of the ...

Regulators have approved a plan to protect against data centers that may contract for lots of electricity and then skip town.

As the final round of the 2025 NHL Draft wound down, Max Vig was watching the television coverage with a small group of friends at a midwestern lake cabin on a warm, humid Saturday. He didn't get a ...

The golden oyster mushroom, a tasty species native to Asia, has proliferated in states around the Great Lakes and may crowd ...

The Trump administration yesterday sued three Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) board members who refused to leave ...

A few of Indiana's tiniest transplants — invasive worms, moths and beetles from overseas — have made massive changes to ...

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