Midwest

Republican Sens. Eric Schmitt and Markwayne Mullin urge the USDA to provide immediate assistance to Midwest farmers facing a historic drought season that could impact food prices.

A crash involving a Greyhound bus and three commercial vehicles along Interstate 70 near St. Louis has left three people dead and more than a dozen injured, Illinois State Police say.

Xcel Energy is being blamed for causing the Colorado wildfires that destroyed nearly a thousand homes. Dozens of insurance companies are suing Xcel for the accident.

The driver of a 2003 Dodge Ram was killed by an exploding Takata airbag inflator on May 13, 2023. Now the company is urging drivers of certain rams to stop driving the vehicles.

Former President Trump is expected to take aim at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis - a rival for the 2024 GOP nomination - over ethanol at a campaign stop in Iowa

Researchers at Central State University in Ohio are working to develop traits in honeybees that would combat parasitic mites, one of the biggest causes of colony loss.

Amazon will increase its data center operations in Ohio as part of a massive new investment in the Midwestern state by the company's cloud-computing segment.

Ohio State University is spearheading efforts to establish partnerships between large research universities and smaller colleges to train workers for the semiconductor industry.

A federal judge in Wisconsin ordered energy company Enbridge on Friday to remove any sections of its Line 5 oil pipeline from a tribe's land in the state following a lawsuit.

The 'right to repair' laws will make it easier and cheaper for consumers to fix their electronics, but advocates say while it may be a win, some businesses hope for a federal fix.

General Motors and Samsung SDI are building an EV battery cell plant in St. Joseph County, Indianac, creating 1,700 jobs, the state’s governor announced on Tuesday.

A renovated Walgreens store in downtown Chicago now only has two aisles of products available for public browsing while the rest is behind counters.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz vetoed a bill that would have created a minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers, which had been opposed by the ridesharing industry.

Across the Great Lakes, researchers are expanding their use of digital monitors to serve as an early warning system for weather and water quality.

Kansas wheat farmers are grappling with an unforgiving drought ahead of harvest. The soil is so dry that is predicted a harsh drop in wheat production.

Across the country, cell phone data is being used to track the rate of downtown recovery post-pandemic in a new study. The study showed the southern part of the U.S. is bouncing back.

Kenny Morales, a student at Grand Island Senior High School in Nebraska, says he used AI to draft a decoy speech that was approved by officials, a report says.

A 40-year-old worker at a Whiting, Wisconsin paper mill was tragically killed this week after being caught in the machinery and fatally injured.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the price of new vehicles soared causing fewer people to buy them. Now the average age of vehicles on the road in the U.S. has reached a record high.

Comedian Dave Chappelle is clapping back at critics who are not fond of him buying big swaths of real estate in places like Yellow Springs, Ohio.