Midwest

Two Chick-fil-A employees at the location in West Memphis, Arkansas have been fired after a viral video on social media showed one spitting in chicken batter while the other recorded.

Certain residents in Cook County, Illinois will receive $500 monthly payments for a period of two years under a new pilot program.

Tyson Foods Inc. will relocate about 1,000 corporate positions from the Chicago area as well as South Dakota to its headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas.

New iPhone 14 crash detection credited for alerting police in Lincoln, Nebraska to deadly crash that killed six. Police call it the "worst crash" in recent memory.

A judge ruled that a lawsuit against gun manufacturer SIG Sauer failed to prove the company was aware of a pistol defect at the time a man accidentally shot himself.

The MN Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to approve a solar project that is expected to cost at least $575 million. The plant will cover 3,497 acres in the Becker area.

The CEO of McDonald's says crime in Chicago has made it difficult to attract employees and suggested companies like his will continue to leave if the city doesn't address it.

UAW union members reached a tentative deal at the Stellantis casting plant for a strike that began Saturday. A ratification vote is being held Monday.

Thousands of Minnesota nurses began a three-day walkout due to understaffing and pay issues. The nurses claim the issues were worsened by the coronavirus strains.

Eastern Michigan University's union officials reached an agreement for faculty to return to classrooms following a walkout that began last week.

President Biden championed a new 'workforce of the future' during a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for an Intel semiconductor plant in Licking County, Ohio.

A Minnesota man who was burned while working at a local brewery is due to receive $56 million. The man spent six weeks in the hospital due to the burns.

Eastern Michigan University staff members voted to begin a strike on Wednesday. The faculty union has been working without a contract since Aug. 7.

The Biden administration agreed Tuesday evening to re-analyze the climate impacts of 113 oil and gas leases spanning 58,000 acres in a major win for green groups.

The North Dakota Supreme Court reversed a decision made in a lower court in a dispute involving oil and natural gas royalties with a Houston-based energy company.

UW Health nurses approved moving forward with a strike. The union plans to notify administrators that they will strike if they are not recognized as a union on Friday.

The United States' largest producer of baby formula, Abbott Nutrition, announced that it will restart production of Similac formula at its Michigan plant.

More than 700 "potentially valuable items" will be up for sale on the Minnesota Department of Commerce's Unclaimed Property Online Auction, which is set to take place from Sept. 1 to Sept. 13, 2022.

Michigan state appeals court ruled that the changes made to Michigan state insurance laws in 2019 by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer do not apply to people injured before summer 2019.

For many State Fair concessionaires, the annual fair is everything to their business, and most were forced to raise their food prices to offset their wholesale costs.