Midwest

Norfolk Southern, the company that owns the train involved in a toxic derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, reveals why it skipped a town hall meeting there.

Consumer advocate and legal clerk Erin Brockovich tells those exposed to the toxic train derailment in Ohio to trust their guts on what they're seeing, smelling and feeling.

Shares of Norfolk Southern have declined approximately 6% since the Feb. 3 train derailment, but experts don't expect a long-term impact to the share price.

East Palestine mother Tracy Hager says her family and neighbors remain concerned about hazardous chemical exposures before evacuating due to the train derailment.

Out of touch, disconnected, tone-deaf dispatch from "Fantasyland" – Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt reacts to President Biden's State of the Union address.

The Indiana Senate passed a bill that would legalize the recreational use of throwing-stars in the state, despite the practice being an uncommon activity.

The Grand Forks City Council in North Dakota voted to stop a corn mill project by the Chinese-owned Fufeng Group after the U.S. Air Force warned it was a security risk.

A South Dakota-based company's standard research balloon was mistaken by users of FlightRadar24 as the infamous Chinese balloon that has swept across the U.S.

Reps. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., and Peter Stauber, R-Minn., with policy expert Christopher Bedford, argue President Biden's ban on Minnesota mining will put America and its economy "last."

A six-year-old boy in Michigan managed to place several delivery orders using his father’s phone, resulting in $1,000 in food deliveries from Grubhub.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey calls out the "shameful behavior" by school officials who brought middle school students to a drag performance, threatening legal action.

Wisconsin voters will have a chance to weigh in on work requirements for able-bodied adults on welfare in the April election, as the state deals with low labor participation.

Millionaire businessman and television personality Kevin O'Leary will manage $45 million in North Dakota's economic ventures as blue states run by leaders like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., push super taxes and punish success.

Kansas wheat farmers Vance and Louise Ehmke responded to Biden's comments claiming that farmers are thriving under his leadership as they brace for "survival mode."

OSHA has issued citations against three Amazon facilities for conditions they say exposed workers to risk of lower back and other musculoskeletal injuries.

Northwoods Stove & Fireplace owners Brian and Holly Duffy argue banning gas appliances leaves rural communities with "no heat" and "no one to come help them."

A damaged section of the Keystone pipeline running through rural Kansas is back in service after cleanup and repairs from a large spill into a rural creek.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly banned TikTok on government-issued devices on Wednesday, joining at least a dozen other states that prohibit the Chinese social media app.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is calling for a crackdown on Chinese purchases of U.S. farm land in her state, the latest in a series of anti-China actions.

Olive Garden parent company Darden confirmed to a local news outlet that a Kansas-based manager who wrote a mean-spirited note to employees about taking too much time off is no longer with the company.