Harris and Walz host first Midwest rally on first full day as Dem ticket
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Vice President Kamala Harris and new running mate Tim Walz made their first campaign stop in the Midwest here on Wednesday, addressing thousands of supporters and seeking to solidify their position in the pivotal battleground state. Mr. Waltz, 60, and Ms. Harris, 59, both governors of neighboring Minnesota, have cast themselves […]
Augusta National of Midwest: Top 100 course Rich Harvest Farms can test world’s best
Chicagoland is home to a number of excellent golf courses, many of which are capable of hosting top-tier events, such as Medinah No. 3, Olympia Fields and Butler National. This includes Rich Harvest Farm, a beautiful Jerry Rich-designed farm located in Sugar Grove, a quaint little Midwestern town about 45 miles west of downtown Chicago. […]
Millions face extreme temperatures as heat dome covers US midwest and east | Extreme heat
Millions of Americans are bracing for dangerous temperatures early next week as a heat wave sweeps across the Midwest and Eastern United States. Heat warning The high pressure system that caused havoc in the West last week is slowly moving across the country, stretching from Kansas and Texas into New York and South Carolina. Air […]
John Deere laying off hundreds of Midwest workers
(News Nation) —John Deere Plans to lay off hundreds of employees in three regions Midwest The factory will be closed by the end of next month. About 600 production workers at plants in East Moline, Illinois, and Davenport and Dubuque, Iowa, will be laid off effective August 30. According to Nexstar’s WHBF. The company said […]
John Deere announces mass layoffs in Midwest amid production shift to Mexico
See what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com John Deere, the world’s largest distributor of tractors and crop harvesting equipment, announced on Friday that it would lay off about 610 production staff at plants in Illinois and Iowa by the end of the summer, according to reports. The company is cutting about 280 jobs at its plant in […]
The most rent-burdened city in the Midwest is in this key battleground state, posing complex challenges for Biden’s campaign
Every April, as her local utility ends its winter shutoffs and begins shutting off power to customers who are behind on their payments, Milwaukee resident Elizabeth Brown faces a dilemma: pay her rent on time or keep the lights on. Brown, 50, has lived in a rental home in Amani, a historically black neighborhood on […]
‘I-70 Strangler’ remains mysterious Midwest boogeyman, but private investigator has theory
“The I-70 Strangler” has become a ghost story about a faceless monster that preyed on young boys and men in the 1980s and 1990s. At least 12 bodies were found semi-nude and strangled, dumped in streams, ravines and ditches along Interstate 70 in Indiana and Ohio. For years, investigators had investigated two notorious serial killers, […]
More severe weather hits the Midwest as Iowans recover from devastating twister
Multiple tornadoes were reported in Iowa and Illinois on Friday, shortly after a deadly tornado devastated a small town, and storms downed power lines and trees. The massive storm began overnight in Nebraska and moved across central Iowa into Illinois. Strong straight-line wind gusts of up to 80 mph (equivalent to a weak tornado) were […]
Videos Shows Massive Blow-Up Duck, Elephant Floating Across Traffic In Midwest Storm
Videos posted on TikTok show giant inflatable animals floating across traffic in Michigan following a windy storm. One TikTok user posted a clip of a massive blow-up duck floating across two lanes of traffic in Frankenmuth, Michigan. “What the fuck … no the duck,” a woman can be heard saying in the video as the […]
Iowa tornado kills multiple people during powerful Midwest storm
A powerful tornado ripped through a small Iowa town on Tuesday, killing multiple people, injuring at least a dozen others, and leaving destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars and debris scattered over a wide area. This created a desolate landscape. The tornado destroyed much of Greenfield, a town of about 2,000 people about […]