CLARKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — The rain that’s expected from Oklahoma to Michigan through today could bring some stretches of rivers to an even higher crest than had been forecast earlier.
Continue Reading »CHICAGO (AP) — The FBI has arrested an 18-year-old suburban Chicago man who U.S. authorities say was planning join an al-Qaida-affiliated group operating in Syria.
Continue Reading »DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — While most of the education debate in the state Capitol this year has been on how to improve teachers and enhance schools in Iowa, some lawmakers are focused on a very different
Continue Reading »SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A key Illinois senator says legislation allowing public gun possession will carve out an exception for Chicago.
Continue Reading »DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Governor Terry Branstad has issued disaster proclamations for five eastern Iowa counties due to flooding.
Continue Reading »CHICAGO (AP) — Passengers getting on and off trains at Chicago’s Union Station can see for themselves security measures that Amtrak is taking in the wake of Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon.
Continue Reading »CHICAGO (AP) — The Italian-born director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, has attended a concert in a jail performed by a group of the orchestra’s musicians as well as inmates.
Continue Reading »MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Union members who have been locked out of American Crystal Sugar plants in Minnesota, Iowa and North Dakota for 20 months are heading back to work.
Continue Reading »CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a locomotive has derailed in southwest Cedar Rapids.
Continue Reading »JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a powerful spring storm system spawned 12 tornadoes in six states in recent days.
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