Midwest News

Authorities in northeastern Minnesota suspect arson in the destruction of an old wooden bridge that used to span the Pike... Read More

Farmers in 55 drought-stricken counties in Indiana will be eligible for disaster assistance under changes made by the U.S. Department... Read More

Investigators say a train that partly derailed and exploded in Columbus, Ohio, was traveling below the speed limit before the... Read More

The last bit of settlement money from a class-action lawsuit over a disastrous train derailment in Minot, N.D., a decade... Read More

A State Highway Patrol inspection has found “ineffective” brakes on a 12-wheel dump truck that sped down an incline toward... Read More

Part of a freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire in Ohio’s capital city early Wednesday, shooting flames skyward... Read More

Late June storms caused more than $375,000 in damage to the Dixon Correctional Center in northern Illinois. The Bloomington Pantagraph... Read More

Three Joplin, Mo., residents have admitted in federal court that they obtained disaster benefits after last year’s deadly tornado they... Read More

Assessors continue to tally the cost of damaging floods in northeastern Minnesota. In Carlton County alone, the estimated damage to... Read More