Addiction experts from throughout the nation will be in suburban St. Louis this week for the sixth annual Midwest Conference on Problem Gambling and Substance Abuse.
The Nebraska Corn Board says nearly 5,000 farmers sent postcards urging the Environmental Protection Agency to approve blending more ethanol with gasoline.
National sports giant ESPN will broadcast Aplington-Parkerburg High School's opening home football game while it pays tribute to the team's coach, who was shot and killed in June.
A move is under way to ban bicyclists on county roads in Iowa. A group called Citizens for Safety Coalition of Iowa is circulating a petition and urging the Legislature to support a move to ban bikes on so-called farm-to market roads.
A new Nebraska Web site offers a quick way for parents, students and others to find out more about their nearby education options including K-12 schools and colleges.
By the time Omaha Police arrived the safe had been unlocked and the cash was gone. Whoever is burglarizing Subway Restaurants in Omaha isn't afraid of returning to the scene of the crime.
Iowa's annual sales tax holiday is scheduled for Aug. 7 and 8, giving Iowans a chance do some back-to-school shopping without paying state and local sales taxes.
The Agriculture Department is helping struggling dairy farmers by raising the price paid for milk and cheddar cheese through a dairy price support program.
An attorney for a Kansas woman accused of violating Nebraska's flag-desecration law has asked that her client's appeal be heard by the Nebraska Supreme Court.