River dyed blue; burglar falls from ceiling; cancer hoax
Odd and interesting news from the Midwest.
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A library book overdue by nearly 50 years has been returned to a university library in southwest Ohio.
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area robbery was foiled when the owner of a business realized the would-be robber was using a water pistol.
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit will start using state education tax dollars to fund a program that will pay for two years of community college for the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An effort is underway to provide fertile soil as the groundwork for landscaping at the Gateway Arch grounds in St. Louis.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The deeply unpopular ISTEP student exam will be repealed by July 2017 under a bill Gov. Mike Pence signed into law Tuesday.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A bill declaring that Kansas Supreme Court justices can be impeached for attempting to infringe on the Legislature's power…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A Salina man has been arrested after falling through a restaurant ceiling as police responded to a burglary.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana environmental officials say the Maumee River will have a blue tint for a few days after a spill of 200 gallons…
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the state from placing a 13-year-old boy who moved to Nebraska from Minnesota on its public l…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Members of a Minnesota Vikings fan organization raised thousands of dollars for a woman believed to have terminal brain can…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri woman has been awarded $20.6 million in damages after federal jurors found that a company exposed…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A survey of bighorn sheep in the western North Dakota Badlands indicates the herd is rebounding from an outbreak of bact…
HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — County commissioners in southwestern Ohio are balking at the cost of repairing a 112-year-old building that holds histor…
