Minnesota's DFL party was created on April 15, 1944, after the Minnesota Democrats merged with the Farmer-Labor Party, ...

Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Community members gathered Monday morning in the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids to begin their Memorial Day observance by honoring ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Google will invest $7 billion to officially build a data center in Cedar Rapids and expand cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in its Council Bluffs complex ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Recruiting and retaining employees in Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, and Marion has become a struggle in recent years, leaving businesses hesitant to establish roots in the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Two Kent County districts - Grand Rapids Public Schools and Kentwood Public Schools were among 10 Michigan districts with the greatest number of reported homeless students in ...

Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — The end may be in sight for a downtown Cedar Rapids project that started eight years ago to reduce the sounds of train horns heard regularly ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Riders in nearly 1,000 cities worldwide, including Grand Rapids, are all dressed in their finest on Sunday, riding to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer ...

Erik Pfantz covers local government and education in central Wisconsin for USA TODAY NETWORK - Wisconsin and values his background as a rural Wisconsinite. Contact him at epfantz@gannett.com.