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Session Reaches 2nd Half

The South Dakota legislature begins this week at the half way point of a shortened session.

Nebraska republican Third District Congressman Adrian Smith has announced his intent to run for re-election this fall.

State officials are reporting there were fewer traffic fatalities in Iowa last year than anytime since 1944.

A bill increasing the penalties against those who assault doctors and nurses has advanced in the Nebraska Unicameral.

2012 is off to a deadly start on Nebraska roads.

The state landed a major economic development with the announcement this week that Bel Brands would open a cheese processing facility in Brookings.

Dwaine Chapel will become the new C.E.O. and executive director of the Innovation Campus at South Dakota State University.

The States of Iowa and Nebraska have left MORAST, or the Missouri River Association of States and Tribes.

Bed bugs have become a problem at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...a problem that seemingly won't go away.

It appears the Mid American economy is on track for some rapid growth this year.

While there have been only scattered cases of influenza reported across the region, people are still getting sick.

The deadline for public comments on new student achievement guidelines in South Dakota is Friday.

South Dakota Senator John Thune says he is introducing a bill to end bonuses for top executives at a national mortgage company.

A key senator has publicly issued a new challenge as Iowa legislators struggle to resolve their dispute over how to cut commercial property taxes.

Matt Strawn, chair of the Republican Party of Iowa, announced Tuesday he'll leave that post on February 10.