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Over the next five years, states hope to get an influx of federal funds to invest in rural health care. Some hospitals say the funding won't offset what they'll lose in Medicaid cuts.
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Among the regular observers at Nodaway County Commission meetings since the discovery of a proposed data center near Barnard has been South Nodaway R-V superintendent Dustin Skoglund.
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Missouri State Highway Patrol Major Paul D. Kerperin will retire Sept. 1 after 31 years of service.
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The University of Missouri Extension has opened registration for the Missouri Master Naturalist course.
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ServMO has announced seven recipients of its America 250 Mini-grants, which will fund community-driven service projects honoring America’s 250th birthday.
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Staffing cuts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have Nebraska farmers wondering whether they have enough support to participate in federal conservation programs.
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Springfield, Missouri residents now have a new way to get life-saving naloxone without having to ask for it. The fire department has installed self-service, weatherproof boxes stocked with free opioid rescue kits, giving people around-the-clock access to medication that can reverse an overdose.
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Every carrier selling health insurance in the two states through the Affordable Care Act marketplace hopes to raise premiums in 2027, according to preliminary rate filings with state insurance regulators. They blame rising healthcare costs.
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Since 2018, four college and one high school linemen have died in Kansas from heat-related illnesses. So far this summer, high school linemen in Arkansas and Louisiana have been severely sickened by exertional heat stroke.
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services released new numbers Sunday showing 1,577 people in the state have tested positive for the parasite.
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12 members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee who advanced the nominee for Attorney General to the full senate includes Missouri Senators Hawley and Schmitt and Iowa Senator Grassley.
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Missouri's State Board of Education includes an advisory position for "an active classroom teacher," but it's remained unfilled since 2018. Gov. Mike Kehoe selected Park Hill High School math teacher Michael McDonald for the role.