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Rural advocacy groups have launched an initiative to raise awareness of rural issues and support producers who grow healthy food in Nebraska.

A group of future health care professionals will get a firsthand look at rural medicine in northwest Missouri later this month through the Rural Immersion Program.

Missouri farmers say they're facing some of the toughest economic conditions in decades. Now, they're pressing lawmakers to make the next Farm Bill a lifeline for family farms instead of big agribusiness.

The U.S. House of Representatives could vote on the federal budget as soon as today, which contains large reductions to Medicaid services.

From Cameron, Missouri to Lawrence, Kansas, small town officials say they offer a slice of the real America, cheaper accommodations and traditional 4th of July festivities.

In February, ICE agents detained three people in Milan, a town of about 1,800 people in north-central Missouri. The sudden disappearances of the community members has pushed several households to consider leaving town, which could spell doom for businesses that rely on Hispanic customers.

Iowa mothers-to-be will now be eligible for their health insurance programs to cover doula services.

Northwest Missouri State University President Dr. Lance Tatum on Thursday announced the institution is taking aim at filling a gap and helping to train Missouri’s next generation of healthcare workforce by establishing a Center for Rural Health.