Midwest

Work at an Amazon fulfillment center in a suburb of Chicago appears to have resumed, after employees had evacuated due to a fire Thursday morning.

In 2021, an Amazon driver miraculously survived a horrific collision with an Amtrak train in Wisconsin that cut his delivery van in two.

Illinois has launched a state-run website to track government spending on illegal immigrants as the border crisis drains state resources and taxpayer dollars.

Paramount Global is laying off 800 employees to cut costs and return to earnings growth as the media industry grapples with streaming dominance and the fallout from Hollywood strikes

People staged a protest outside a small Wisconsin business because the shop is selling celebrity-themed "prayer candles." Some of the candles feature Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.

Proposition bets have become a staple of Super Bowl tradition and in some instances become so popular that people are more interested in them than in the game.

A Michigan Popeyes location was fined $48,000 by the Labor Department for violating federal labor laws by employing teenage workers during school hours.

A Wisconsin man suspected of stealing over $90,000 worth of calculators from Targets across Indiana and several other states has been arrested.

A former Starbucks employee in Missouri is suing the coffee chain, saying he was wrongly terminated after he confronted a pair of robbers at his store.

A Missouri lottery player realized that he won $100,000 on a scratch-off game before scratching the card completely, and then brought the ticket home to his wife to surprise her.

Ohio lawmakers are proposing a bill to run a pilot program that rewards students for attending school and graduating, with cash payments up to $750.

A Michigan man who plays his children's birthdays won a $200,000 prize in the Powerball on the December 30 drawing of the lottery. He says he will pay off bills.

Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has cut taxes in her state since taking office in 2018 while maintaining a budget surplus. She is endorsing Florida's Ron DeSantis for president.

Canton, Michigan resident Reagan Blanton recently won $3 million from a Mega Millions/Megaplier lottery ticket that she purchased on vacation.

U.S. airlines have canceled at least 1,800 flights as dangerous winter weather is forecast to slam the Midwest and Plains this weekend.

A US Foods driver strike is impacting the students off Michigan's largest public school district, as well as area restaurants, reports say.

A couple abruptly held a wedding ceremony at an Indiana coffee shop. The owners are frustrated, asking for money from the newlyweds as compensation — and are asking others not to do this.

Ohio Senator JD Vance is calling for a Senate Commerce Committee hearing to investigate the safety of Boeing 737 MAX planes after plug door blew of an Alaska Airlines jet.

Farmers and Republican voters in Iowa fear a second Biden administration would further "cripple" the economy and agricultural industry via inflation and green energy.

A Michigan woman recently won nearly a million dollars after buying a lottery ticket. After she thought she didn't win, the Michigan Lottery app told her otherwise.