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A call to rebuild the middle class, with “an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values,” formed the central focus of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night.

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Kuhlmeier trustee says city is not doing its part

Those in charge of the William Kuhlmeier Trust are not happy about how the City of Fort Madison is maintaining the ice skating/reflective pond in Riverview Park.
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Younger people making up larger share of Sioux City homeless

Alan Graves may be the new face of homelessness: He's 29, out of work and has been living in a shelter since losing his job in September.

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Free-range CWD found in Macon County

The Missouri Department of Conservation announced on Tuesday it found the state's first two free-range cases of Chronic Wasting Disease this November, in bucks harvested in Macon County.

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High-speed chase questions county pursuit policies

A high-speed chase that ended in the death of a La Prairie, Illinois woman raised questions from some viewers as to whether a sheriff's deputy should have called off the pursuit before it became too dangerous.

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Truckers can talk on the phone again 

The U.S Department of Transportation is relaxing a ban on a cell phone regulations put in place back in December.

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