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May 28, 2024
This weekend the 85th Annual North Iowa Band Festival is in Mason City, IA and Midwest Access is here to share a some of the fun with you. Mason City, IA is the home of Music Man Square in honor of Mason City Native Meredith Wilson who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the 1957 Broadway musical and later the movie, The Music Man. Nick Whitehurst the executive Director of Music Man Square joined Jessie Alison to share more about it. More information at Music Man Square | (themusicmansquare.or...
February 16, 2024
The Midwest Access reporter left KTTC for new opportunities but hasn't left Rochester.
September 15, 2023
A Republican lawmaker’s misleading narratives before a Kansas House hearing this spring supported a state law prohibiting physicians from euthanizing infants who survive abortions — despite medical experts’ assertion that
August 10, 2023
Abortion wasnt technically on the ballot in Ohios special election. But the overwhelming defeat of a measure that would have made it tougher to enshrine abortion rights in the state
August 10, 2023
CHICAGO (AP) โ Abortion wasnโt technically on the ballot in Ohioโs special election. But the overwhelming defeat of a measure that would have made it tougher to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution this fall was the latest indicator that the issue remains a powerful force at the ballot box. The election saw record […]
August 10, 2023
CHICAGO (AP) โ Abortion wasnโt technically on the ballot in Ohioโs special election. But the overwhelming defeat of a measure that would have made it toug
August 10, 2023
The defeat of an Ohio measure that would have made it tougher to protect abortion in the state constitution shows the issue is a powerful force at the ballot box.
August 9, 2023
Opposition to the measure, which became a kind of proxy for the November abortion vote, extended even into traditionally Republican areas. In early returns, support for the measure fell far short of Donald Trump's performance during the 2020 election in nearly every county.
August 9, 2023
The election saw record turnout for what's typically a sleepy August election date and sets up another battle in November, when Ohio will be the only state this year to have reproductive rights on the ballot. It also gives hope to Democrats and other abortion rights supporters who say the matter could sway voters their way again in 2024. Democrats described the victory in Ohio, a one-time battleground state that has shifted markedly to the right, as a “major warning sign” fo...