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Federal officials allege Nebraska is violating federal law by unnecessarily segregating people with serious mental illnesses in assisted living facilities and day programs.

OTTUMWA — Ottumwa Police Department investigator Jeremy Tosh was recently recognized by the United States Attorneys’ Offices for the Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa as a recipient of the

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail on 60 felony counts relating to sexual assault of a child.

Montana has a voucher program to help cover costs at residential programs for people with addiction, but those running the homes say the program’s funding falls far below the need.

Big opportunities are on the rise for local entrepreneurs. Vermilion Advantage was recently awarded a $250,000 grant through the state of lllinois Economic Empowerment Centers (EEC) Grant Program.

EAU CLAIRE — A former teacher at Regis Middle School, and the former athletic director for the high school, was in court Thursday for a hearing as prosecutors pursue serious

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed multiple bills into law Wednesday — including a measure requiring social studies and civics classes at Iowa schools have a greater focus on U.S. and Western

Palestinian militant group Hamas on Monday agreed to a Gaza cease-fire proposal from mediators, but Israel said the terms did not meet its demands and pressed ahead with strikes in

NEW YORK — Columbia University on Monday canceled its main graduation ceremony after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests roiled the Ivy League college’s campus, but it will still hold smaller, school-based

Less than a year after its creation, Manchester Mayor Jay Ruais will ask aldermen this week to begin the process of dissolving the city’s Department of Housing Stability, and place