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President Joe Biden was in southern Minnesota yesterday to highlight federal investments for rural America. Biden visited a farm near Northfield to discuss funding from recent packages such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, with the latter focusing on climate projects and health care assistance. For agriculture, the administration said there is new funding for farmers to take advantage of climate-friendly practices, such as nutrient management, with other provisions designed to create market fairness. ...

GALENA, Ill. — A new business planned in Galena would offer a bar, ax throwing and other activities from cornhole to shuffleboard.

Fentanyl exposure in young children gets overlooked because there is no national mandate for screening for it as part of standard drug testing.

By Tony Leys for KFF Health News.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Rural Democracy Initiative-Public News Service Collaboration Allison Roderick has a warning and a pledge for rural residents of her county: The water from their wells could be contaminated, but the government can help make it safe. Roderick is the environmental health officer for Webster County in north-central Iowa, where a few thousand rural residents live among sprawling corn and soybean fields. Many draw their water from private wells, which are exempt from most federal testing and pu...

Fentanyl exposure in young children gets overlooked because there is no national mandate for screening for it as part of standard drug testing.