The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will use $732 million in federal infrastructure funding to modernize a lock and dam on the Upper Mississippi River crucial for shipping grain and soybeans to export markets, officials said on Wednesday.
Rural Hospitals Face Staffing Shortages Amid Omicron Outbreak
"Looking at data this morning from the CDC, we're seeing a lot of rural towns having a six percent to a 15 percent increase in COVID over the last forty-eight hours," said Alan Morgan the CEO of the National Rural Health Association.