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Annual Dowagiac Summer Festival adds more free activities, music to event
Dowagiac Daily News - Michigan
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July 3, 2025
Published 3:21 pm Thursday, July 3, 2025 DOWAGIAC — The sound of sizzling meats and the smell of smoky flavors will be wafting through downtown Dowagiac later this month. Now in its 39th year, Dowagiac’s Summer Festival returns to downtown...
How did U.S. Reps from Kansas, Missouri vote on ‘big, beautiful bill’?
KSHB - Missouri
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July 3, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives found enough votes Thursday to pass legislation dubbed the “big beautiful bill.” The measure, which received approval earlier this week in the U.S. Senate, now heads to President...
OUR OPINION: A legacy of service worthy of Hall of Fame
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 16, 2025
The service didn't end when the military uniform was retired. That was the driving force in the lives of Missourians honored in the state's Veterans Hall of Fame, a hallowed space on the second floor of the Missouri State Capitol. Civic...
3 questions facing Kansas football with Big 12 Media Days approaching
Salina Journal - Kansas
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LAWRENCE — Kansas football coach Lance Leipold is entering his fifth season in charge of the Jayhawks. Before kickoff of the regular season opener, though, which is scheduled for Aug. 23 at home against Fresno State, Leipold and a handful of his...
Missouri’s Crypticon Brings Horror to Summer Vibes
KICK AM 1530 - Illinois
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June 25, 2025
Do you love horror and Sci-Fi movies and TV shows? Do your friends and family look at you weird when you get excited about a sequel or prequel that provides more story for those quirky and disturbed characters? You aren’t alone. You have others...
5 Missouri football players who have All-SEC potential on offense
Daily Comet - Louisiana
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Let’s lean into the preseason talk for a moment. Missouri football is less than a month away from reporting for preseason camp. The Tigers, in recent seasons, have reported to campus in Columbia on the final weekend of July. Most national outlets...
Missouri Scholars Academy inspires young leaders with unique educational experiences
Show-Me State Times - Missouri
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June 24, 2025
Mun Y. Choi, PhD, President | University of MissouriMun Y. Choi, PhD, President | University of Missouri When Missouri high school students gathered at the University of Missouri, they were treated to a unique lecture on the chemistry of NASCAR....
Missouri lawmakers could return to session this fall to debate property taxes
My Ozarks Online - Missouri
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June 25, 2025
House Speaker Jon Patterson, a Lee's Summit Republican, speaks at a press conference at the end of special session on June 11 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). June 25, 2025 5:55 am Questions about the constitutionality of a property tax...
New Montana High School Sport
Mix 95.1 - North Dakota
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July 3, 2025
It would make a lot of sense to add this sport in Montana. Montana High School Sports High school sports are pure and beautiful. Montana might not have any professional sports teams, but we love what we have. There are several colleges with sports...
Movies and TV shows casting in Des Moines
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Movies and TV shows casting in Des Moines The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities' Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and...
Missouri governor set to honor St. Louis rock station KSHE 95
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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KSHE staffers in a circa 1968 photo (from left) Sir Ed, Prince Knight, Gary Bennett, Shelley Grafman (holding sign), Steve Rosen, John Williams, Don Corey and Dick Merkle. Courtesy of St. Louis Media History Foundation JEFFERSON CITY — A St. Louis...
Dawson Hollow to return to Mid-Missouri
California Democrat - Missouri
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July 3, 2025
Dawson Hollow will bring indie-folk-rock performance to the historic Finke Theatre. The group will return to the Finke Theatre at 7 p.m. July 12 at 315 N. High St. in California. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Dawson Hollow is a band based out of the...
Football Picked Fourth in OVC-Big South Association Preseason Poll
Lindenwood University Athletics - Missouri
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July 16, 2025
Story Links The OVC-Big South Association released its preseason poll on Wednesday. The Lindenwood football team earned 39 points and was picked to finish fourth, as voted on by the leagues head coaches. Tennessee Tech was tabbed as Association...
Missouri women's basketball to face Kansas in renewed rivalry this November
Columbia News - Missouri
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June 24, 2025
The University of Missouri's women's basketball team is set to renew its rivalry with Kansas on November 15 at T-Mobile Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. This upcoming game will be the 82nd meeting in the historic series between the two teams and...
Love BBQ? This Missouri Festival Just Made America’s Best List
KIX 105.7 - Missouri
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July 2, 2025
Missouri Festivals Get National Recognition There are so many festivals in Missouri to enjoy throughout the year, but one is getting national recognition as one of the best in America. What Is the Bluegrass & BBQ Festival in Branson? Get ready for...
Kansas City arts groups ‘left reeling’ after Missouri governor slashes millions from budget
KCUR - Missouri
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July 2, 2025
Kansas City arts organizations are reeling as they brace for the impact of cuts to Missouri state arts and culture funding. Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a package of 13 spending bills on Monday, and issued 208 vetoes that axed nearly $300...
National TV news largely failed to connect the record-breaking eastern U.S. heat dome to climate change
Media Matters For America
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Media Matters searched transcripts in the SnapStream video database for all original episodes of ABC’s Good Morning America and World News Tonight, CBS’ Mornings and Evening News, and NBC’s Today and Nightly News, as well as all original...
Vance Tobol named first team Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators
WC Missouri News
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July 1, 2025
Alex Backhaus Assistant Baseball Coach/Recruiting Coordinator | University of Central Missouri AthleticsAlex Backhaus Assistant Baseball Coach/Recruiting Coordinator | University of Central Missouri Athletics University of Central Missouri's Vance...
Lawrence Group designs first Five Iron Golf in Missouri
REJournals
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July 2, 2025
Golf and entertainment venue Five Iron Golf partnered with local entrepreneur Carlton Blood and Lawrence Group architects to design the first of several Five Iron Golf locations as they make their Missouri debut. Officially opened on June 2, the...
5-at-10: Revenue sharing in college sports is here, SEC football schedule breakdown, Penn apologizes
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee
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July 2, 2025
Landmark sports day Bobby Bonilla Day — July 1 — was also the day that college sports departments could officially start revenue sharing with its athletes. TFP sports ace David Paschall breaks it down for UT and UTC right here....