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Farmer mental health is a complicated topic. Missouri Business Alert’s Katie Quinn has the story – and the voices of several farmers in Missouri.

Karren Ganschinietz lives and works in Boss, Missouri. She’s been a CNA, or Certified Nursing Assistant, for nearly 40 years – working in assisted living facilities and home care. She spoke with Missouri Business Alert about the shortage of CNAs in Missouri and how that could impact our healthcare systems, as well as the care patients receive.

It's hard to be a competitive figure skater to begin with, but it’s even harder to advance in the sport when there’s only one rink in the whole region.

MEMPHIS, Mo. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is devastating rural hospitals, including the tiny 25-bed facility in Memphis, Missouri. People come from six…

A proposal to improve broadband access would create a grant system to fund service expansion in rural areas of Missouri.The bill, which had its first…

Today, we’re bringing you United and Divided, a series of stories on bridging the urban-rural divide. It's reported by Harvest Public Media.In the wake of…

At the beginning of the summer, the US Department of Agriculture announced its goal to serve 200 million meals to low-income children through the summer…

Just over a year ago, Tracy Dethlefs learned she has stage 1 breast cancer. Since then, she estimates she’s charted some 10,000 miles travelling from her…

A Missouri lawmaker is proposing the state create incentives for health clinics at rural schools. State Rep. Jay Barnes recently filed legislation to…

Almost 800,000 uninsured Missourians became eligible for coverage through the federal health insurance marketplace earlier this year. As the state…