This week on Wellness Wake Up Call, University of Illinois Extension recognizes National Family Caregivers Month and the millions of people who dedicate their time and energy to caring for loved ones. Learn simple ways to celebrate and support family caregivers, from offering a helping hand to connecting them with valuable resources.

This week on A Real Piece of Work, we welcome Shannon Johnson-Kehoe, HR Director of Organizational Development and Training at SSAB. Shannon brings a unique perspective on leadership, professional development, and the people behind a successful organization. The conversation explores the importance of building strong teams, developing workplace skills, and creating opportunities for career growth in the manufacturing industry.

Nate Willems, Democratic candidiate for Iowa Attorney General, talks about his background and reasons for running, as well as key issues such as environmental protection, law enforcement, child protection, his priorities if elected, taking on big tech and AI, and much more.

On this episode of Love Girls the Podcast, co-hosts Kayla Babers and Jasmine Babers-Gunn tackle the viral Man vs. Bear discussion with special guest Janey Locander of Hey Janey & Co., along with Her Voice Media youth staff member Tamiah Rogers and sound engineer Amiyah Woods. It's all about consent, healthy relationships, and personal safety.

To say Tuesday's results were good for Democrats would be a serious understatement. Central Illinois political leaders told WGLT about how and why they think Democrats and Republicans got here.

JB Pritzker released a 200-point policy plan that he wants the new Democrat-controlled Congress to take up. The plan is aimed at reversing many Trump administration policies that Pritzker believes harms Illinois.

Illinois’ constitutional offices will all remain in Democratic hands, though the state will have a new U.S. senator and state comptroller.

Tazewell County voters Tuesday once again defeated a 1% school facilities sales tax referendum. The measure lost 55% to 45%. The tax was previously rejected by Tazewell County voters in 2018 and 2019.

Police say there were multiple injuries in a shooting at the post office near downtown Des Moines. The shooter was detained. There is no word on the condition of the people who were hurt. An investigation is ongoing.

President Donald Trump was in Dubuque Sunday to lead one of his final rallies ahead of the midterms. Trump and GOP candidates urged Iowans to turn out on Election Day. Democrats and the Iowa Farmers Union held their own events calling for a change in leadership in Des Moines and Washington, D.C.

The study group formed by Gov. Kim Reynolds is recommending hiring more staff for the state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, provider verification measures and higher penalties for fraud, according to a final report released by the governor.

The candidates found common ground on mental healthcare, water quality and government accountability, but offered different approaches to Medicaid, education and state spending.

A corn infection that farmers dread is also a culinary delicacy in Mexico. Now, farmers, chefs and a secretive vegetable broker are bringing it to one Midwest city.

Food and farm programs historically persist through the farm bill. Packaging multiple cross-party issues into one bill ensures rural and urban legislators come together to pass it. But that coalition has been fracturing over past farm bill cycles, creating uncertainty on the farm and in grocery stores.

A study found a Wisconsin program that pays producers for measured reductions in phosphorus runoff was more cost-effective than a popular federal conservation program.

As farmers face financial uncertainty, the Trump administration has moved to end protections on gray wolves that sometimes prey on livestock. But experts question if it’s the right move for the species.