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Max Armstrong talks about school opinions, assistance for hog farmers, pedestrian fatalities, rural hospitals and digital dating.
What will happen in the fall with school? USA Today offers some survey results about parent and teacher opinion.
Iowa Departement of Ag plans to offer assistance to hog farmers.
There's been a rash of pedestrian fatalities in Indiana.
Rural hospitals continue to struggle.
Some people who are single are cautious about looking for love in public spaces.