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Steve Alexander is in for Max, and talks about potholes, a car crash, minimum wage in Illinois and a convicted co-op manager in Minnesota.
Pothole season has begun for some regions. There have been 1,400 pothole reports called in this year in Kansas City alone.
There was a multi-vehicle and multi-state crash on I65 in southern Indiana.
Minimum wage is going up in Illinois.
Former manager of a western Minnesota co-op will spend some time in prison after swindling several million dollars over $15 years.