After months and months of campaigning, and incredible numbers of television and social media ads, it's finally time for Iowa voters to make their decisions.
On Midwest Week, residents of northwest and central Illinois will help determine who controls the US House - with their votes for Esther Joy King or Eric Sorensen.
On Midwest Week, one result of the US pulling out of Afghanistan a year ago is the re-settlement of thousands of Afghans in this country, including several hundred in the Quad Cities.
On Midwest Week, as if teacher shortages and financial problems aren't enough for schools, the pandemic has also caused a shortage of bus drivers in some districts.
On Midwest Week, a long investigation by NPR and the Marshall Project details abuse of inmates, and seven deaths, at the federal prison in Thomson, Illinois.