SAN DIEGO, CA (January 23, 2019) — Casey’s General Stores, based in Ankeny, Iowa, received an award today at The National Biodiesel Board (NBD)’s annual conference for becoming a leading provider of biodiesel at stores across the nation. NBB annually acknowledges biodiesel champions with the organization’s “Eye on Biodiesel” awards. Nathaniel Doddridge, Casey’s Director of Fuels, accepted the “Impact Award” on behalf of the company.

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STORM LAKE, IA (01/23/2019) — Angelena Wells, of Clinton, was named to Buena Vista University's (BVU) Dean's List for terms one and two. Students named to the Dean's List must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the two terms, based on a 4.0 grade point system, and must have taken at least 12 hours of coursework.

Wells is enrolled in BVU's online programs.

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DUBUQUE, Iowa (January 23, 2019) — Heartland Financial USA, Inc (NASDAQ: HTLF) announced that its board of directors approved an increase in its quarterly cash dividend to $0.16 per share on the company's common stock payable on March 1, 2019, to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 15, 2019. As of December 31, 2018, there were 34,477,499 common shares outstanding listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol HTLF.