FAYETTE, IOWA (April 24, 2020) — Upper Iowa University's Celebrate UIU Day proved to be an inspirational success as the UIU community secured approximately $95,000 through 531 donations during an 1,857-minute period on Thursday, April 16, and Friday, April 17. Support for Celebrate UIU Day continued with nearly $1,300 in additional contributions after the fundraising event had ended.

Are you an "essential worker" who needs to be on the job? Do you run a "non-essential" business" that's required to close and isn't eligible for a government bailout? When you leave your home is it for "essential travel" or are you engaging in "non-essential activity?" "Essential" versus "non-essential" may be the single most significant word-pairing that's come out of the COVID-19 panic and its associated shutdowns, lockdowns, and shakedowns.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (April 24, 2020) — Iowa PBS announced that Producer Director Paul Yeager is the new host of Market to Market, Iowa PBS's weekly, nationally-syndicated agribusiness program. Market to Market's news and in-depth analysis on the $1 trillion business of agriculture is seen by viewers across Iowa and 20 other states. 

PELLA, IOWA (April 23, 2020) — Central's annual Scholarship Celebration was scheduled for Thursday, April 23, but was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The event gives student scholarship recipients the opportunity to personally thank and share dinner with donors who help make their Central education possible. More than 700 students would have been recognized this year in PH Kuyper Gymnasium.

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