DES MOINES, IOWA (February 7, 2020) — The LPIA will conduct county level caucuses and conventions on February 8, 2020. Twenty-three county parties will meet to form their county committees, elect county leadership, and select delegates to the 2020 LPIA State Convention. We will hold a Presidential Preference Poll the same day and will release results the afternoon of Sunday, February 9.

STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN (February 6, 2020) — The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point conferred degrees on more than 500 graduates during the university's winter commencement ceremonies on December 14, 2019.

The graduate list included the following local students:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, DEGREE, MAJOR (if listed), HONORS (if listed)

De Witt, IA Sabrina Claeys, Bachelor of Science, wildlife ecology and mgmt, Cum Laude

Nicholas Sarwark is father to four pre-teen children. In his response to the State of the Union, delivered on behalf of the Libertarian Party (which he serves as national chair), he mentions that each of them are in debt to the tune of $70,633. "Not because we gave them credit cards to go buy cars," he explains, but "because politicians in Washington have a credit card called the national debt."

MOUNT VERNON, IOWA (February 6, 2020) — Cornell College named 254 students to its Dean's List for the Fall 2019 semester, including:

Ellie Andorf (Highest Honors: semester gpa of 4.00) of Bettendorf, IA (52722)

Elise Kalin (Highest Honors: semester gpa of 4.00) of Bettendorf, IA (52722)

Jasmine Velasco (High Honors: semester grade point average between 3.8000 — 3.9999) of Muscatine, IA (52761)

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 6, 2020) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces the hiring of Jeff Franklin to bolster the state’s election cybersecurity. Franklin served as the State of Iowa’s Chief Information Security Officer for the past 10 years. His expertise will help protect Iowa’s elections in 2020 and beyond.

PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN (February 6, 2020) — The University of Wisconsin-Platteville celebrated its 203rd commencement ceremonies December 14, 2019 in Williams Fieldhouse, and the ceremonies featured local students.

UW-Platteville, founded in 1866, has been named the best in Wisconsin for annual return on investment for the fourth consecutive year by Payscale and the best in the state (and seventh nationally) for employment by Zippia, the Career Expert.

HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN (February 6, 2020) — Michigan Technological University, in Houghton, Michigan, has released the Dean's List for the 2019 Fall semester. More than 1,880 students were named to the Dean's List this past fall.

To be included, students must achieve a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

A pound sign indicates a student who earned University Honors, finishing in the top-2 percent of their College. Asterisks indicate those earning straight-A averages of 4.0.

PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN (February 6, 2020) — The University of Wisconsin-Platteville announced its Chancellor's List, honoring those with perfect 4.0 grade-point averages for the fall 2019 semester.

UW-Platteville, founded in 1866, has been named the best in Wisconsin for annual return on investment for the fourth consecutive year by Payscale and the best in the state (and seventh nationally) for employment by Zippia, the Career Expert.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 6, 2020) — According to TIME Magazine, Chinese-American playwright David Henry Hwang, “has the potential to become the first important dramatist of American public life since Arthur Miller, and maybe the best of them all.”

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 6, 2020) — The IFAA (Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advancement) would like to announce the availability of our 2020 Scholarships. 2020 Winner's Circle Scholarships are available to Incoming Freshman and Upper Classmen enrolled in Agriculture Curriculum at any 4-year or 2-year university or college in Iowa. Selections will be made by a committee of IFAA members and Faculty and Staff of Colleges with Agricultural Programs.

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