ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 9, 2025) — Augustana College has been named one of 75 “New Dream Schools” in the nation in Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You, the book released today by New York Times bestselling author and higher-education journalist Jeffrey Selingo. The book is a follow-up to Selingo's 2020 bestseller Who Gets in and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions.

FAYETTE, IOWA (September 9, 2025) — Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the names of its Spring 2025 graduates.

Jennifer Brooke of Davenport (IA)

Bianca Carrillo of Davenport (IA)

Denise Cary of Davenport (IA)

Jamie Erskine of Davenport (IA)

Cassie Handley of Eldridge (IA)

Leuticcia Sykes of Davenport (IA)

Nicholas Hartje of Davenport (IA)

Raena Hart of Davenport (IA)

Nicole Johnson of Moline (IL)

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE (September 9, 2025) — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Summer 2025 Dean's List. The summer terms run from May to August.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 9, 2025) — A panel of industry judges recently selected the proposed Council Bluffs housing development Spin Lofts as the winner of the Iowa Finance Authority (IFA)’s third annual Innovation in Housing Pitch Competition, held at the HousingIowa Conference in Cedar Rapids last week. Led by Iowa-based developer Arch Icon, the project will now advance in the Federal Housing Tax Credit Innovation Set-Aside application process.