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Bud & Mary’s Expands Sleep Relief Options for Iowa Medical Cannabis Patients with Launch of NUO Sleep Tablets
Medical Cannabis Sleep Solution is Formulated with Minor Cannabinoids and Backed by Research DES MOINES, IA, UNITED STATES, June 5, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- DES MOINES, Iowa (June 5, 2025) — Iowa medical cannabis patients can now access Bud &...

U.S. business confidence drops to lowest level since November 2020
New research from Principal ®finds the Principal Financial Well-Being IndexSM at 6.02 out of 10, down sharply from 7.8 in November 2024, and the lowest level recorded since November 2020. The Index is scored on a 0 to 10 scale, where 0 reflects no...

Bud & Mary’s Expands Sleep Relief options for Iowa Medical Cannabis Patients with Launch of NUO Sleep Tablets - DELETED
Medical Cannabis Sleep Solution is Formulated with Minor Cannabinoids and Backed by Research DES MOINES, IA, UNITED STATES, June 4, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Iowa medical cannabis patients can now access Bud & Mary’s NUO Sleep Tablets, a...

Carnegie Reporter Magazine Explores the Prevalence and Impact of Political Polarization and Finds Possible Solutions
The Summer 2025 edition of Carnegie Reporter magazine examines what is driving division in our society and how individuals and communities are finding ways to come together to reduce political polarization. This press release features multimedia....

New Unemployment System Now Live on Iowaworks.gov
Iowa Workforce Development Communications For Immediate Release Date: June 3, 2025 Contact: Jesse Dougherty Telephone: 515-725-5487 Email: communications@iwd.iowa.gov Printer Friendly Version (PDF) All Unemployment Activity Now Taking Place in One...

Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo Returns to Des Moines July 21-23, 2025, for 5-Year Celebration of Ag Tech Innovation
Tech Hub LIVE Keynotes: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and GreenPoint Ag CEO Jeff Blair Highlight Innovation and Practical Solutions for Ag Retailers WILLOUGHBY, MA, UNITED STATES, May 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Tech Hub LIVE...

North Iowa Community Credit Union Selects Mahalo Banking for Seamless Core-to-Digital Banking Integration
North Iowa Community Credit Union (NICCU) today announced its partnership with Mahalo Banking, a leading provider of innovative digital banking solutions for credit unions. The credit union has selected Mahalo’s Thoughtful Banking® solution to...

Mark Cuban Foundation and Corteva Bring Free AI Bootcamp to Indianapolis, Des Moines Area Teens
INDIANAPOLIS, May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Mark Cuban Foundation is proud to announce its bootcamp in partnership with Corteva. The program will bring back the highly acclaimed Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bootcamp to Indianapolis,...

AM Best Affirms Wellabe’s Excellent Financial Strength Rating for Fifth Straight Year
For the fifth year in a row, the independent credit rating agency AM Best has affirmed Wellabe’s Financial Strength Ratings (FSR) of A (Excellent) and held the stable outlook for its six insurance company subsidiaries. “For 96 years, our customers...

Secretary Naig Announces 33 Choose Iowa Food Purchasing Grants for Schools
Pilot program enables students to enjoy fresh, local food sourced from Choose Iowa members’ farms and small businesses DES MOINES, Iowa (May 29, 2025) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced 33 schools or school districts have...

UMB Financial Corporation Announces Pricing of an Underwritten Offering of 12,000,000 Depositary Shares Representing Interests in Its Series B Preferred Stock
UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF) announced today that it priced an underwritten public offering of 12,000,000 depositary shares (the “depositary shares”), each representing a 1/400th ownership interest in a share of its 7.750% Fixed-Rate...

UMB Financial Corporation Announces Launch of an Underwritten Offering of Depositary Shares Representing Interests in Its Series B Preferred Stock
UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF) announced today the launch of an underwritten public offering of depositary shares (the “depositary shares”), each representing a 1/400th ownership interest in a share of its Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative...

Current Downtime for Unemployment System and Iowaworks.gov (May 28-June 2)
Earlier this month, IWD announced an historic upgrade to make Iowa's unemployment system easier, faster, and more secure. In order to replace a decades-old system, a one-time system pause is taking place during the week before launch. System...

IWD Announces Modernized Unemployment System to Improve Experience for Iowans
Iowa Workforce Development Communications For Immediate Release Date: May 27, 2025 Contact: Jesse Dougherty Telephone: 515-725-5487 Email: communications@iwd.iowa.gov Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Old System to Shut Down After Today; New One Will...

Everstream Reaches Agreement for Sale of Business to Bluebird Fiber
Everstream (the “Company”), a business-only fiber network, today announced that it has reached an agreement to sell substantially all of its operations to an affiliate of Bluebird Fiber (“Bluebird”), a regional provider of fiber-based connectivity...

Secretary Naig Announces Inaugural Statewide Choose Iowa Farm Store Crawl on June 21-22
Explore Iowa’s countryside by supporting local farmers and businesses during this exciting weekend event DES MOINES, Iowa (May 21, 2025) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that Choose Iowa will host its inaugural statewide...

Alerus Financial Corporation Declares Cash Dividend on Common Shares
Alerus Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ALRS) announced that its board of directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per common share on May 21, 2025, a 5.00% increase over the dividend paid a year ago. The dividend is payable on...

From the Diamond to Downtown: USSSA Arizona Spurs Regional Economic Momentum Across Phoenix Metro
USSSA Arizona teams up with SportsMan Solutions to offer naming rights and sponsorships across 150+ annual tournaments, 8 cities and over 5,600 teams statewide. PHOENIX, AZ, UNITED STATES, May 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- With 300 teams...

Principal® Names Joel Pitz Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Principal Financial Group® (Nasdaq: PFG) today announced the appointment of Joel Pitz as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately. Pitz steps into the role after 30 years with Principal and brings extensive...

Little Sioux Corn Processors Selects ICM’s FOT Oil Recovery™ System for Marcus, Iowa Facility
ICM has signed a new agreement with Little Sioux Corn Processors (LSCP) to install ICM’s proprietary FOT Oil Recovery™ system at the company’s 170 million-gallon-per-year ethanol plant in Marcus, Iowa. The project includes engineering, equipment...