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State Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Thursday September 26, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Drake Students Celebrate 25 Years of Investment Success With Krause Investment Challenge
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 26 -- Drake University issued the following news release: Drake University students are marking a significant milestone in financial education and real-world investment experience. The Krause Fund, an undergraduate student-managed equity fund, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with impressive results that have consistently outperformed real-world investment fund market benchmarks. Established in 1998 through a generous donation made by renowned Des Moines businessman   more

Iowa Agriculture Dept.: Choose Iowa Surpasses 100 Member Milestone
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 26 -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig issued the following news on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * Choose Iowa is the state's signature brand for Iowa grown, Iowa raised, and Iowa made food and ag products * * * Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that Choose Iowa, the state's official brand and marketing initiative for Iowa grown, Iowa raised, and Iowa made food and ag products, has surpassed 100 members statewide and is continuing to build momentum  more

Iowa Insurance Dept.: Cease and Desist Order Issued Against Clive Based Contractor
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 26 -- The Iowa Department of Insurance and Financial Services's Insurance Division issued the following news release: The Iowa Insurance Division has issued a cease-and-desist order against William Campbell and All or Nothing LLC, a Clive, Iowa limited liability company doing business as All or Nothing Roofing and Construction. The order claims that Campbell and his company have acted as an unlicensed public adjuster by soliciting business and offering services that requ  more

Iowa State Auditor: 'Report on Special Investigation of Nuisance Property, Abandoned Building Forgivable Loan'
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 26 -- The Iowa State Auditor issued the following 63-page audit report on Sept. 25, 2024, entitled "Report on Special Investigation of the Nuisance Property and Abandoned Building Forgivable Loan, Community Catalyst Building Remediation Grant, Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery, and Residential and Commercial Buyout Grants Awarded to the City of Hamburg": Here are excerpts: * * * Table of Contents ...Page Auditor of State's Report ...3-4 Investigativ  more

Iowa State: Unique Straining Affects Phase Transformations in Silicon, a Material Vital for Electronics
AMES, Iowa, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: When Valery Levitas left Europe in 1999, he packed up a rotational diamond anvil cell and brought it to the United States. He and the researchers in his group are still using a much-advanced version of that pressing, twisting tool to squeeze and shear materials between two diamonds to see in situ, within the actual experiment, what happens and verify the researchers' own theoretical predictions. How, for   more