GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN (February 10, 2026) — Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the country based on milk, appreciates the United States’ signing of recent trade agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Argentina.

The reciprocal trade agreements with El Salvador and Guatemala build on the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement, providing greater market access through reducing long-standing non-tariff barriers.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 10, 2026) — We are excited to present our 4th Annual Rooting Out Poverty Conference being held April 9 — please join us at the Quad Cities Waterfront Convention Center.

It’s a day of exploring affordable housing, justice issues, education, health-care, and economics that impact all of us but, particularly low wage earners.

The day-long event features state and regional leaders doing the work to promote human dignity for all.

CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS (February 10, 2026) — Ava Hartman, of Milan, Illinois, has been named to Eastern Illinois University's Fall 2025 Dean's List in recognition of outstanding academic achievement.

Majoring in Environmental Biology, Hartman is among more than 940 EIU students honored for their hard work and dedication in the classroom last semester.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (February 6, 2026) — Michael Henderson of Muscatine has been named to the Deans' Commendation List at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the fall semester of the 2025-26 academic year.

Henderson, a junior majoring in PGA golf management, was named to the Dean's Commendation List for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

More than 400 students at Nebraska were named to the Commendation List for the fall semester.