The North Iowa Area Community College John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center  conducted the Youth Entrepreneurial Academy on June 19-23. The academy is offered annually and free to all high school students interested in entrepreneurship. Participants receive a $500 NIACC scholarship sponsored by John Pappajohn.  In it’s fifth year, the week-long academy included 15 participating high school students. They stayed in NIACC’s student housing or received gas cards to help cover the week’s travel from their homes. The participants and schools represented were: Sadie and Samuel Arickx, Rockford Senior High Carissa Blake and Bekka Reams, St. Ansgar High School Madison Daniels and … Continue reading Rockford, Charles City and Central Springs among students developing businesses