Mason City

NIACC Pappajohn Center now accepting applications for fall 2021 venture school

The NIACC John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center in Mason City is accepting applications for the fall 2021 cohort of the University of Iowa’s Venture School. Participating teams will each be assigned a local entrepreneur to be their coach throughout the course and win cash awards at EntreFEST 2022. An in-person orientation on the NIACC campus will be held on Sept. 16 ahead of seven weeks of hybrid classes held on Thursday

FTC approves settlement with Iowa software company over security practices

An Iowa software company selling data services to auto dealers has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission after the FTC alleged the firm’s poor data security practices led to a breach exposing personal information of millions of auto dealer customers.  The FTC approved the settlement this week with LightYear Dealer Technologies LLC, known by DealerBuilt, which has offices in Mason City and Grapevine, Texas. The FTC alleges