Nebraska company Hudl was featured in a piece last week by the New York Times.

Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week.

SPN’s most-read stories from last week

1. Big Kansas City lineup finalized with addition of three more speakers by Joey Wolfe (9/24)
2. AJ Nelson: It doesn’t take money to find your users, make them happy by Guest Contributor (9/19)
3. Pear Deck nabs first place in Pappajohn Business Plan Competition by Megan Bannister (9/22)
4. How to create an entrepreneurial center of gravity like Gravitate by Megan Bannister (9/19)
5. PeggyBank merges with California company, operations will move by Jordan Pascale (9/24)

Iowa

• Rocket Referrals and Higher Learning Technologies were among the companies that received a total of $1.2 million in loans from the Iowa Economic Development Authority. — Des Moines Register
• Five takeaways from the Midwest Creative College Town Conference. — We Create Here
• StartupCity Des Moines released its final report and will be returning $153,000 in unspent funds to investors. — StartupCity Des Moines
• The Iowa Department of Transportation stopped Tesla test drives in Des Moines last week, calling them illegal. — Des Moines Register

Kansas City

• RAZ Mobile announced the launch of #HelpKC10, a program to help 10 local nonprofits. — RAZ Mobile 
• Give your input on the description update for the Startup KC Facebook group. — Facebook
• KC startup offering ‘online dating for teaching jobs’ lands $2.89M, big client. — KC Business Journal
• From coast to coast, Sprint accelerator recruits health startups — KC Business Journal
• Speedway Motorsports partners with Sporting Innovations. — Speedway Motors

Nebraska

• A New York Times story highlights Hudl: For High School Football Coaches and Fans, a New Digital Blitz  — New York Times
• Holdrege attorney launches Kickstarter campaign to fund mass production of folding scooter — Kearney Hub
• Nebraska had 25,000 mobile device connect to its Wi-Fi system during the Nebraska-Miami game—the third largest amount ever in the country. — Huskers
• Lincoln Young Professionals week had a few entrepreneurial tie ins including a Nebraska Global mixer and a talk on culture from Bulu Box’s Stephanie Jarrett. — Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
• A Lincoln entrepreneur has a kickstarter to create a golf bag that is secure, doesn’t jostle and helps prevent you from forgetting a club. — Excalibur Golf Bag

Everything else

Typically our editorial team limits the weekly recap to SPN’s top stories and news from around our region, but we’ve realized that in any given week we read and hear about other awesome things we’d love to share with you. Here are a few of them:

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• Steve Case writes about why innovation and startups are thriving in “flyover country.” — Washington Post
• Dwolla’s Ben Milne and Influence & Co.’s John Hall will both be speaking during Techweek New York. — Techweek