Archive for September 2003

Last week, the governor’s office announced that Gov. Tom Vilsack is considering buying drugs for state employees from our neighbor to the north, a trend currently en vogue among the nation’s entitlement class and the …

Are you happy? I mean are you really happy? Happy on the inside? If you are one of the few who are, what do you do to sustain that happiness?

I’m happy. I am happy …

Dear Mr. Berko:

Please tell me what you can about Washington Mutual Inc. I’d like to buy 25 shares for my portfolio because it pays a good dividend and because it has a good long-term …

Frank Severino faces some of the darkest elements of human nature in his job. As an assistant Polk County attorney, he works in the adult criminal division, mostly on cases of sexual assault and crimes …

Representatives of Ameristar Casino Inc. have been gauging public opinion about the possibility of developing a riverboat casino in downtown Des Moines should the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission decide to lift its moratorium on …

It’s 4 p.m. on Friday. You have at least an hour’s worth of paperwork to get through before the workday ends, and the kids get out of soccer practice at six. That leaves you less …

Former Gov. Robert Ray has many legacies. One of the greatest among them, the humanitarian gesture in the late 1970s that brought thousands of Southeast Asian refugees to Iowa, will be recognized with an $800,000 …

Copyright Des Moines Business Record 2003

Developers announced last week they will convert a tire building near the Court Avenue Historic District into condominium units, providing additional housing to the soon-to-be-revitalized downtown Des Moines.

WKKS …

Former Gov. Robert Ray has accomplished more than most people could hope to in several lifetimes.

He has moved gracefully from one leadership role to another, from a private law practice to five terms as …

Whenever Jim Sandager visits his parents at the Central Minnesota farm where he grew up, he sees the nursing home his father chaired as a volunteer for 20 years.

“What’s neat for me is when …