Archive for October 2003

Former Gov. Terry Branstad, who held the top post in Iowa’s government longer than any other person in the state’s history, is settling in at his new role as president of Des Moines University at …

AMES – When Kimberly Russel, Mary Greeley Medical Center president and CEO, recently presented her nominee’s qualifications for Modern Healthcare magazine’s 2003 Up & Comer awards competition, she was faced with the task of describing …

Taxpayers should have a clear idea of how their property taxes are calculated, and understand who’s responsible when those taxes increase, says state Rep. Jim Kurtenbach of Nevada.

Earlier this year, Kurtenbach, a business professor …

  Jeff Hill, a former Drake University basketball star and promoter of programs for inner-city youths, is searching for permanent home for his business, Down South Barbecue.

For 15 years, Hill has carted a grill-equipped trailer …

Dr. Richard Robus sees anywhere from 10 to 15 young patients a day who are hospitalized at Blank Children’s Hospital. Though none of them are his regular patients, they become his patients while they’re at …

Bradley Burt’s vision for revitalizing the Maid-Rite quick-service restaurant chain is beginning to take shape.

This month, construction begins on a new Maid-Rite “superstore” at the Little Amana complex off Interstate 80. It will be …

David Wheeler has planned marathons in Moscow, London, New York and Antarctica. But his biggest event may be yet to come.

The Chicago resident and Norwalk native has teamed with three Iowans – Tracy Fuller …

Billing their project as equal parts “Disney experience, open-air shopping and theater,” officials for the proposed $35 million U.S. MotorSport Entertainment Complex in Newton recently unveiled their plans for the facility, which is slated to …

There are many keys to successful architecture, including performance, scalability and reliability, but for the architects and designers at SVPA Architects Inc. in West Des Moines, success starts with a good ear.

“Our methodology begins …

Dear Mr. Berko:

About 15 years ago, my wife and I bought an acreage outside Phoenix for $75,000. The area is now a flourishing town called Glendale, Ariz., and we have been getting pretty good …