Archive for February 2011
Leadership Institute seeks nominations
The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute (GDMLI) is accepting nominations for its Distinguished Leadership Awards.
The awards recognize GDMLI alumni or current students who have made notable contributions in Greater Des Moines.
Nominations will be …
Read MoreMPO asks for feedback on TIP grant
The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is asking for comments on an amendment on a federal grant to install traffic adaptive control signals at 13 existing stoplights along Mills Civic Parkway in West …
Read MoreVolunteer Hall of Fame members announced
The Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service announced today the 2011 inductees for the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame, who will be honored on Feb. 22, which is Volunteer Awareness Day in Des Moines.
Individual category …
Read MoreRingo to deliver environmental lecture at Iowa State
Clean energy advocate Jerome Ringo, who worked more than 20 years in Louisiana’s petrochemical industry and appeared in the Oscar-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” will speak at Iowa State University next week.
His speech, “Diversity …
Read MorePrincipal seeks nonprofit survey
Principal Financial Group Inc. is asking nonprofit organizations and public schools, colleges and universities to fill out a 403(b) plan survey.
The survey is designed to provide benchmarking data on plans, investment options and participation, …
Read MoreFBL board member to step down
FBL Financial Group Inc. Class B Director Keith Olsen told FBL he will not seek re-election to the board of directors. His term will end on May 18, the date of the annual meeting of …
Read MoreVIDEO: Downtown building demolished
The demolition of the Des Moines Iron & Supply Co. Building at 123 S.W. Third St. continued on Feb. 14, as the property’s owner, John McRoberts, discussed his long-term vision for the downtown property west …
Read MoreRetail sales make small gain in January
U.S. retailers saw the smallest increase in sales since a drop in June in the latest numbers from the U.S. Department of Commerce, according to Bloomberg.
Sales were up 0.3 percent in January from December. …
Read MoreApple tries to take stranglehold on mobile news market
After teaming up with News Corp. to launch the iPad-only newspaper The Daily, Apple Inc. is making another splash in the media market, according to Reuters.
The company announced today that it will launch a …
Read MorePrairie Meadows recognizes grant recipients
Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino will recognize 205 Central Iowa community betterment projects it funded in fiscal year 2010 in a luncheon today at The Meadow Events Center.
Through its Community Betterment Grant and Legacy …
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