Archive for April 2011
Iowa Pharmacy Association promotes TakeAway disposal program
As Earth Day approaches, the Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) is encouraging state residents to take advantage of an environmentally friendly way to clear their medicine cabinets of unused medications.
Through the TakeAway program, Iowans can …
Read MoreYWCA demolition project is open for bidding
The city of Des Moines’ engineering department will accept bids until April 26 for demolition of the former YWCA building at 717 Grand Ave. The project is described as involving “protection of the existing skywalk …
Sysco Iowa to replace corporate office building in Ankeny
Sysco Iowa Inc. has begun construction of a 20,000-square-foot office and customer center at its headquarters in Ankeny. The $4.7 million facility will replace Sysco’s current office building and will be located at the intersection …
Online marketer touts his retail experience
Justin Schoen took his nearly six years of online marketing experience with G&L Clothing Inc. and applied it at eComegy LLC, the e-commerce strategy and digital marketing firm he founded in June 2010.
During his …
Read MoreLooking for something ‘smooth and homey’
A Mother’s Day frost killed most of John Broadbent’s wine grapes and drove him to hard liquor.
“I’m not much of a whiskey or wine drinker,” Broadbent said. Their production is what grabs his attention …
Read MoreA tasting room for Madison County Winery
For the last 10 years, Madison County Winery has been everything you would expect from an industry that trades in agri-tourism.
Five acres of grapevines snake their way up a hillside to a grove of …
Read MoreWanted: IT specialists
When most people think of Greater Des Moines, they don’t think of a hot information technology (IT) scene.
That’s the consensus of a report scheduled to be released by Alliance Technologies Inc. on April 14, …
Read MoreEmerging 200 helped some weather recession
At the height of the Great Recession, Gary Scrutchfield found himself scrambling to find another commercial lender.
“I didn’t think that my bank of 20 years would tell me they no longer wanted me as …
Read MoreAthena GTX gains foothold in first-responder market
Athena GTX has spent the past several years developing emergency medical monitoring devices for the U.S. military. Now, as military contracts fuel the Des Moines company’s growth, civilian medical centers have begun testing its devices …
A Closer Look: JoAnn Johnson
How did you go from teaching to politics?
I got volunteered. The man who ran the local elevator was very involved in Republican politics, and I was involved at the precinct level. I listened to …
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