Archive for November 2012
Griswell receives Tocqueville Award
Michele Griswell has been named the 2012 Tocqueville Society Awardee. The award is United Way of Central Iowa’s highest honor, given annually to a leader who exemplifies inspirational and sustained service to the Central Iowa …
Read MorePolk County receives $10 million loan for sewer extension
A $10 million loan from the Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) Revolving Loan Fund will enable Polk County to complete the Rock Creek Trunk Sanitary Sewer Connection project by next summer. The loan was part of …
Read MoreState bar produces educational video on judge retention process
A newly released video produced by the Iowa State Bar Association explains the importance of participating in the judicial retention vote on Nov. 6. The five-minute video, which features former Gov. Robert Ray and former …
Read MoreEconomy adds 171,000 jobs
The Labor Department announced that the economy added 171,000 jobs last month, Reuters reported.
And although the unemployment rate inched up from 7.8 percent to 7.9 percent, analysts say it’s an optimistic sign that more …
Read MoreNew Southridge shops open
Southridge Mall Plaza Shops are now open, including rue21, Foot Locker and Kay Jewelers.
The mall will hold a ribbon cutting of the new-and-improved property on Nov. 10, that will include a performance by Des …
Read MoreSection of Interstate 35 closed until late today
A truck fire on Interstate 35 between the Mills Civic Parkway and Grand Avenue exits in West Des Moines has closed both southbound lanes, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT).
Smoke from the …
Read MoreNew East Village boutique opens tomorrow
There’s a pink convertible sitting in the front of the East Village’s newest boutique. Myra Lynn Hansen, Village Boutique’s owner, said she bought the car at an auction a year ago, before she even knew …
Read MoreAnnuities hit their stride
When the Standard & Poor’s 500 index suffered one of its worst periods of decline in 2008-2009, people who owned certain indexed annuities had to feel a little smug.
During the same two-year stretch when …
Read MoreBERKO: Utilities for growth and safety
Dear Mr. Berko:
I have a $14,000 certificate of deposit that just came due. Now I’d like to make at least 4 percent income with safety and some growth. So I’m looking at a utility …
Read MoreGITOMER: A dozen books to own and read
When Jim Rohn said, “All the information you need to succeed already exists; the problem is you haven’t exposed yourself to it,” it was one of the most challenging and eye-opening statements I had ever …
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