Archive for January 2015
Midwest cities at top and bottom of healthy cities list
The Midwest has one of the healthiest cities in the country, according to a new study. Unfortunately, it also has the unhealthiest one, National Real Estate Investor reported. A new survey by BetterDoctor.com ranked Minneapolis as the second healthiest …
Read MoreSouthwest Ninth corridor plan review is Thursday
The city of Des Moines and Friends of SW 9th are hosting a review of a plan to improve the Southwest Ninth Street corridor at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Christ the King Church parish …
Read MoreBoys & Girls Clubs partner to ‘Feed the Future’
Starting Jan. 20, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa will partner with the Child and Adult Care Food Program to provide dinner five nights a week to members of the McCombs Boys and …
Read MoreISU gets $1.9 million grant to study long-term relationships
The National Institute on Aging has given Iowa State University a $1.9 million grant to continue a study of relationships spanning four decades and three generations.
Begun in 1989, the study has involved more than 550 …
Read MoreMoving around
Barb Hokel is running the property management and brokerage divisions …
Read MoreMoving around
Barb Hokel is running the property management and brokerage divisions …
Read MoreTempleton Rye seeking mediation in fraud lawsuits
Des Moines Register: Two class-action lawsuits accusing Templeton Rye of consumer fraud are on hold for mediation, a sign that the embattled Iowa whiskey-maker could be looking to settle before trial. The company faces three class-action …
Read MoreTexas company applies to build oil pipeline in Iowa
A company based in Texas has asked the Iowa Utilities Board to approve its plans for a crude oil pipeline that would cross 18 Iowa counties, The Des Moines Register reported. The pipeline proposal has been controversial …
Read MoreArchitects reported gains in billing activity in 10 of 12 months last year
The American Institute of Architects said today that its monthly index of billings reached 52.2 in December, up from 50.9 in November. The index was above 50, meaning an increase in billings, for 10 months …
Read MoreUtilities board approves ratemaking for MidAmerican’s Wind IX project
The Iowa Utilities Board on Tuesday issued an order that sets the conditions for MidAmerican Energy Co.’s next planned phase of wind energy development in Iowa. The order establishes an 11.5 percent rate of return on equity …
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