Archive for January 2016
INSIDER: Principal to take on Seventh and Grand parking ramp; Nelson to move luxury high-rise project across street
Bill Jensen, longtime Des Moines automobile dealer, has passed
UI to offer master’s degree in business analytics in Des Moines
The University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business will begin offering a Master of Science degree in in business analytics starting this fall in Des Moines’ John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center. The …
Read MoreEvent Jan. 19: Branstad to speak at renewable fuels conference
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit will feature Gov. Terry Branstad on Jan. 19 at Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino. The event is free and open to the public, though registration is required by Jan. 12. Iowa leads the …
Read MoreDecember 2015 general fund revenue memo
Draft Walnut Creek watershed plan calls for crackdown on construction sites
Events drawing visitors to Greater Des Moines, week of Jan. 11
The Elbert Files: A presidential death curse?
Eight U.S. presidents have died in office, beginning with William Henry Harrison in 1841 and ending with John F. Kennedy in 1963. Four, including Kennedy, were assassinated; the other four, including Harrison, died of natural …
Read MoreMcLellan: Waking from the deep sleep
I always think of the first couple weeks of January as the slow climb out of the holiday hibernation we’ve all been in for the past month. It seems that by the time December days …
Read MoreGitomer: Skip resolutions for outcomes
Whatever your age, you’ve made resolutions, you’ve made goals, and you often fell short of them.
Drop resolutions; they’re always painful. Drop goals; they’re often unmet.
Refer to whatever it is that you want as …
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