Archive for May 2016
Energy chief: Iowa is key to energy independence
On the Move: Week of May 2
Event May 12-19: Wild Rose 2016
Host: Wild Rose
About: The 13th year of an independent film festival for international and Iowa films and a filmmakers panel.
When: May 12-19
Where: Fleur Cinema & Cafe
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More details on new Hy-Vee building
The four-story Hy-Vee grocery store and apartment complex will be called Fourth + Court and will feature 81 apartments on the upper floors and a two-level parking garage in the rear, according DesMoinesRegister.com. Studio apartments will start …
Read MoreEMC reports first-quarter earnings
EMC Insurance Group Inc. today reported operating income of $15.4 million for the first quarter ended March 31, compared with operating income of $19.8 million for the first quarter of 2015. Net income, including realized investment …
Read MoreOnline fishing gear makers open store in Urbandale
Study makes recommendations for reforming Iowa’s tax structure
Iowa has the potential to have one of the top 10 tax climates in the United States, according to a new report released by the Future of Iowa Foundation. The foundation, a sister organization to …
Read MoreHubbell offers an apartment project as a means to boost efforts to fund YMCA pool
The Elbert Files: Mary Andringa chose wisely
The resignation of Vermeer Corp.’s Mary Andringa from the Iowa Board of Regents probably has less to do with an imagined conflict of interest than it does with dysfunction at the University of Iowa.
Andringa …
Read MoreMcLellan: Silence kills
I had to call United’s 800-number the other day to change an existing ticket. At each step of modifying my ticket, the customer service rep would have to key in some data and then there …
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