Archive for June 2016
DART to unveil fourth public art bus at Arts Festival
The Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation and the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority will unveil the latest public art bus wrap at noon Friday at the Des Moines Arts Festival. The project is …
Read MoreMediacom to spend $1 billion to upgrade broadband network
Mediacom Business, a division of Mediacom Communications Corp., will begin offering a scalable, high-capacity broadband network to hundreds of commercial properties in the Greater Des Moines area. Dubbed Project Open Road, the effort to put …
Read MoreJune 25: Urban Dreams Community Health Fair
Host: Urban Dreams
About: Absolutely free community health fair. Adult health/dental screenings and educational information from community partners. Representation from Amerigroup, AmeriHealth Caritas, and United Healthcare.
When: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Urban Dreams
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Minimum wage hike recommended for Linn County
Corridor Business Journal: Linn County could have a decision on a study committee’s recommendation to create a new county minimum wage of $8.25 an hour before fall. The study committee recommended the minimum wage be set…Read More
University of Iowa unveils ATV simulator
Cedar Rapids Gazette: University of Iowa scientists have created a virtual-reality simulator to study how and why hundreds of people a year lose control of ATVs and become injured or die. The work is a collaboration…Read More
University of Iowa unveils ATV simulator
Cedar Rapids Gazette: University of Iowa scientists have created a virtual-reality simulator to study how and why hundreds of people a year lose control of ATVs and become injured or die. The work is a collaboration…Read More
July 14: TechBrew West Des Moines
Host: Technology Association of Iowa
About: TechBrew is an informal networking event for entrepreneurs, technologists, business people and funders. Your first drink is on TAI starting at 5:30 p.m. July TechBrew is sponsored by the West Des…Read More
NOTEBOOK: Steve Prohm Dickie V impression is awesome with a capital A, baby!
You might have seen that legendary ESPN college basketball announcer Dick Vitale was in town this week, visiting David Stark’s Blank Children’s Hospital (watch theKCCI video), raising money for cancer research and spreading his youthful …
Read MorePartnership’s Jones to head Harkin Institute
Joseph Jones, a Drake alumnus and former legislative assistant to retired U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, has been hired as executive director of the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement at Drake University.
Partnership’s Jones to head Harkin Institute
Joseph Jones, a Drake alumnus and former legislative assistant to retired U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, has been hired as executive director of the Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement at Drake University.