Archive for June 2016
ISU physicist granted $1.25 million to study advanced materials
An Iowa State University physicist has won $1.25 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science and the National Science Foundation to study and model advanced materials with exotic properties. Rebecca …
Read MoreMinneapolis developers eye property on Ingersoll Avenue
Another big development could be coming to Des Moines, reported KCCI. City planners and developers saw a lot of wasted space on Ingersoll Avenue. But it was just a matter of time before the property across from Noah’s …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Greg Edwards onstage with the Nadas
In what surely is a first for Greater Des Moines government, the Nadas will yield a bit of stage time at a concert at the Simon Estes Amphitheater tonight to convention boss Greg Edwards, who …
Read MoreYMCA’s Schwartz: Pool funding ‘very close’
McLellan: Coming in loud and clear
When I was a kid, I loved listening to the old-time radio shows that my parents grew up with. “The Shadow” was my favorite. I loved the storytelling, but I also loved the portability — …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Linking 2015 with 1900
Some of my favorite census data are from the years 1900 and 2015. 1900 was when Iowa’s population topped 2 million for the first time, making us the 10th most populous of the then-45 states …
Read MoreGuest Opinion: DOL rule could impact benefits
Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion may apply to the final rule issued on May 18 by the Department of Labor regarding overtime pay. The rule will significantly alter employee pay structures, which will …
Read MoreWhat does the new overtime law mean for your business?
Iowa employers have a number of options and strategies available to them to respond to new federal overtime rules announced in mid-May by the Obama administration, local experts say.
On May 18 the U.S. Department …
Read MoreBanking on Broadway
Jeff Chelesvig may have had a little trouble deciding how to cast his votes on this year’s Tony Awards ballot.
Chelesvig, president and CEO of Des Moines Performing Arts and Iowa’s only Tony Awards voter, …
Read MoreMeasuring the manufacturing skills gap in Iowa
Dee Zee Inc. can’t find enough production workers to fill its increasingly skilled positions, and the gap is growing.
The Des Moines manufacturing company, which has more than tripled its workforce in the past seven …
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