Archive for June 2016
Prestage: Chances ‘high’ Iowa will get $240M plant
Des Moines Register: Mason City might have rejected Prestage Farms’ proposed $240 million pork processing plant, but Ron Prestage, a leader of the family-owned business, said he believes the plant will be built in Iowa.…
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University of Iowa Health Alliance names new leader
The University of Iowa Health Alliance has named Jennifer Vermeer president and CEO. She succeeds Dan Kueter, who joined the Midwest Health Collaborative in Ohio as CEO in late May. Vermeer joined UI Health Care …
Read MoreWellmark plans 6 percent increase for longtime policyholders
Nearly 90,000 Iowans who bought individual health policies from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield prior to 2014 can expect much lower premium increases next year, The Des Moines Register reported. The proposed 6 percent increase for …
Read MoreBNIM office honored for historic AEG headquarters
BNIM Architects’ Des Moines studio has received the Architectural Record Good Design is Good Business award for its work on the $35 million renovation of the American Enterprise Group headquarters at 601 Sixth Ave. in …
Read MorePheasant hunters take more birds; hunting good for business
Hunters bagged more pheasants this year, the fifth straight that the number of birds taken rose. The season is a multimillion-dollar business in Iowa, benefiting gas stations, restaurants, motels and sporting goods stores, for example. …
Read MoreConsultant works on fund to aid Syrian refugees
Event July 21: What YPs Want
Host: Business Record & Young Professionals Connection
About: Join Business Record editor Chris Conetzkey, Managing Editor Anne Carothers-Kay and Forty Under 40 organizer Jason Swanson for informal networking and drinks followed by a panel discussion. …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: For Mandelbaums, a tower and a simple intersection
Justin Mandelbaum was back before the city of Des Moines Urban Design Review Board this week to provide an update on an $106 million, 32-story mixed-use tower called The Fifth that would be built where …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Bradley Burt generates smiles to spare in Waukee
Bradley Burt must be one happy guy. I don’t know him well, but the several times I’ve talked to him I put down the telephone with a smile on my face. He exudes good cheer. …
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