Archive for July 2016
NOTEBOOK: Airport to remove seats for humans, build $100,000 toilet for companion animals
Under orders from Congress, the Des Moines airport will soon make it easier for dogs, turkeys, (altered) skunks and other companion animals to take care of business while visiting the terminal with a passenger. Engineers …
Read MoreConsultant: Healthy Des Moines airport is in line for several new flights
Branstad, other Iowa leaders blast EPA biofuels proposal
Gov. Terry Branstad joined Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey and other state officials in officially protesting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new rule on the Renewable Fuels Standards, contending that the government should require refiners …
Read MoreMeredith launches integrated campaign with Reynolds
Meredith Corp. announced it will partner with Reynolds Consumer Products to create and distribute native custom content across Meredith’s portfolio of magazine brands. The new integrated campaign is an extension of Reynolds’ popular “Endless Table” …
Read MoreLocal office equipment companies merge
M&M Sales Co. has merged with Imaging Technologies. On July 1 the two office equipment firms became MMIT Business Solutions Group. In 1937, Des Moines businessman Gilbert Minor opened M&M Sales to help businesses grow …
Read MoreWorkers sent home indefinitely from ‘Gitmo ISU’
KCCI-TV: Iowa State University employees who had been being paid to sit in a room and do nothing all day were sent home indefinitely Monday. The AFSCME union members have had nothing to do since Iowa …
Read MoreIowa casinos post modest fiscal 2016 revenue growth
Preliminary review calls One Park Place ‘viable’
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The first hurdle is cleared for a massive proposed downtown Cedar Rapids structure called One Park Place, which would be the tallest and most expensive private development ever in the city. The planned …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Art Wittmack plans to sail a ‘great loop’
Art Wittmack, father of ultra-adventurer Charlie Wittmack, is planning an unusual trek of his own in 2017. You remember Charlie, the Des Moines native who created the World Triathlon, an 11-month swim, bike and mountain …
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