Archive for August 2016
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the August 19 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the August 19 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …
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Business Record 8-19-16
Keeping talent in Greater Des Moines:
Leaders offer ideas to stem brain drain.
Focus: Talent Retention & Development
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Read MoreBusiness Record 8-19-16
Keeping talent in Greater Des Moines:
Leaders offer ideas to stem brain drain.
Focus: Talent Retention & Development
View issue…
Read MoreSept. 8: Iowa AFP September Meeting
Vilsack predicts huge demand for cage-free eggs
At an Ames conference appearance this week, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack noted that Iowa firms have an opportunity to make money by manufacturing equipment related to cage-free egg production. Vilsack said McDonald’s and other …
Read MoreDMACC names operations director for Trail Point Aquatics
Des Moines Area Community College announced that it has hired Bill Blunck as operations director for Trail Point Aquatics and Wellness, a student and public recreation center under construction on its main campus in Ankeny. …
Read MoreReplacement of Grand Avenue bridge begins next month
The Grand Avenue bridge over the Des Moines River in downtown Des Moines will close for a little more than a year beginning in mid-September for construction of a new $9 million structure that will …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Vilsack: More women in farming
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with young farmers and ranchers in Ames on Wednesday as part of a whirlwind stop that also included his keynote address at a small-business innovation conference. Vilsack said he …
Read MoreTelephone scam impersonating Iowa Department of Revenue
The Iowa Department of Revenue is warning taxpayers about a telephone scammer who is making calls that appear to come from the department’s Taxpayer Services phone number of 515-281-3114. The caller claims to be an …
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