Archive for September 2016
ISU gets grant to study economic value of improved water quality
Iowa State University is one of six U.S. universities to receive a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research grant to better quantify the economic value of improved water quality. The $800,000 grant is expected to generate …
Read MoreStudents to redesign Chichaqua grain bins as welcome center
Nine graduate students from around the country will design a renovation that would turn three empty grain bins at Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt near Elkhart into a welcome center. The exercise is co-sponsored by RDG Planning …
Read MoreBoeing picks Rockwell Collins to equip 777X with touch-screen controls
Wall Street Journal: Boeing Co. and Cedar Rapids-based Rockwell Collins Inc. are teaming up to install the first touch screens in the cockpits of next-generation airliners.…
Read MoreUrbandale schools to be recognized for 3rd grade reading progress
Gov. Terry Branstad will visit three Iowa school districts this month to learn how they have improved students’ reading skills by the end of third grade. Among the schools Branstad will visit is Olmsted Elementary …
Read MoreWindsor Heights to turn parking spaces into ‘parklets’
Windsor Heights next month will consider final action on an ordinance that calls for underused parking spaces to be turned into ‘parklets,” The Des Moines Register reported. The spaces would add seating, bike parking or art …
Read MoreBranstad: Overtime rule would cost Iowa government, universities $19M
Des Moines Register: Iowa has joined 20 other states in an effort to resist new overtime regulations handed down by President Barack Obama’s Labor Department. The new rules, announced in May, would make about 120,000 more …
Read MoreEstate provides $2 million for nursing endowment at UnityPoint
Dorothy Schaefer’s will provided $2 million to establish the William and Grace Lewis Scholarship Endowment Fund to support nursing education and certification at UnityPoint Health-Des Moines. A portion of the interest each year will be …
Read MoreIowa Bankers Association honors 2 banks for community betterment
The Iowa Bankers Association has recognized Midwest Heritage in West Des Moines and F&M Bank & Trust of Burlington for contributions to their communities. Banks from across the state submitted community-based projects for consideration. Midwest …
Read MoreBlackbird to unveil latest Walnut Street tower plans Oct. 4
Blackbird Investment’s proposed apartment tower and retail complex on the former Younkers site will be on the Oct. 4 agenda of the Urban Design Review Board, city officials said. Plans call for a 26-story apartment …
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