Archive for October 2016
Marsh & McLennan operating income up 24 percent
Global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. today reported that consolidated revenue in its third quarter was $3.1 billion, an increase of 1 percent on both a reported and underlying basis compared with …
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Jester Park Nature Center lands REAP grant
Polk County’s Jester Park Nature Center has won a $114,205 state grant for an outdoor streamscape. The area will feature trails, an outdoor plaza, nature features and a meandering waterway that will have headwaters, braided …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Grand View leads effort to increase minority membership on nonprofits’ boards
Dakota Access pipeline construction making economic impact
Sioux City Journal: With a number of construction workers involved with the Dakota Access oil pipeline and other major projects taking up temporary residence in Cherokee, businesses there and in other northwest Iowa towns are seeing …
Read MoreUNI presidential search committee to vote on semifinalists
University of Northern Iowa’s presidential search committee is expected to select semifinalists at its meeting Wednesday at UNI. The committee will pare down the list from more than 40 applications received for the position, with …
Read MoreRay Center receives $20,000 grant for early childhood program
The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University has received a $20,000 grant from Variety — the Children’s Charity to fund Character Counts programming for early childhood centers. The Variety grant will be …
Read MoreThe debate over RoundUp and cancer
DNR to burn prairies
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources plans to conduct prairie burns at the Chichaqua Wildlife Area near Bondurant and the Red Rock Wildlife Area near Pella this fall to stimulate plant growth. Burning removes thatch …
Read MoreHubbell projects receive redevelopment tax credits
The Iowa Economic Development Authority board approved $10 million in brownfield redevelopment tax credits, with $1.4 million of the total going to three Hubbell Realty Co. projects in Des Moines. A $15 million redevelopment project …
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