Archive for November 2016
Iowa beef producers voting on state checkoff
A Nov. 30 referendum will decide whether beef producers will approve a 50-cent-per-animal refundable beef checkoff to support marketing and research. The fee would be assessed beginning March 1 but would be refunded upon request. …
Read MoreMercy-Des Moines ends fiscal 2016 in the black
Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines had a good year financially this past fiscal year, recording a net $37.3 million of revenues over expenses for the year ended June 30, according to an annual report posted today on its …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Drake, Creighton marketing teams collaborate for Solheim Cup campaign
Drake associate marketing professor Andy Norman, left, and Matt Seevers from Creighton display the Murphy Cup and the Solheim Cup
This weekend, two dozen talented marketing seniors from Drake …
Read MoreOn The Move: Week of Nov. 14
U.S. adults’ health worst of 11 developed countries
McLellan: Takeaways from Election 2016
If there is one thing we can all agree on when it comes to the recent presidential election, it’s that it was like no other. Whether you were elated or dismayed at the final results, …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Book: Why we loved Younkers
Nearly everyone has a favorite Younkers’ story.
Mine involves Kyle McKasson, who ran the morning coffee cart at the downtown skywalk entrance for more than a decade. When the store closed in 2005, Kyle was …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Sarah Ramsey
Sarah Ramsey worked for United Way of Central Iowa for 11 years before being hired by Drake University in October to lead the Executive Education Center as its first full-time director. While at United Way, …
Read MoreTaking Iowa’s health to the next level
You may have heard the story about how you can boil a frog to death without its realizing it.
In case you haven’t, here’s how it goes: If you throw a frog into a pot …
Read MoreReconsidering Russia
There are a lot of misconceptions out there about Russia. For example, that all trade is banned. That it’s impossible to export goods to the former Soviet Union powerhouse. That Putin is Donald Trump’s best …
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