Archive for March 2018

We have had a certain fascination with cryptocurrency during our newsroom discussion of current events. One of our colleagues, John Retzlaff, gave us a play-by-play when bitcoin was rocketing to new heights, but has been …

Investors deserve top guidance to build their portfolios, and a blossoming addition to their toolbox both helps them be wiser with their money and nudges companies to be wiser with the way they treat their …

The American Wind Energy Association’s WINDPOWER Conference and Exhibition will recall strong wind energy development in 2017, and look toward the future. We assume organizers looking for a site for the May 7-10 event considered …

Produce Iowa, the state film office, tells us about “Growing Magic: The Mickey Mouse Cornfield Story,” a historical documentary about that time in 1988 when a Sheffield cornfield was turned into a Mickey Mouse silhouette …

About an hour before presidential adviser Ivanka Trump and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds arrived at the Waukee Innovation and Learning Center on March 19, Waukee school district officials gathered several dozen APEX program students in …

The deadline for candidates for state and federal offices to get their names on the ballots for the 2018 Iowa primary election passed by the other day. Sen. Wally Horn, a Cedar Rapids Democrat, made …

A new web series produced by actor Reese Witherspoon will feature six creative Midwestern women, including Des Moines’ Liz Lidgett of Adore Your Walls. “Handmade*Mostly” episodes will be released over the next few weeks on …

We’ve been talking a lot about technology and innovation lately. Many of you attended our Power Breakfast on artificial intelligence (see video at https://bit.ly/2GffRrE). Mike Colwell, the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s executive director of entrepreneurial …