Archive for May 2018
The Elbert Files: Absentee voting 42 years ago
Two years ago, an estimated 50 million U.S. citizens cast absentee ballots, voted early or used other nontraditional voting methods, according to the Pew Research Center. That’s more than one-third of the 130 million votes …
Read MoreButler Mansion: A historic house designed with office users in mind
A concrete mansion that put Des Moines on the architectural map of American homes in the 1930s is for sale or lease after serving the better part of three decades as a grandiose office building …
Read MoreLeaving his mark
It would be easy to say that copyright and entertainment lawyer Brandon Clark is just another son-of-a-music-publisher based in Des Moines who nearly hit it big with his own band and has had quite a …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Jean Shelton
Jean Shelton began work as executive director and CEO of On With Life in November 2017, succeeding Julie Fidler Dixon on her retirement. Shelton was most recently CEO of Iowa Digestive Disease Center, and previously …
Read MoreONE GOOD READ: Starbucks closes for diversity training; it likely won’t change much
Starbucks will close down this afternoon for a half-day of diversity training as a response to a high-profile incident this past April. Unfortunately, despite the company’s (and many other companies’) well-intentioned efforts, as this piece from FiveThirtyEight.com…Read More
State conservation cost share applications open
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has opened this year’s signup for cost share funds for projects aimed at reducing fertilizer runoff on crop fields. The cost share varies depending on whether the …
Read MoreWorld Food Prize announces 2018 theme
Today at the 10th World Potato Congress in Cusco, Peru, Ambassador Kenneth Quinn announced the theme of the 2018 Norman Borlaug International Symposium — “Rise to the Challenge.” In making the theme announcement, the World …
Read MoreKeller named chief medical officer of Mercy
Charles Keller is the new chief medical officer of Mercy Medical Center, a position he has held on an interim basis since October, Mercy announced in a news release today. He will oversee clinical operations …
Read MoreHubbell extends development agreement for Riverfront Y site, pushes on with condo project
Hubbell President and CEO Rick Tollakson said that in…Read More
NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it …
In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com
Water trails = $100M-plus
The engineering report finds that the area’s water trails, including an adventure park downtown, …