Archive for July 2018
Tornado damage to major employers worries Marshalltown
Des Moines Register: Marshalltown faces some big questions as residents work to rebuild after Thursday’s tornado: The twister damaged two large employers — Lennox International and JBS Swift & Co. That means about 3,000 workers could …
Read MoreHy-Vee to donate meals, beverages throughout tornado cleanup effort
Hy-Vee Inc. began donating meals, snacks and beverages to affected residents and emergency workers on Friday as recovery efforts began from the July 19 tornadoes. Hy-Vee’s outreach includes sending five Hy-Vee Healthy You Mobiles to …
Read MoreRAGBRAI co-founder, former Register columnist Kaul dies
Former Des Moines Register and Cedar Rapids Gazette columnist Donald Kaul, who co-founded the cross-state RAGBRAI bike ride, died Sunday at age 83 after battling prostate cancer, the Register reported. Kaul was known for forceful opinions that …
Read MoreLottery sales set record in FY 2018
The Iowa Lottery set a record for overall sales in fiscal year 2018, buoyed by the fourth straight record for sales of instant-scratch tickets. Preliminary figures released Friday show that the Iowa Lottery generated nearly …
Read MoreEast Grand road diet reduced injuries
The number of traffic accidents causing injuries along a revamped stretch of East Grand Avenue has fallen 58 percent in the 10 months since the project started.
A pilot project narrowed vehicle traffic to two …
FemCity Des Moines planning community investment event
FemCity Des Moines is seeking female business owners to apply to participate in an in-person, community funding event scheduled to take place later this year in West Des Moines.
The event, called Flourish, will be …
Read MoreOpinion: Still standing — and grateful
By Katherine Harrington | Director of strategic partnerships, Business Publications Corp.
There I am: Christmas Eve on my favorite ski run on Vail Mountain called “Hunky Dory.” It’s a blue run (intermediate), and this is an easy …
Guest Opinion: Bridge jumpers welcome
By Michelle DeClerck | Founder, Conference Event Management
During your upbringing, you likely heard more clichés and sayings than you wanted to. Some actually made you roll your eyes because you weren’t allowed to talk back, including …
Cecilia Rokusek named new president and CEO of NCSML
Corridor Business Journal: Dr. Cecilia Rokusek recently was named the next president and CEO of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids. Currently the provost and CEO at Larkin University in Miami, Rokusek …
Read MoreFormer Davenport fire chief in running for Ames job
Ames Tribune: Two finalists are in the running to take over as the next fire chief of the Ames Fire Department, the city announced last week, including Lynn Washburn-Livingston, former Davenport fire chief. Washburn-Livingston served as …
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