Archive for July 2018
Guest Opinion: Taking time to decompress
By Angela Walker Franklin | President and CEO, Des Moines University
In our fast-paced, overly scheduled lives, we often find ourselves running from one thing to the next with very little time in between. We work full …
Two women named 2018 Sages Over 70
dsm Magazine recently announced this year’s group of Sages Over 70 honorees, and included are two trailblazing women who between them are recognized as mentors, advocates for women in business and much more. Honored as …
Read MoreSioux City native is Land O’Lakes’ first female CEO
Sioux City Journal:
Land O’Lakes Inc.’s board of directors on Thursday named Sioux City native Beth Ford as president and CEO of the Twin Cities-based food and agricultural giant. Ford, who assumes leadership of the company…Read MoreIn Case You Missed It – Lift IOWA: 7-30-18
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St. Luke’s College-UnityPoint Health has announced the promotion of Cindy Duncan to department chairperson for respiratory care education. Sioux City Journal
Elyce Billany of LeClaire hopes to raise $30,000 to fund her new line of …
On The Rise: 7-30-18
Des Moines
Angela Conrad
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – Iowa
Joined as director of clinic operations, Covenant Clinic Psychiatry
Waterloo
Nickole Dillard
Educational Opportunity Center-UNI-CUE
Promoted …
Rockwell Collins results mixed in third quarter
Rockwell Collins reported higher third-quarter earnings today, driven primarily by stronger performance in the company’s Interior Systems business and a big tax benefit from the Tax Cut & Jobs Act, the Corridor Business Journal reported. The …
Read MoreFHLB Des Moines reports preliminary second-quarter earnings of nearly $130M
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines recorded net income of $129 million in the second quarter, down $1 million from the same quarter last year. Mortgage loans of $7.3 billion were outstanding, of …
Read MoreStudent loan portfolio weakened, for now, Meta Financial profits
A $3 million provision for loan losses related to the acquisition of a student loan portfolio pulled at Meta Financial Group Inc. profits in the quarter that ended June 30. The Sioux Falls, S.D.-based parent …
Read MoreSkate park lands legacy grant; on the edge of meeting $3.5M goal
The Lauridsen Skatepark has been awarded a Prairie Meadows Legacy Grant of $400,000, the Skatepark Cabinet said today. The grant brings fundraising $3.2 million, just shy of the $3.5 million goal. With the grant, construction …
Read MoreTECNA speakers: 2 programs attempt to fill tech worker pipeline
Both groups…Read More