Archive for January 2019
Business Record 1-4-19
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the January 4 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the January 4 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …
Read MoreNextEra plans wind installation upgrade
NextEra Energy Resources LLC plans to upgrade its collection of 100 wind turbines at Crystal Lake in Hancock County, the Mason City Globe Gazette reported. The work is scheduled to begin this month and end by …
Read MoreHockensmith, McCoy to lead supervisors
The Polk County Board of Supervisors today elected Tom Hockensmith as chairman, and newly elected Matt McCoy as vice chairman. McCoy ousted longtime Supervisor John Mauro in the November election. Angela Connolly, who was chairwoman …
Read MoreRussell to lead Healthiest State board
The board of the Healthiest State Initiative has elected Jeff Russell as its new board president. Russell, president and CEO of Delta Dental of Iowa, joined the board in 2017 and was vice president last year. He …
Read MoreTrends in 2019
Prepare for change or be an agent of change this year.
That’s the overwhelming theme from 17 leaders in the Greater Des Moines business community about trends coming up in 2018. The Business Record asked …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Being charitable begins in the home — and early
Charitable giving is a lifelong adventure, so why not get a head start on it at age 5? That is when twins Annika and Austin Bunney first started in 2016 to provide financial support to …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Good habit, really: Sensible snacking, even at your desk
Several months ago, Tero International President Rowena Crosbie shared some helpful tips on how green plants are good to have in the workplace. Crosbie passed along more advice on how to perk up your work. …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Falling limb signals end for invasive Urban Campus tree
Anne Howsare Boyens knew it was time for an extraordinarily large tree outside her office at Building 1 on the DMACC Urban Campus to come down.
About an hour after a student had gotten up …
NOTEBOOK: Styled by Goodwill
At some point in college, I picked up the book “Overdressed” by Elizabeth Cline and stopped shopping completely at Forever 21 and H&M. Since then, it’s been both a relief and a challenge to minimize …
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