Archive for June 2019
LaunchPAD announces new executive director
Sioux City Journal: LaunchPAD Children’s Museum has announced the hiring of a new executive director, Rouleen Gartner. She will lead the 3-year-old institution into its next stage of growth and development. Gartner brings 18 years …
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While the expansion of Little Rebels Learning Center in Reinbeck is a big deal for owner Robin Moore and her team, it’s an even bigger deal for the town, city officials say. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier …
Read MoreOn The Rise: 6-24-19
Alyssa Sackett (pictured)
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s
Appointed to pediatric emergency care coordinator
Sioux City
Lindsay Leahy
BerganKDV
Joined the 100+ Women Who Care board of directors
Cedar Rapids
Anna Slife
The Early Bird…
Des Moines council expected to form nonprofit to oversee neighborhood improvement program
The Des Moines City Council on Monday is expected to vote on creating a nonprofit entity to oversee a stepped-up effort to revitalize neighborhoods, a departure from how similar programs have been run in the…Read More
Sammons Financial Group breaks ground for West Des Moines headquarters
Sammons Financial Group on Thursday celebrated the start of construction for its new West Des Moines headquarters, a $65 million project that will bring the company’s approximately 500 Central Iowa employees under one roof and …
Farm lobby says third round of trade aid may be needed
If political gridlock lingers in the air during the 2020 election cycle, farmers may need a third round of government aid to stay afloat, Reuters reports. Farmers have struggled this year as top U.S. soybean buyer …
Kurtenbach named director of Iowa Department of Administrative Services
Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced the appointment of Jim Kurtenbach as director of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services, effective July 1. Kurtenbach, a former state representative, has been an associate professor at Iowa State …
Behnke named executive director of IowaWatch
Former Des Moines Business Record Editor Suzanne Behnke has been tapped to become executive director for the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, also known as IowaWatch.
Behnke, who begins in August, succeeds Lyle Muller, who is …
Read MoreDrake named global headquarters for Character Counts! program
The organization that founded the Character Counts! program today announced an agreement that conveys the global rights to its character development programs to Drake University, effective July 1.
Founded by the Joseph and Edna Josephson …
Read MoreDevelopers reveal plans for former AIB campus
Two Central Iowa residents with experience in real estate redevelopment and finance are buying the former AIB College of Business campus overlooking downtown and plan to rehabilitate former student housing for apartments and resell the …
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