Archive for January 2020
Jan. 14: Profit First with Kendra Erkamaa
Host: NAWBO Iowa
About: What if, rather than you serving your business, your business served you? What if you could turn a profit from your very next deposit? And what if you had the power …
Lift IOWA – Women In The News: 1-13-20
IOWA
A versatile professional with a passion for social service, Jessica Schamberger, vice president of operations at Goodwill of the Heartland, will help lead the organization’s latest initiative, an $18 million contract packaging with the U.S. …
Read MoreOn The Rise: 1-13-20
Katie McIntyre (pictured)
Midwest Family Lending
Hired as marketing director
Urbandale
Karol Shepherd
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival
Hired as events and marketing director
Cedar Rapids
Nicole Mead
BerganKDV
Hired as market sales leader
Iowa City/Cedar …
Guest opinion: Three new vocab words you need for 2020
By Dawn Hafner | Des Moines
I have three new vocab words for you to learn and master in 2020. Triggers, buffers and pings — oh, my! If you can master the recognition of these events …
NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Megyn Kelly talks about Ailes and ‘Bombshell’ in YouTube video
Megyn Kelly has kept her distance from “Bombshell,” a Hollywood awards contender that presents her as a key figure in exposing sexual harassment at Fox News. Until now, the New York Times reports. On Thursday, the former …
Read MoreIowa Wesleyan reassesses future as struggling campus and potential partner cut ties
Cedar Rapids Gazette: A year after announcing the future of one of Iowa’s oldest higher education institutions was imminently dire, Iowa Wesleyan University has abandoned plans to save itself by partnering with a Catholic school based …
Read More$4M from Microsoft settlement to benefit computer science education in Iowa
More than $4 million from the settlement of a Microsoft class-action lawsuit will go toward computer science education in Iowa schools, according to the office of Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin, who represented Iowa consumers …
Read MoreStuart Anderson appointed as DOT’s interim director
Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the appointment of Stuart Anderson as interim director at the Iowa Department of Transportation, effective today. “Stuart brings a wealth of transportation experience and will provide steady leadership to the department …
Read MoreCasey’s rings opening bell at Nasdaq today
Casey’s General Stores leadership and store team members rang the Nasdaq opening bell today, signaling the start of the day’s trading session. Casey’s, based in Ankeny, is the fourth-largest convenience store retailer and fifth-largest pizza …
Read MoreFeatherlite is sold; operations to remain in Cresco
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Cresco’s trailer-making Featherlite company has been sold, along with two other trailer companies. The Exiss, Featherlite and Sooner brands have been acquired from Universal Trailer Corp. by a newly formed corporation, owned by …
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