Archive for May 2020
May 19: Women of Worth May Luncheon (virtual event)
This month’s Women of Worth luncheon goes virtual and will feature a presentation by Teri Wahlig, CEO of Childserve. Wahlig will speak on how to live and lead from the heart, the importance of developing …
Read MoreLift IOWA – Women In The News: 5-11-20
IOWA
The rush to reopen the state has left many questions about the health and safety of Iowans unanswered. Among those questions, “Who will watch the children?” is especially crucial. (Cedar Rapids Gazette editorial)
NATIONAL…
Read MoreOn The Rise: 5-11-20
Melissa Knutson (pictured)
NCMIC
Promoted to senior vice president, insurance operations
Clive
Kathy Redgate
American Enterprise Group Inc.
Appointed to the company’s board of directors
Des Moines
Dzevida Vodenicarevic
Promoted to vice president
West Bank…
Blank Children’s, Trinity in Fort Dodge to launch pediatric care partnership
Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines and UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge have announced a “monumental” partnership in which the two hospitals will together hire five full-time pediatric nurse practitioners …
Read MoreProposed opening of soccer, entertainment stadium delayed until March 2023
A master plan for the proposed soccer stadium complex, valued at $95 million, includes a five-story building for office and retail and a 500-space parking garage. Rendering by Invision Architecture
Plans to open a professional soccer …
Read MoreHy-Vee Aisles Online offers two-hour express grocery pickup
Hy-Vee Inc. is offering a two-hour express pickup option as part of Hy-Vee Aisles Online grocery ordering service, allowing customers to pay a fee to pick up their order faster. Customers will see a “Get …
Read MoreFBL Financial reports first-quarter net loss
FBL Financial Group Inc. on Thursday reported a net loss for the first quarter of $2.5 million, or 10 cents per common share, compared with net income of $34.0 million, or $1.37 per diluted common share, for …
Read MoreDrake University student shares industry struggles as he prepares to graduate
Xavier Lechleitner is finishing his senior year of college at Drake University at home in Edgar, Wis., on his family’s cattle farm. When Lechleitner’s operations management class asked students to submit a video blog exploring …
Read MoreComputer scientists launch new search tool for COVID-19 researchers
After the White House called on researchers nationally to assist in COVID-19, Hridesh Rajan realized that the large body of published papers on coronaviruses and other epidemiology studies could offer “game-changing insights” for medical researchers …
Read MoreTeaching public health in times of crisis
In the University of Northern Iowa’s Health, Recreation and Community Services Department, Disa Cornish and her colleagues are training the next generation of public health advocates in Iowa — a generation that is witnessing firsthand …
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