Archive for May 2020
DMARC, Capital City Fruit to provide USDA produce boxes on Friday
The Des Moines Area Religious Council and Capital City Fruit will be distributing 20-pound boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables through the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program on Friday, beginning at 11 a.m. …
Read MoreKum & Go’s first walk-up store opens in downtown Des Moines
Kum & Go opened its first walk-up store today in the Edna M. Griffin Building at the corner of Seventh and Locust streets.
Photo by Joe Crimmings
The ampersands are everywhere.
Inside a round white …
Guest Opinion: We can be genuinely empathetic through shared lived experience
There is a pandemic creating a crisis around the world. Our community is not exempt from it. It is all-consuming. It has made many of us uncomfortable, or outright fearful, about our futures. It has …
Read MoreShowcasing arts, culture and dining through audio
Editor’s note: Our sister publication at Business Publications Corp., dsm Magazine, has been busy reporting on arts and entertainment news as usual. But coronavirus has made arts and entertainment in Des Moines anything but usual. …
Read MorePandemic’s pinch
Nonprofits across Central Iowa are experiencing challenges unlike anything they’ve seen before as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, forcing them to change how they deliver services and look for different ways of fundraising.
“I …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Who’s in the May 29 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the May 29 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 MoreBusiness Record 5-29-20
Pandemic’s Pinch: Nonprofits, fundraisers buckle in for long-term recovery as COVID-19 creates challenges not seen before
Focus: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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Read MoreMcLellan: What now?
Most business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs appreciate having a plan and things going according to plan. If we’re seasoned, we know it’s not all going to go according to plan, but it helps to have …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Iowa’s summer of fear
A season of fear enveloped much of Iowa 50 years ago in 1970 after six homemade bombs exploded between April 27 and June 29 at locations from Iowa City to Omaha, including three in Des …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: COVID-19 reshaping expectations around telemedicine
Despite some historical lagging on the adoption of telehealth and telemonitoring services in the medical community, the COVID-19 pandemic is changing expectations overnight of how telemedicine can serve patients, health care providers and insurers, said …
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