Archive for August 2020
Marketing: Walking out the journey with your client
For the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring what it means when someone tells us that we should be using storytelling in our marketing efforts. In this week’s column, I want to delve into the …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: The riverfront a century ago
The Principal Riverwalk and World Food Prize Hall of Laureates, which have dramatically transformed the downtown riverfront are part of a tradition of riverfront improvements that go back more than a century.
The efforts began …
Read MoreFoundry Distilling partners with Boulevard Brewing to release Midnight Ritual Whiskey
West Des Moines-based Foundry Distilling Co. is partnering with Boulevard Brewing Co. of Kansas City, Mo., to introduce Midnight Ritual, an 89 proof American malt whiskey. The spirit is made with Boulevard’s Unfiltered Wheat Beer …
Read MoreAudubon, Madison counties receive disaster proclamations
Gov. Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for two additional counties, bringing the total number of qualifying counties to 25 in response to the derecho event that cut a large swath of damage through …
Read MoreIowa receives $6.6 million from FTA to upgrade bus transit infrastructure
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao today announced that the Federal Transit Administration will award more than $6.6 million in transit infrastructure funding to improve the safety and reliability of Iowa’s bus systems and enhance mobility …
Read MoreCredit union new to Polk County will feature video tellers who will assist customers from Dubuque
Construction of a Grimes branch office of Dupaco Community Credit Union is expected to begin this fall. The project is valued at a little over $6 million.
Architectural rendering special to the Business Record
A …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: What we can learn from softball-sized hail in Argentina
I’ve always been interested in weather. The running joke with friends/colleagues/family is that because I took two meteorology classes at Iowa State, I’m basically a weatherman. I’m not, but I often pretend to be. This …
Read MoreDorsey & Whitney law firm adds four attorneys
The Des Moines law firm of Dorsey & Whitney has added four attorneys who specialize in health care. Rebecca A. Brommel and Catherine Cownie have joined as partners; Adam J. Freed, of counsel; and Michael …
Read MoreRegents waive test score requirement for ISU, UI and UNI applicants
To eliminate a potential barrier due to pandemic-related test cancellations, the Iowa Board of Regents announced it has waived the requirement for prospective students to submit either an ACT or SAT score. The waiver applies …
Read MoreCook named director of Business Solutions at MercyOne
MercyOne announced it recently hired Troy Cook as division director of MercyOne Business Solutions. In that role, Cook leads new and existing partnered employer health strategies across Iowa, including MercyOne’s current employee wellness programs, executive health, on-site …
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