Archive for August 2020
West Des Moines Schools hires first equity, inclusion and diversity director
West Des Moines Community Schools announced it has hired Anthony Ferguson Jr. as executive director of equity, inclusion and diversity, following approval by the West Des Moines Board of Education on Aug. 10. He will begin …
Read MoreIowa Fire Service Training Bureau opens new training center at Camp Dodge
From left, Brig. Gen. Steve Osborn, Johnston Mayor Paula Dierenfeld, Bureau Chief John Kraemer, State Fire Marshal Dan Wood, IDPS Commissioner Stephan Bayens and Johnston-Grimes Fire Chief Jim Clark
The Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau …
Read MoreMarshalltown hit hard by derecho just two years after catastrophic tornado
Top: A rare sight, the Walmart parking lot sits empty in Marshalltown on Tuesday. Middle: Cars line Linn Street in Marshalltown, waiting to pump gas at one of the few open gas stations on Tuesday. A traffic director …
Read MoreIowa Stops Hunger panel discusses pandemic’s effect on food insecurity
Getting the coronavirus pandemic under control and then working on policy solutions to help low-income Iowans were just some of the topics discussed during a recent panel discussion on food insecurity in Iowa as part …
Read MoreMediacom reports widespread service outages, cuts to fiber network
Mediacom reported approximately 340,000 customers were still affected Tuesday by service outages after Monday’s powerful storm. The company identified three major cuts to Mediacom’s fiber network in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Vinton, which will …
Read MorePolk County power service should return by noon Saturday, MidAmerican Energy says
Polk County customers who do not have power restored by late Thursday from MidAmerican Energy should have it restored by noon Saturday, an update posted to the company’s Outage Watch page reports. Johnson and Scott counties, …
Read MoreFire alarms might be disabled due to extended power outage, city reminds businesses
The city of Des Moines released a statement on Tuesday reminding businesses that most fire alarm systems are designed with a battery backup of 24 hours in the event of a power outage. This means …
Read MoreDisaster proclamations issued for 14 additional counties, including Polk
Disaster proclamations have been issued for 14 additional Iowa counties in the aftermath of the severe weather system that moved through the state on Monday. The counties include Polk, Benton, Cedar, Clarke, Greene, Hardin, Iowa, …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Takeaways from Mercer’s ‘The New Shape of Work: Flexing for the Future’
Last week I listened in on a videoconference by Mercer: “The New Shape of Work: Flexing for the Future.” A group of national practice leaders with the human resources consulting firm provided some interesting insights …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: CRE Weekly launches new interactive feature
The Business Record launched a new feature in CRE Weekly – an interactive map and database of commercial building permits issued by 13 Central Iowa communities in the first six months of 2020. https://bit.ly/2F4FJYx
The …
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