Archive for September 2020
Hubbell golf event raises $56,500 for Easterseals Iowa
Hubbell Realty Co.’s Extreme Charity Golf Classic this year raised $56,500 for Easterseals Iowa, the company announced. The money will help pay for a 12,300-square-foot early education center serving children ages 6 weeks to kindergarten. …
Read MoreISU names new vice president of research
Iowa State University announced Thursday that Peter K. Dorhout has been named vice president of research. Dorhout currently serves as the vice president of research at Kansas State University, where he also is a professor of chemistry. He …
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Developers of the Fifth seek $101 million in counterclaim against city
Insurance Division files charges against health sharing ministry for unauthorized sales
The Iowa Insurance Division’s Enforcement Bureau recently filed a statement of charges against Trinity Healthshare Inc. and the Aliera Cos., both based in Atlanta. According to the statement of charges, Trinity, purportedly operating as a health care …
Read MoreIowa part of $60M multistate settlement reached over transvaginal surgical mesh devices
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced a settlement by 48 states and the District of Columbia with C.R. Bard Inc. and its parent company Becton, Dickinson and Co., requiring payment of $60 million for the …
Read MoreUrbandale makes Money’s ‘Best Places to Live’ list
Urbandale is the 47th-best place to live in the country, according to Money Magazine’s “Best Places to Live” list released this week. Money Magazine collects and analyzes more than 200,000 data points for cities with …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: 21-Day Equity Challenge brings community together for shared equity, inclusion education
Little did planners know when they began organizing the 21-Day Equity Challenge that the issue of equity and inclusion would be at the center of a national discussion.
The challenge, a joint initiative between the …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s impact on business and what a new justice could mean
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18, was perhaps best known for fighting for gender equity. One such case, which ended up being settled out of court, before she served on …
Read MoreMcLellan: Politics, social media and your business
The one thing we can all agree on is that things are contentious out there. Our current political climate is ugly, and it’s only going to worsen as we approach Nov. 3.
Social media has …
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