Archive for January 2021
Campaign underway to raise $3 million to renovate historic Drake-area theater
Jon Petersen and Tim Reinders, members of the Des Moines Film Society, put up new letters on the marquee of a historic movie house in the Drake neighborhood. The nonprofit group is buying the theater …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: New owners of Des Moines Flying Service hope business will take off
Aviation aficionados won’t find a lot of changes at Des Moines Flying Service under its new owners, says Steve Thompson, who’s now running the show at the longtime small aircraft dealership at Des Moines International …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Will the pandemic make the public care more about disease prevention?
I interviewed Lyndi Buckingham-Schutt, associate director of wellness and nutrition policy at the Harkin Institute, a while back for a story on the intersections of disability and hunger (bit.ly/35nLYAH). Toward the end of the interview …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Will the pandemic have an effect on women’s political participation?
When talking with Karen Kedrowski for my pieces about women’s representation in Iowa politics for Fearless, I asked what kind of effect she thinks the pandemic is going to have on women’s involvement in politics …
Read MoreMarch 30: Grant Writing 101 Workshop
Host: ISU Extension and Outreach
About: Grant Writing 101 will be presented by Jane Nolan Goeken and Eric Christianson, Community and Economic Development Specialists with ISU Extension and Outreach. Both have extensive experience writing and …
Iowa universities getting more federal aid from second stimulus package
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s three public universities are getting between 50% and 60% more federal aid from a second COVID-compelled stimulus package than from the original Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act passed in March. …
Read MoreCEO outlines bold financial recovery plan for YMCA of Greater Des Moines
The YMCA of Greater Des Moines wants to “get out of the business of owning real estate,” and is moving forward with a strategic sale-leaseback plan to eliminate its multimillion-dollar debt load and free its …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Has the electric car’s moment arrived at last?
President Joe Biden is pitching a host of ways to steer the country toward electric vehicles as part of a broad plan to address climate change, National Geographic reports. Electric and hybrid vehicle sales have been …
Read MoreLawmakers say Iowa schools must give students in-person option
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Legislation requiring K-12 school districts to offer all students a 100% in-person learning option gained final approval Thursday from Republican majorities in the Iowa Capitol, sending the measure to a governor who said …
Read MoreHiccup with new debit cards delays some state unemployment funds
Des Moines Register: Some out-of-work Iowans aren’t getting their unemployment insurance benefits this week because the state could not get new debit cards to them, Iowa Workforce Development announced Thursday. While the agency said in a …
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