Archive for January 2021
Family Video closing all remaining stores
Des Moines Register: The last behemoth of the video store age has fallen. Family Video, an Illinois-based company that operated 800 video rental stores at its peak, announced on Twitter this week that it would be …
Read MoreUI Health Care participating in new COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial
Corridor Business Journal: University of Iowa Health Care announced today that it will be participating in a large, Phase 3 clinical trial for a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax Inc. The multi-site clinical trial, which …
Read MoreIowa budget chief Roederer to retire
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s budget chief will retire Jan. 31 after 38 years in state government, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today. Dave Roederer has led the Iowa Department of Management, the state’s planning, finance and …
Read MoreDeere sues Iowa competitors Kinze, Ag Leader for infringing patent on high-speed planter
Des Moines Register: Deere & Co. is trying to block two Iowa manufacturers from selling competing products that allow farmers to sow their fields faster. The Quad Cities-based agricultural giant filed patent infringement lawsuits against Williamsburg-based …
Read MoreDelta Dental of Iowa Foundation seeks applications for Rethink Your Drink grants
The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation is expanding its water bottle filling station program for schools in Iowa that lack adequate drinking water stations. Through the foundation’s Rethink Your Drink program, schools can apply to …
Read MoreIowa Kidstrong receives $5,000 from Wellmark to support youth fitness programming
Iowa Kidstrong received $5,000 from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield to develop a new curriculum and provide support to area schools, Wellmark announced this morning. Iowa Kidstrong was founded in 1995 to address childhood …
Read MoreFormer White House chief of staff John Kelly to headline Land Investment Expo next week
Former White House chief of staff and homeland security secretary Gen. John Kelly is scheduled to headline next week’s Land Investment Expo at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. Kelly will be interviewed onstage by Anthony …
Read MorePartnership names new executive VP of economic development
Brian Crowe, the current vice president for business attraction at ICR Iowa, was named Thursday as the new executive vice president of economic development at the Greater Des Moines Partnership.
He fills a role left open …
Business Record 1-8-21
Van Meter Inc. moves into Kansas market with acquisition
Corridor Business Journal: Cedar Rapids-based electrical and manufacturing supplier Van Meter Inc. has expanded into Kansas with the purchase of Mid-West Electrical Supply in Wichita, the company announced. The sale officially closed Dec. 31, and the …
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