Archive for February 2021
Iowa banks’ loans and deposits up in 2020, but net income dips
ISU among top universities for producing Fulbright U.S. Scholars
Iowa State University is among the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2020-21, as announced by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright …
Read MoreF&G annuity sales top $1.3 billion in fourth quarter, up 23% year over year
F&G, a leading provider of annuities and life insurance based in Des Moines, reported operating results for the fourth quarter of 2020 as part of the quarterly earnings report of its parent company, Fidelity National …
Read MoreD.M. superintendent asks school board to reject construction bids for planned stadium
Des Moines Register: Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Ahart is asking the school board to reject a round of construction bids from contractors because each exceeds the district’s budget for a planned stadium at Drake …
Read MoreDes Moines men’s clothing store Badowers closing after 71 years in business
Des Moines Register: After 71 years in business, Badowers, the men’s haberdashery on Ingersoll Avenue, is closing its doors. The coronavirus pandemic has had lasting effects on retail stores nationwide, and the longtime clothier is no …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Broken windows, ‘cuddling breaks’ and interrupted video calls: Parents share realities of juggling work while home-schooling kids
There are lots of pandemic experiences I will always remember, but there are some experiences that I, a non-parent, will never truly understand — such as having a nearly naked toddler show up yelling in …
Read MoreDemolition of former Sears department store begins
Work has begun on tearing down the former Sears department store building at Merle Hay Mall. The building was among the first constructed on the mall site in the late 1950s. The store closed in …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Go ahead and fail
Perfectionism can make you miserable, Arthur C. Brooks writes in the Atlantic, so you have to muster up the courage to mess up. Brooks writes about it in the context of being a classical musician and …
Read MoreSenate panel advances latest bill banning traffic cameras
Iowa Capital Dispatch: Iowa Sen. Brad Zaun’s latest attempt to ban most traffic cameras advanced Thursday, but not before the Urbandale Republican got an earful from two big-city police chiefs and Democratic Sen. Tony Bisignano of …
Read MoreUFG Insurance enters agreement with Topsail Re
Cedar Rapids-based UFG Insurance has entered into a program management agreement with Topsail Re that will enable the two companies to share risks on certain lines of business, UFG announced. Topsail, a reinsurance group founded in 2018, …
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