Archive for February 2021
90 years later: Yesterday’s maps and today’s data
Business Record 2-26-21
Cover story: 90 years later: Yesterday’s maps and today’s data
Focus: Nonprofits
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Read MoreMcLellan: The most important rebrand conversations
In last week’s column, we acknowledged that when most organizations think about announcing a rebrand, they often emphasize the wrong place. We worry about the public unveiling and often underestimate the importance of the internal …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Ethanol and socialism
“Who would have thought?”
The question came from deep inside the furry hood of an oddly yellow parka. The long canary-colored coat sat atop a pair of five-buckle galoshes and was approaching from the east …
Read MoreConstruction underway on new south-side center
A 6,000-square-foot strip center is under construction at 3727 S.E. 14th St. in Des Moines on a 1.7-acre parcel that has sat undeveloped for more than two decades.
The center’s anchor tenant will be Little …
Read MoreIowa lawmakers look at expanding grounds for disciplining school officials
Des Moines Register: Prompted by a fight with Des Moines Public Schools officials over in person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, Iowa Senate Republicans are advancing a bill that would expand the reasons for disciplining superintendents …
Read MoreReal Food 4 Kids returns Cook for a Cause through at-home format
Cook for a Cause, an annual cooking and food education event hosted by Real Food 4 Kids and the Justice League of Food, is returning March 22 with an at-home format to encourage families and …
Read MoreFirst 1,000 female Eagle Scouts — including two Central Iowans — honored nationally
Two girls are taking their place in Iowa history as the first female Eagle Scouts in Central Iowa. This week the Mid-Iowa Council, Boy Scouts of America formally recognized Angelina Hemphill, 16, of Ankeny Troop …
Read MorePrincipal and MetLife sign $1.2B pension risk transfer deal with Philips
Principal Financial Group and Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of MetLife Inc., announced they have entered into an agreement with health technology company Philips North America LLC to transfer approximately $1.2 billion of Philips North …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Tony Timm
Tony Timm was once the “not-so-good-kid” growing up in the small eastern Iowa town of Tipton. He recalls the time that he took some of his mother’s Avon cosmetics samples and handed them out to …
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