Archive for February 2021
Lola’s Fine Hot Sauce owner selected as a top entrepreneur by Lowe’s
Taufeek Shah, who owns Lola’s Fine Hot Sauce, will soon see his products in more than 1,300 Lowe’s home improvement stores after being named a top entrepreneur in “Making it … with Lowe’s,” the company’s …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: How much of your money do you want working for you?
More and more people have large sums of money in savings – and it’s way more than any financial-planning manual or guru will tell you to have, writes Brian Hood, who is a certified financial planner and …
Read MoreApplications underway for health care education scholarships
The Iowa Hospital Association, through its subsidiary the Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation, will award 60 health care scholarships of up to $7,000 ($3,500 per year for up to two years) and $1,000 specific …
Read MoreWorkiva names Jill Klindt as chief financial officer
International data compliance software firm Workiva has named Jill Klindt as chief financial officer following Stuart Miller’s retirement as executive vice president and chief financial officer after seven years, the Ames company announced this week. Klindt …
Read MorePower Breakfast takeaways: What health care leaders see in the future
Davenport’s lone Black alderman to step down, calling council ‘tone-deaf’ on race
Quad-City Times: With 10 months left in his first term, Davenport’s lone Black alderman announced his resignation, saying his colleagues are “tone-deaf” when it comes to addressing racial inequality and discrimination in the city. Alderman Patrick …
Read MoreDMACC, DREAM Iowa partner to offer immigrant student scholarships
Des Moines Area Community College and DREAM Iowa have established a partnership in which each will provide $500 scholarships for a total of $1,000 to as many as 10 DMACC students. This year, DMACC and DREAM Iowa …
Read MoreLittle change in number of unemployed Iowans, state reports
The number of Iowans who filed unemployment claims in the week that ended on Saturday was changed little from the previous week, according to Iowa Workforce Development.
The state agency reported that 53,935 Iowans filed …
Where does Iowa fit on the energy grid system?
This week, both Iowa and Texas faced below-freezing temperatures as residents bundled up indoors. The difference? As winter storms rolled in, more than 3 million Texas customers were hit with power blackouts as the Electric …
Read MoreVIDEO: Power Breakfast – Disruptions in health care and what’s to come – First question
Our health care systems have been facing disruption for years from insurance changes to access challenges to digital innovations. Then came a global pandemic, which saw the industry take the brunt of the challenges, …
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