Archive for September 2021
LightEdge Solutions acquiring Cavern Technologies
Des Moines-based LightEdge Solutions announced Wednesday that it will acquire Cavern Technologies Inc., the largest provider of colocation data centers in Kansas City. A colocation data center serves as a third party where businesses can rent …
Read MoreState receives $500,000 grant for farmer mental health programs
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has been awarded $500,000 to expand farmer mental health programs in the state. Funding for the grant comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of …
Read MoreYou hired the best…but can you keep them?
BY ROWENA CROSBIE, president, Tero International
You have just brought on some high-potential employees you want to retain and promote over time. Yet research says the statistics for retention of high potentials are not good. …
Read MorePandemic is causing ‘alarming’ toll on UI hospital staff
Corridor Business Journal: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics is increasingly concerned for the physical workload and mental health of its workers as the pandemic rolls on, says CEO Suresh Gunasekaran. “What’s not alarming is necessarily …
Read MoreUI to become first Power Five school to add women’s wrestling program
Des Moines Register: The University of Iowa is adding a women’s wrestling program to its athletics department, the Register has learned. The Hawkeyes will be the first Division I Power Five school to offer women’s wrestling. …
Read MoreChuck’s restaurant reopening on Oct. 4
Chuck’s Restaurant, which has been closed for nearly a year while the building in which it is located was renovated, is reopening on Oct. 4. The restaurant, located at 3610 Sixth Ave., is one of …
Read MoreHy-Vee to use AI to tally inventory in 5 stores
Hy-Vee has begun using robots to keep track of inventory in two stores and plans to expand the technology to three others, the West Des Moines-based grocer announced. Hy-Vee is partnering with San Francisco-based Simbe …
Read MoreMore Iowa men are skipping college
Axios Des Moines: Iowa men have historically enrolled in college at lower rates than women, but the education gap is widening, state data shows. The number of male Iowa high school graduates who immediately enrolled in …
Read MoreIowa medical director and epidemiologist leaving Iowa Department of Public Health
Cedar Rapids Gazette: In an abrupt development with little explanation, officials with the Iowa Department of Public Health announced today that Dr. Caitlin Pedati, the state’s medical director and epidemiologist, plans to leave the agency effective …
Read MoreIowa sets new 2021 high for COVID hospitalizations
Des Moines Register: More Iowans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 than at any point earlier in 2021, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health today. The weekly data release shows 638 Iowans hospitalized …
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