Archive for March 2022
The Elbert Files: Faulty towers
The University of Iowa’s Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City and the Neal Smith Federal Building in Des Moines are faulty towers.
Both were erected with fanfare that dissipated into disappointment as flaws were …
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: How Americans are reacting to rising gas prices
Iowans sharply divided on banning transgender girls from female sports, Iowa Poll finds
Des Moines Register: Iowans’ opinions are split nearly evenly on a new state law that bans transgender girls and women from competing in female sports offered by Iowa’s schools, colleges and universities. Forty-six percent of Iowans …
Read MoreDeets named Waukee city administrator
Brad Deets, who has worked for the city of Waukee since 2006, has been named the Dallas County community’s city administrator. Deets, who begins his new job April 1, will be paid $180,000 annually. He …
Read MoreFormer Davenport banker sentenced for SBA fraud; Des Moines exec to be sentenced
A former Iowa banking executive accused of attempting to defraud the Small Business Administration has been sentenced to nine months in prison and ordered to pay $4.5 million in restitution, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. Larry Charles …
Read MoreBlack Futures fundraiser to send Oakridge students on visits to historically black colleges
For 15-year-old Zamiratu, the chance to visit historically Black college campuses (HBCU) will be the fulfillment of a dream her parents were never able to realize.
Zamiratu, whose last name is withheld for privacy because she …
Read MoreNOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Johnston buys land along Merle Hay Road eyed for golf venue
The city of Johnston has purchased a nearly one-acre parcel along Merle Hay Road that is expected to be part of a proposed new golf entertainment venue.
The city paid 5229 Partners LLC, located in Wisconsin, $825,000 …
NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Waukee buys land for affordable housing development
Included among the goals of the city of Waukee is providing affordable housing in the Dallas County community.
To help achieve that goal, Waukee has purchased 15.2 acres of undeveloped ground at 500 N. Warrior Lane, paying Prairie Rose …
NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Fleet Farm property in Waukee sold again, this time for $43.5 million
Property in Waukee that includes Fleet Farm retail and convenience stores has changed hands for the second time in less than 14 months.
KB Waukee DST, an entity managed by Kingsbarn Realty Capital headquartered in …
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