Archive for June 2022
Audit: UNI falls short in crime reporting, fire safety compliance
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Systems are not in place on the University of Northern Iowa campus to ensure compliance with a 32-year-old federal act that governs higher education crime reporting and security mandates — leaving the Cedar …
Read MoreOsceola industrial park achieves certified site status
The E. Eddy Saylor Industrial Park in Osceola has achieved certification through the Iowa Certified Sites Program, the Iowa Economic Development Authority announced. The site joins 27 others in Iowa that have been designated as project-ready. “Certified sites …
Read MoreHearing scheduled on Valley West Mall foreclosure petition
A Polk County District Court judge has scheduled a hearing for 11 a.m. Friday to hear a request to appoint a receiver for Valley West Mall, 1551 Valley West Drive in West Des Moines. In May, U.S. …
Read MoreIowa’s economy slows amid concerns of supply chain disruption, economic downtown
Creighton University’s MidAmerican Business Conditions Index for Iowa slid in May as concerns over supply chain disruptions continued, with poorer performances appearing in most sectors measured by the monthly survey of supply chain managers.
Iowa’s …
On Leadership: Rethinking the organization
Workforce and talent are on almost every leader’s mind these days, so I was intrigued when I came across a new report from Korn Ferry called “Future of work trends 2022: A new era of …
Read MoreTelehealth: What’s changed and what’s next?
After the initial scaling of telehealth technology and investment in tools and education for providers and patients, local health care organizations have spent the last two years adapting, evaluating and determining their approach to the …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Farming and history
Growing up in Iowa gave me a false sense of agriculture.
I didn’t grow up on a farm, but I thought a lifetime of listening to cash-grain and feeder-cattle reports gave me an innate …
Read MoreOpening this summer: Jojo’s Rehabilitation Unit at ChildServe
ChildServe will soon open its newly completed inpatient rehabilitation unit, Jojo’s Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit. The 14-bed unit, which replaces a smaller inpatient rehabilitation unit that has operated since 2007 at ChildServe’s Johnston medical campus, provides …
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