Archive for August 2022
Iowa Cubs sold as Endeavor unloads minor league clubs after owning less than year
Des Moines Register: Under pressure from Major League Baseball officials, the ownership of the Iowa Cubs has changed for the second time in eight months. Endeavor Group Holdings, a California-based sports and entertainment and marketing conglomerate, …
Read More2022 Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame awardees announced
The Iowa Commission on the Status of Women has announced the 2022 Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame honorees.
The honorees are:
CI3 and Automated Door Group change name to Basepoint Building Automations
CI3 and Automated Door Group has announced a name change to Basepoint Building Automations. Since 1983 the two companies have been divisions of Control Installations of Iowa Inc., according to a press release. “Our two companies …
Read MoreRedevelopment plans announced for section of Ingersoll Avenue
A proposed site plan for property at 39th Street and Ingersoll Avenue. Site plan by Confluence Landscape Architecture. Photo below: A street view of the properties purchased by Block 39 LLC, which is managed by …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Letters from 1930
My cousin Naomi handed me copies of 31 letters during her father’s 100th birthday celebration on June 7. The pages chronicle a three-month trip to the West Coast that our grandparents, Leslie and Esther Everly, …
Read MorePaying it forward: Keeping a legacy of giving alive
Bill and Josephine Norkaitis spent their lives helping others.
Whether that was Josephine handing out bread from the bakery where she worked in Rockford, Ill., to those who were less fortunate or the couple giving …
Read MoreCBRE|Hubbell Commercial releases Q2 office market report
The following are some highlights from CBRE|Hubbell Commercial’s 2022 second-quarter office market report for the Des Moines area, which has more than 18.1 million square feet of rental office space:
• In the second quarter, …
Local developer interested in acquiring historic federal courthouse, possibly converting it to housing or hotel
The federal courthouse at 123 E. Walnut St. will be disposed of in the coming months by the U.S. General Services Administration. The five-level courthouse, constructed between 1927 and 1929, is on the National Register …
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