Archive for August 2022
Healthcare Trends and Leaders 2022
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Read MoreField of Dreams minor-league game tonight: Cedar Rapids vs. Quad Cities
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Before the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds bring Major League Baseball to the Field of Dreams again on Thursday, it’s the minor-leaguers’ night in Iowa. The Cedar Rapids Kernels and Quad Cities River …
Read MorePublic invited to vote for Dotdash Meredith’s seasonal mural
Dotdash Meredith is inviting the public to choose its seasonal mural that will be displayed at its campus at 17th and Locust streets in downtown Des Moines. It’s the first time that the magazine publisher …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Sheri Penney
The child care crisis has been simmering for decades across the state and country. In 2020, it boiled over when Iowa lost a third of its child care slots.
Seeing that child care was crucial …
Read MoreLocal developer pursued Topgolf for 4 years
Around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, Richard Hurd’s phone rang.
The commercial real estate developer answered, and on the other end was a representative from Topgolf. The global sports and entertainment company was …
Read MoreYSS breaks ground on Ember
Photo above: A digital rendering showing what the Ember Youth Recovery Campus will look like when it’s done. Architectural rendering courtesy of RDG Planning and Design Photo below: Andrew Allen, president and CEO of YSS, …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Americans are vacationing more, but staying in work mode
In today’s digital and hybrid work world, going on vacation doesn’t have to mean being disconnected from the office. The Wall Street Journal reports that employees are taking more of their PTO than in recent years, but …
Read MoreTyson, a leading producer of Iowa pork, sees sales slump amid high costs, low demand
Des Moines Register: Reduced global and domestic demand is hitting one of the top producers in Iowa’s nation-leading pork industry. Arkansas-based meatpacking giant Tyson Foods reported Monday that it earned about $25 million from its pork …
Read MorePrincipal earnings top expectations in second quarter
Associated Press: Principal Financial Group Inc. on Monday reported second-quarter profit of $3.06 billion. On a per-share basis, the Des Moines-based company said it had net income of $11.94. Earnings, adjusted for investment gains, came to …
Read More2022 Iowa Latino Hall of Fame honorees announced
The Iowa Commission of Latino Affairs and the Iowa Department of Human Rights announced Monday that six Iowans will be inducted into the Iowa Latino Hall of Fame on Oct. 15, the last day of Latino Heritage …
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