Archive for September 2022
Des Moines council approves purchase of downtown office building
The city of Des Moines is moving forward with a proposal to buy a downtown office building and parking garage after the City Council on Monday approved a purchase agreement with the properties’ seller, Nationwide …
Read MoreFriedman named 2022 Dentons Davis Brown Human Resources Professional of the Year
The Business Record has named Monica Friedman as the 2022 Dentons Davis Brown Human Resources Professional of the Year. Friedman is executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Des Moines-based Life Care Services Corp., a …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Student loans and entrepreneurship: An overview
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has published this issue brief on the potential effect of student loan debt on the decision to pursue entrepreneurial ventures. Nearly 1 in 6 adults in the U.S. has outstanding student loan …
Read MoreCedar Rapids schools to stop use of seclusion
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Cedar Rapids Community School District will stop the use of seclusion in all school buildings and programs beginning Oct. 10, as a part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of …
Read MoreONE GOOD READ: Store shelves are no longer bare, but baby formula remains in short supply
New York Times: More than six months after one of the largest infant formula manufacturing plants in the United States issued a recall and was then shut down because of contamination concerns, a newborn staple …
Read MoreDMACC opens criminal justice training center
The Criminal Justice Training Center on the Des Moines Area Community College Ankeny campus is now open, following a ribbon cutting and open house hosted by the DMACC Foundation on Sept. 9. The 1,500 square-foot …
Read MoreIowa agency launches Business Engagement Division
Iowa Workforce Development has launched its new Business Engagement Division, a part of the state agency’s move to reorganize employees around the state to create more efficiencies in assessing and resolving Iowa employers’ workforce challenges. As …
Read MoreIowa Departments of Education, HHS award $600K for school mental health training
The Iowa Departments of Education and Health and Human Services awarded today 10 grants totaling $600,000 to public school districts for training and coaching school health care workers on COVID response-and-recovery initiatives focused on social-emotional-behavioral …
Read MoreVisionBank of Iowa to acquire Legacy Bank
Ames-based VisionBank of Iowa announced Friday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Legacy Bank, based in Altoona, in a transaction the organizations said “will bring together two long-standing community banks with a focus on …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Wyoming will soon be home to world’s largest carbon removal facility
Here’s a timely story out today from Fast Company that details what the world’s largest carbon-capture project in the world will look like two states to the west of us — in my former stomping grounds in …
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