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Iowa Females You Should Know: Angela Connolly


Editor’s Note: Two weeks ago, we announced the four new inductees into the Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame. We wanted to do a little extra to celebrate this accomplishment, so we are featuring the nominations of…
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Guest Opinion: 7 questions to transform your style

BY EMILY ABBAS | Chief marketing officer and chief of staff, Bankers Trust Co.
Our technology-filled lives provide us more access than ever before to career advice. What I’d like to share with you is…
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Poll: Queen bees and catty women — myth or fact?

One major obstacle to female success and progress, we’re sometimes told, is powerful women — queen bees who refuse to help other women. If you approach one for advice, instead of opening a door for…
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Bondurant named an Iowa ‘Great Place’

Bondurant is one of five Iowa cities or areas to share nearly $1.7 million in state funding for cultural development as part of Iowa’s Great Places program. The city will receive $220,200 to develop local …

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First cohort for ISU Startup Factory announced

The first group of entrepreneurs for the ISU Startup Factory, a new avenue for Iowa State University students, faculty and staff to create technology-based businesses, has been announced. The program, which will be housed at …

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Primary Health Care receives safety net grant

Primary Health Care Inc. in Urbandale has received an $83,333 grant from the Safety Net Advancement Center at Arizona State University. The nonprofit community health center is one of six safety net organizations that received …

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Lime Springs beef plant halts production

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Upper Iowa Beef, a new processing plant built along U.S. Highway 63 in Lime Springs, has halted production and reduced staff. Jesse Stevens, president and founder of the company formerly known as LimeSprings …

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ESOP is the new owner of Palmer Group

Austin Palmer, founder and president of employment services firm Palmer Group, has sold the business to the Palmer Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan, according to a release. The company has been owned since its founding …

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Iowa gets $3 million for wetland enhancement projects

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The USDA is awarding $44.6 million through its Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership to support 10 wetland enhancement projects in Iowa and 11 other states. The $3 million awarded to Iowa will be used …

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Cedar Rapids airport gets Charlotte flights

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Passengers traveling from Cedar Rapids to Charlotte, N.C., have a new option beginning Nov. 4. American Airlines announced plans today to offer two daily flights from the Eastern Iowa Airport to Charlotte.…

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