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NOTEBOOK: Sukup’s perks for workers include weeklong Hawaii trips

Sukup Manufacturing Co. reported a bit recently on the perks of working at the company — not a bad idea since is a tight workforce.

Sukup workers get a free turkey for Thanksgiving, free single …

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NOTEBOOK: Gone with the wind

MidAmerican Energy exec Kathryn Kunert was just wrapping up a four-speaker news conference about a major renewable energy milestone at the utility when her speech blew off the lectern. “That is why we build wind” …

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NOTEBOOK: ‘I got you a Ferrari’

Suzie Glazer Burt was recalling the other day how her father, then Drake University Board of Trustees Chairman Edward Glazer, hired Mick Ferrari as president of Drake University, then told her mother, “I just got …

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NOTEBOOK: Spurgeon School of Journalism

The Business Record recently sat down with Randy Evans, the executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council, and he mentioned one of the people who mentored him early in his career. Gary Spurgeon …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the June 8 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the May 4 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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A Closer Look: Marketa Oliver

Marketa Oliver started work in May 2017 as Bondurant city administrator, a job title she has grown into over a 30-year career. After Oliver graduated from Drake University, she worked in the city manager’s office …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it …

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com

Tariff trouble
The Iowa Pork Producers Association assesses the damage from a planned Mexico tariff on U.S. pork.  Learn …

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NOTEBOOK: New major contributes to record business enrollment at ISU

One of Iowa State’s newest undergraduate majors may still be small, but it’s arguably the fastest-growing. 

During an unveiling event for the Business Record’s newest issue of the annual innovationIOWA magazine hosted by Corteva Agriscience …

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NOTEBOOK: Race you to the car, Dad!

When we hosted Mercy-Des Moines President Karl Keeler at our office for an interview recently, he mentioned how his family of seven keeps a stable of dirt bikes and motorcycles on hand for off-road and …

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NOTEBOOK: Butler Mansion: Toy wagons not allowed

An amazing thing about the Butler Mansion, the 81-year-old structure that sits atop a hill on Fleur Drive beckoning new office tenants as Integer Group moves to other digs, is that you can walk from …