Smart buildings innovator Igor today announced Director of Marketing Kim Johnson has been named to LEDs Magazine’s inaugural class of 40 Under 40. A leading trade journal in the lighting industry, LEDs Magazine launched it 40 Under 40 initiative earlier this year to recognize up and coming technology and business
Read More →Cory Harris, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s President and Chief Operating Officer, was named CEO-Elect by Wellmark’s Board of Directors today. Harris will become Wellmark’s Chief Executive Officer effective Jan. 1, 2021, succeeding current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John D. Forsyth, who announced his plans to retire at
Read More →At its recent annual summit event, Bank Iowa announced the winners of the family-owned bank’s first-ever Living our Values awards. The awards come on the heels of Bank Iowa’s Q1 2020 company-wide rollout of its purpose, vision and values statements. Each of the award recipients demonstrated behaviors congruent with one
Read More →For the 16th-consecutive year Principal Park will play host to some of the best high school baseball players from across the state of Iowa. From Friday, July 24 through Saturday, August 1, there will be 28 games played that will result in crowning our Iowa High School State Baseball Champions.
Read More →One Iowa student has been named as a National Youth and Young Adult Ambassador by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for demonstrating leadership in fighting tobacco use in her community. This young leader was among 133 youth and young adults from 33 states who participated in the Campaign for Tobacco-Free
Read More →The Des Moines Symphony announced today that its Yankee Doodle Pops and Water Works Pops concerts, which had previously been postponed to Labor Day weekend, will be cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. The cancelled concerts include: · Aretha: A Tribute – Sat Sep 5 · Family Concert:
Read More →The national nonprofit organization Soldiers’ Angels commits to continue its widespread support of service members and veterans, and their families, as portions of the country are facing a second wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. Soldiers’ Angels has been one of the leading nonprofit organizations to provide immediate support and resources
Read More →Waukee, Iowa—In the midst of a very hot, dry summer, Waukee is experiencing significant water usage by residents and businesses with rises in the amount of water used for irrigation and other outdoor watering contributing to that increase. The City of Waukee is taking steps to reduce water usage at
Read More →The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) today announced that $2.6 million in Community Catalyst Building Remediation grants have been awarded to 26 Iowa communities. The Community Catalyst program was initiated in 2018 by IEDA to help create fundamental, positive change in Iowa’s downtowns. The grants, $100,000 per community, assist with
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