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NOTEBOOK - One Good Read: Red Wing Shoes

BY KATHY A. BOLTEN

Tuesday, July 16, 2019 11:06 AM

Drive about 55 miles southeast of Minneapolis-St. Paul and you’ll arrive in Red Wing, Minn., a town of about 16,000 located on the Mississippi River.
NOTEBOOK - Who's in the July 12 issue?

Friday, July 12, 2019 6:00 AM
NOTEBOOK - Weld: What federal STEM plan?

BY PERRY BEEMAN

Friday, July 12, 2019 6:00 AM

When Jeff Weld, who runs the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council, traveled to Washington, D.C., to help the federal government come up with a new STEM plan, he was surprised there was already one on the shelf. It had been there since 2013 in the wake of the America COMPETES Act, a real mouthful that officially is the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act.
NOTEBOOK - Could Hy-Vee’s online locker service serve residents in food deserts?

BY KATHY A. BOLTEN

Friday, July 12, 2019 6:00 AM

The expansion of Hy-Vee Aisles Online locker service beyond the chain’s brick and mortar buildings has prompted Des Moines city staffers to ask whether the units could help address the issue of food deserts in the community.
NOTEBOOK - Sorensen: Bankers’ association doesn’t see any way to oppose GreenState acquisition

BY JOE GARDYASZ

Friday, July 12, 2019 6:00 AM

Iowa Bankers Association President and CEO John Sorensen issued a statement last week in response to an announcement that the state’s largest credit union, the former University of Iowa Community Credit Union — was buying the remaining seven Central Iowa branches of Fort Dodge-based First American Bank.
NOTEBOOK - One Good Read: Why men thought women weren’t made to vote

BY JOE GARDYASZ

Thursday, July 11, 2019 2:59 PM

Here’s an interesting read from the Atlantic that provides an entertaining look at how even some of the most educated minds a little over 100 years ago judged women as mentally and physically incapable of voting.
NOTEBOOK - One Good Read: UI professor: Here’s how the legal system squeezed out alternatives to the automobile

BY CHRIS CONETZKEY

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 11:22 AM

University of Iowa College of Law Associate Professor Gregory H. Shill wrote an interesting piece for The Atlantic that looks at how lawmakers essentially made America car-dependant by law.
NOTEBOOK - One Good Read: Weekend emails from the boss causing health problems among workers

BY KATHY A. BOLTEN

Tuesday, July 9, 2019 10:43 AM

A former boss used to send emails on Sunday nights asking about the status of projects, suggesting edits for a story or not-so-gentle nudges about overdue reports.
NOTEBOOK - One Good Read: Women’s team wins the World Cup - and support in the fight for equal pay

BY KATE HAYDEN

Monday, July 8, 2019 10:50 AM

After the U.S. women won their fourth World Cup victory, fans in France quickly went from cheering the victory to chanting, “Equal pay!” in a deafening roar, reports Slate.
NOTEBOOK - One Good Read: A bourbon that’s not called ‘bourbon’

BY KATHY A. BOLTEN

Friday, July 5, 2019 3:35 PM

It’s the end of the week – and one that included a holiday – so it’s a good time to think about bourbon, specifically a product made in Tennessee.
NOTEBOOK - One Good Read: How an Amazon employee taught himself AI programming to block his cat from bringing home dead rodents

BY KATE HAYDEN

Friday, July 5, 2019 10:07 AM

The first thing you should know about the story of Amazon product manager Ben Hamm is that he actually named his cat Metric.
NOTEBOOK - Drake project developer familiar with the area surrounding the campus

BY KATHY A. BOLTEN

Friday, July 5, 2019 6:00 AM

For developer Brent Dahlstrom, partnering with Drake University on a project to redevelop a two-block area east of campus is a homecoming of sorts.
Dahlstrom, a partner in Cedar Falls-based Merge Urban Development, is also a runner who participated in the Drake Relays during high school. In 2003, the 4x400-meter relay team he was on from Cedar Falls High School placed first.
NOTEBOOK - Tomorrow Plan: ‘We can build whatever we think’

BY KATE HAYDEN

Friday, July 5, 2019 6:00 AM

How do you build meaningful art into a community? Olivia Gude, a Chicago artist and educator known for her community-led public murals and mosaics, turns to the community first.
NOTEBOOK - Boon for grain prices: Bad weather

BY PERRY BEEMAN

Friday, July 5, 2019 6:00 AM

Farmers who have struggled to hold on to their land as grain prices waned in recent years have been buoyed by an increase in corn prices and hope that the soybean market will do the same, our friends at Successful Farming reported.
NOTEBOOK - Who's in the July 5 issue?

Friday, July 5, 2019 6:00 AM

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