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Here’s an aquatic trivia question: How long does it take to “flip” the lane markers at the Wellmark YMCA’s Olympic-size pool from a 19-lane, 25-yard “short” format to an eight-lane, 50-meter “long” pool? With some …
The Metro Waste Authority staged a good-natured competition among local cities to see which one could collect the most plastic grocery bags. Residents were encouraged to trade the bags for a reusable tote. We …
We recently reported news from UnityPoint Health-Des Moines about Jennifer Havens being named the next CEO for UnityPoint Health-Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Since this was the first female CEO I could recall being appointed at …
In case you missed it… A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com
Water trails = $100M-plus The engineering report finds that the area’s water trails, including an adventure park downtown, …
My grandfather farmed near Luther, not far from Ames. My brothers and I enjoyed working on the farm during summers, walking beans and baling hay. Grandpa would laugh at our 1970s long hairstyles and would …
On impulse I ended up attending the Iowa Historical Society’s showing of “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City“with a friend, and left rethinking how I’d been approaching the apartment search. In the 1960s, writer/activist Jane Jacobs …
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 …
When one of your co-workers lives where the streets are gravel and he happens to raise sheep, “ewe” never how a conversation might evolve. That happened one day recently when I tried to compliment my …
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