by Matt Kelley | Apr 29, 2011 | Outdoors
A three-day summit on renewable energy opens today in Iowa City. Steve Fugate, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Energy Association, says the annual symposium features a host of learning opportunities for people in the industry, while the expo is designed to...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 29, 2011 | Education, Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
The state Department of Public Health says Iowa has done a good job of answering concerns about childhood obesity addressed in a new C-D-C report. Health Department Physical Activity Coordinator, Sarah Taylor-Watts says the report looked at data from 2008 and found...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 29, 2011 | Education, Politics & Government
Students planning to head off to one of the three state universities will have to sock away a little more money after the Board of Regents voted Thursday to increase room and board rates. Students on a standard meal plan in a double occupancy room will pay an average...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 29, 2011 | Education, Politics & Government
Today is the 110th day of the 2011 Iowa legislative session and most of the key state spending and tax policy decisions have not been made yet. It sounds as if behind-the-scenes negotiations aren’t going well. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Gronstal of Council...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 28, 2011 | Business
A West Des Moines based company has started hiring some 100 employees for its call centers in Jefferson, Manning and Newton. Caleris co-founder Rick Grewell says they seen an increase in companies seeking their call center services. He says they now provide support...
