A state board has handed out financial assistance and tax breaks to five companies — and state officials say those companies pledge 62 new jobs will be created. Cambrex, a pharmaceutical company based in New Jersey, plans to expand its production facility in Charles City, Iowa. It’s getting $125,000 and some tax breaks from the […]Powered by WPeMatico
State officials have approved up to $13.5 million in assistance to projects in Sioux City. About $134 million worth of projects have been identified in the Sioux City Reinvestment District. The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board has approved the city’s application for some state financing in that zone. The state grants are to repaid over the next […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Keep Iowa Beautiful program has added nine cities in Clinton County to its Hometown Pride Communities program. Keep Iowa Beautiful Executive Director Gerry Schnepf explains how the hometown program works. “It’s about providing professional people to assist communities that don’t have access to good professional help. And they’re called community coaches,” Schnepf explains. The […]Powered by WPeMatico
Rain has hopscotched through the state this week and Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says the precipitation is coming at a make-or-break time for soybeans. This is the time when the beans are forming inside the pods on soybean plants. “(For) a lot of those beans, that rain could make the difference between 20-bushel beans […]Powered by WPeMatico
The opening day of the Solheim Cup is underway at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club and the crowd and play has been as spirited as promised. Europe won two of the morning matches and has two and a half points while the US has a point and a half heading into this afternoon’s […]Powered by WPeMatico
More than 500 runners and walkers, along with hundreds of other supporters, turned out in Cedar Falls last night for a fundraiser to help local reserve police Officer Scott Sterrett and his family. Officer Sterrett is dealing with stage-four pancreatic cancer. Steve Burrell, a New Hartford volunteer firefighter, ran the 3.1 miles in full fire […]Powered by WPeMatico
The state unemployment rate held at three-point-two percent in July. Iowa Workforce Development spokesman Cory Kelly says business continued to expand during the month. “We saw growth, especially in Iowa’s manufacturing industry posting job gains for a third consecutive month in July. This is also the third month in a row Iowa’s total non-farm employment […]Powered by WPeMatico
A colony of bats has extended summer vacation for some school kids in northwest Iowa. Classes at George-Little Rock were scheduled to begin next Wednesday, but superintendent John Eyerly recently announced the start date would be pushed to Monday, August 28th after a colony of bats was discovered in a second-floor high school office. A […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer, Quad Cities-based Deere & Company is showing positive results in its third quarter earnings. For the quarter that ended July 30th, Deere is reporting net income of $641 million, or $1.97 per share, compared with $488 million, or $1.55 per share a year ago. Worldwide net sales and revenues increased 16 […]Powered by WPeMatico
