President Joe Biden is set to visit Menlo, a Guthrie County town about 45 minutes west of Des Moines, to tout his infrastructure investments in rural Iowa, according to the Des Moines Register. Since entering office, the Biden Administration has placed a large...
When Hy-Vee unexpectedly dismissed 121 corporate employees in March, some questioned if the West Des Moines company violated the state and federal WARN Act provisions. The grocer got around this accusation by saying it offered 102 of the mostly headquarters and IT...
While last year’s disastrous Des Moines Taco & Margarita Festival left people feeling shellacked, the Iowa Cubs hope to leave a better taste in festival-goers' mouths after announcing their own Taco & Margarita Festival on Friday. The I-Cubs festival is...
A modified version of the Republican-led teacher curriculum-review bill is being debate on the Iowa House floor this evening. The new version of the bill, House File 2577, trimmed the estimated cost of implementing the new “transparency” policies from $27.4 million...
Hy-Vee has been under closer scrutiny this past week after a wave of layoffs at their corporate headquarters and IT departments, as well as follow-up comments by their CEO demeaning the former staff for not taking retail jobs in their stores. The timing of the...
On a regular basis via an internal site, Hy-Vee’s 93,000 employees can watch new episodes of “Employee Show: Hy-Lights,” a well-produced in-house program where spokesperson Tina Potthoff interviews CEO Randy Edeker about the latest happenings in the West Des...
Hy-Vee, the West Des Moines-based grocer, confirmed to Axios and KCCI on Wednesday that it was laying off employees, but the company didn’t specify which departments or how many people lost their jobs. The grocery store chain told Axios the people they laid off...
Iowa teachers are being taxed on their $1,000 “thank you” bonuses from Gov. Kim Reynolds. “Those are subject to state and federal tax withholding,” confirmed Tim Bloom, Newton Community School District director of business services. Bloom said this was based on...
This year’s Iowa Legislative session—which started Jan. 10 and is still going—saw the introduction of more than 50 education bills. These bills covered a wide swath of proposals, everything from jailing teachers and librarians to banning the use of indigenous...
Gov. Kim Reynolds said the “real tragedy” behind the March 7 fatal shooting outside of East High School in Des Moines was the educational system letting those kids down. Reynolds made those remarks to the media during a Wednesday press conference at the Des Moines...
