WEST DES MOINES — West Des Moines Mayor Steve Gaer today announced his campaign for re-election, pledging to continue to encourage a smart-growth strategy and a city budget that focuses on important quality-of-life issues such as recreation, public safety, transportation and the environment. “I’ve been honored to work for West Des Moines’ citizens and businesses […]
EDINA, Minn. – The challenges of balancing a two-state retail operation, even a successful one, have prompted the closing of an Edina men’s clothing store, which will sell its entire inventory as its owner focus their resources on their Iowa flagship and online business. “Difficult challenges often lead to difficult decisions. They also create opportunities,” […]
Nicolet Farms, a 65-year-old operation rooted firmly in the ancient sedge swampland muck of northeastern Wisconsin, proves the only thing that stays the same is change. The farm operation founded by P.W. Williams and Pres Plumb, Jr., and led by current owner Mike Rupiper is featured in the cover story written by Eric Woolson in […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — Hundreds of Iowa homeschool families will converge at the Statehouse on Tuesday, Feb. 26, for the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators’ sixth annual Homeschool Day at the Capitol. The NICHE Homeschool Day at the Capitol typically attracts about 1,000 home educating parents and students. “Our annual event has had […]
GENEVA, Ill. – After nearly 88 years in business in the same location, Erday’s will sell its entire inventory and close its doors, president Victor Erday III said today. The store’s inventory sale opens to the public on Thursday. Erday’s, located at 10 N. Third St., will be open 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. weekdays, […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The two-year run of Jake’s Mens Wear is coming to a swift end as the store has lost its lease and will sell its entire inventory in a quitting business sale that begins Thursday, owner Jake Toman said today. “We had a year-to-year lease and a very fair short-term rate that went […]
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Imber’s Men’s Wear, which has served the local community for 80 years, is going out of business and will sell its entire inventory, owner Alan Legow announced today. The store’s inventory sale opens to the public on Thursday. Imber’s Men’s Wear, located at 144 N. Main St., will be open 9:00 a.m. […]
Farmer-activist Chris Pawelski, who operates a fourth-generation muck farm in New York’s Black Dirt region is the topic of a cover story in the December 2012 issue of Onion World written by Eric Woolson, owner of The Concept Works. To read about Pawelski, his farm operation and activism, click on, “Planting Seeds for Sound Agricultural […]
SIOUX FALLS — A local businessman whose store was damaged during a car chase last month has launched a fund drive for a state trooper critically injured in the incident. David Jones, owner of David Jones Fashions for Men and Women said he hopes to collect at least 10,000 signatures on a giant […]
When James Johnson of Carzalia Valley Produce in Columbus, N.M., says sustainability is the buzzword in the onion industry, the fourth-generation farmer/businessman knows what he’s talking about, writes Eric Woolson in the November issue of Onion World. The entire article can be read at “Sustainability Practices Not New for Carzalia Valley Produce.”
