URBANDALE, Iowa – The plan to convert the former Younkers department store in the Merle Hay Mall to a 3,500-seat arena that will be the home of the Des Moines Buccaneers hockey team will have an estimated $126 million annual economic impact and create approximately 1,000 new jobs, according to Liz Holland, chief executive officer […]
Republican strategist Eric Woolson appeared on KCCI-TV’s public affairs program “Close Up” with Jeff Link, a Democratic strategist to talk about Democrats and Republicans taking the stage at events in Iowa during the week.
DE PERE, Wis. ‒ Don Zegers, who has spent nearly 45 years serving customers in the local retail community, said today that he will sell his entire inventory and close the doors on his 27-year-old business, Zegers Clothiers. “It’s been a great run. I couldn’t ask for more from the city, the surrounding area and […]
ST. CHARLES, Iowa – The annual Wild Boar Challenge encourages participants to put their endurance and physical strength to the ultimate test on its obstacle course race set for Sept. 21. The race will benefit several Iowa children’s charities, including the Wildwood Hills Ranch, an organization that provides positive opportunities and programming for children from […]
SHAWANO, Wis. – Jeff Kirchner, the owner of the Gentlemen’s Quarter since 1992, always planned on going out on his own terms three years from now. But with cancer changing those plans, he is selling entire inventory of menswear and closing his doors. Thursday is the first day of the store’s four-day retirement sale. Gentlemen’s […]
PHOENIX – Dan Rose, a former U.S. Army sergeant paralyzed by an 1,100-pound bomb in Afghanistan in 2011, will throw out the first pitch at Tuesday’s Arizona Diamondbacks-New York Yankees game with the aid of an exoskeleton donated by SoldierStrong, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing advanced medical technologies to veterans. “Being able to […]
CHARLES CITY, Iowa – Michael Lidd, fourth-generation owner of Lidd & Cordray, Ltd., said today that he will sell his entire inventory and close his family’s 130-year-old menswear store as he prepares to retire after more than 41 years in the retail profession. The store’s retirement sale opens to the public on Thursday. Lidd & […]
Republican strategist Eric Woolson appeared on KCCI-TV’s public affairs program “Close-up” with former Polk County Democratic Party chair Tom Henderson today to discuss the week’s political events.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends starting secondary schools after 8:30 a.m., but there’s much more to changing bell times than just a later pick up, Eric Woolson writes in the April 2018 issue of School Transportation News magazine article “Not As Simple As It Looks.”
Advances in real-time video capability ‘feels like Christmas every day’ for an increasing number of yellow-bus professionals, Eric Woolson writes in the latest issue of School Transportation News magazine.
