MILWAUKEE – MP/two, a men’s and women’s clothing store in the Cathedral Square neighborhood, will sell its entire inventory after its lease was not renewed, owner Mark Pasch said today. Pasch said he hoped the store at 825 North Jefferson Street would be part of a retail business revival in the downtown but the recent […]
CLIVE, Iowa – Fans of Alfredo Jimenez and Del Alma will be thrilled to know the band will appear Wednesday nights at Margarita’s beginning on Dec. 2. Del Alma, which performs salsa, merengue, mariachi, bachata and bolero music, is managed by The Concept Works. “Alfredo has been performing as the guest singer for another band […]
Eric Woolson, owner of The Concept Works, is quoted in the newly released Sarah Palin biography, “Sarah from Alaska,” written by Scott Conroy and Shusannah Walshe. Woolson was interviewed in July by Walshe, shortly after the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee and then-Alaska governor announced she would resign from office. He was interviewed in the […]
Two clients of The Concept Works scored impressive victories in Tuesday’s municipal elections in Waukee, Iowa. Mayor Bill Peard won a third term by turning back an aggressive challenge from Councilman Isaiah McGee. Peard received 862 votes to McGee’s 735. Meanwhile, Dan Dutcher was elected to his first term on the Waukee City Council in […]
Story By MIKE GLOVER A year out from the 2010 election, five Republican candidates for governor are crisscrossing Iowa while a sixth hires well-known staffers but still hasn’t committed to seeking the nomination. Former Gov. Terry Branstad announced Monday he’d hired Tim Albrecht as communications director. Albrecht is well-known in state politics and worked on […]
FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin – Prolonged weakness in the national retail market has prompted a Midwest wholesaler of men’s suits to open a downtown store to sell excess stock at sharply discounted prices begin Thursday. Ric Toman, a co-owner of one of the Midwest’s last family-owned clothing wholesalers, said today that his firm has no […]
Eric Woolson, owner of The Concept Works, is featured in the latest issue of Politics Magazine. Woolson, who managed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s victorious campaign in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, joined former McCain campaign Iowa state chairman David Roederer and key Mitt Romney adviser David Kochel in a roundtable conversation about last year’s campaign […]
ANKENY – With the cost of therapy for individuals with neurological disorders increasing and state education budgets being cut at historic rates, parents and teachers are hard-pressed to provide for children with autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. One central Iowa company is working to stem the tide of rising costs and provide real help to parents […]
The Des Moines Register today endorsed Waukee Mayor Bill Peard, who is a client of The Concept Works. The endorsement, in part, reads: “As mayor, he has helped the city strike a balance between attracting new commercial and residential development and preserving the qualities that have fueled growth. “Under Peard’s watch as mayor, the council […]
DES MOINES – Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats issued the following statement in response to Gov. Chet Culver’s layoff of 515 employees in the Iowa Department of Corrections and a total of 792 layoffs across state government today: “Governor Culver’s actions are reckless, irresponsible and unconscionable. After he has bankrupted state government, he comes […]
