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.
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.
GRIMES, Iowa – Operation Middle Ground President and Co-Founder Jane Hargens spoke today at a 9/11 remembrance event sponsored by VisionBank, urging the audience to also “remember those who have given their lives since then in defense of our freedoms” and support returning military veterans and their families. “One of those people who defended our […]
SHEBOYGAN – The owners of local retail landmark Art Imig’s will hold the grand opening of a second men’s clothing store on Thursday in the lower level of their dry cleaning business that is at the center of a neighborhood renovation around the 700 block of New York Avenue. The store will open at […]
DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is featured in a new radio ad promoting this weekend’s Iowa Ag Summit at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The ad titled, “Darn Good Farming,” began running in Des Moines media markets Tuesday. This year’s Iowa Ag Summit will take place Saturday, Aug. 5 at […]
