American Ordnance Will Continue to Operate and Maintain Both Iowa and Milan Army Ammunition Plants PHILADELPHIA -- American Ordnance, a joint venture led by Day & Zimmermann, has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Army to continue to operate and maintain the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Burlington,...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- In light of the uncertainty overhanging the U.S. and worldwide capital markets, American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (NYSE:AEL) is announcing third quarter 2008 sales and certain other information prior to its release of third quarter 2008 earnings which will occur after the close of...
Naturally Iowa (PINKSHEETS: NLIA) -- The five years of research and development to find a better way to package beverages is paying big dividends for the Naturally Iowa pioneers who set out to find a solution in 2003. William Horner, Naturally Iowa's President & CEO, appearing at a press...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) Chairman, President and CEO Clay Jones will address Morgan Stanley's 2008 Global Industrials CEOs Unplugged Investor Conference in Dana Point, Calif. on September 11, 2008 at 4:05 p.m. EDT. A live audio webcast and subsequent replay of Mr. Jones' comments...
State Honorees Receive Cash Awards, Medallions and Trip to Washington, D.C., for National Events Davenport and Waukee Youth Were Iowa's Honorees in 2008 DES MOINES, Iowa -- Over the past 13 years, Prudential Spirit of Community Awards have been given to more than 1,100 middle and high school...
More Than Half of Iowa Homeowners Are "Concerned" or "Very Concerned" about Indoor Air Quality; More Than 70 Percent Say They'll Seek Air Quality Features When Shopping for a New Home DES MOINES, Iowa -- There's no place like home - except when it comes to air quality. ...
John McCain has a new strategy: portraying his rival as arrogant and out of touch. So Barack Obama has embarked on a 'Back to Earth' tour. David Usborne joined him in Missouri and Iowa SINCE HE declared himself the winner of the primaries marathon two months ago;...
Godwin Pumps, the largest manufacturer of portable rental pumps in the U.S., used more than 400 of its portable diesel-driven and electric submersible pumps to relieve floodwaters inundating the U.S. Midwest. Within hours of a Federal Emergency Management Association FEMA call on June 8, Godwin's Chicago Branch Manager, Jeff Pass,...
Jeffrey M. Auld has been hired to serve as president and chief executive officer of AIG Financial Advisors in Phoenix, Ariz., and American General Securities in Houston. Auld previously served as president of Berthel Fisher and Co. Financial Services in Marion, Iowa. Daniel Petrozzo has been named chief...
POSTVILLE, Iowa, AFP — Led by 43 women with electronic tracking bracelets on their ankles, hundreds of people from around the country marched down main street here Sunday to protest the biggest immigration raid in US history at a kosher meat plant that has split this tiny Iowa town asunder....
$250,000 To Help Victims of Recent Tornadoes and Floods in the Central U.S. DES MOINES, Iowa -- Nationwide announced today two grants from the Nationwide Foundation totaling $250,000 for American Red Cross disaster relief throughout the Central U.S. The company announced a $200,000 Nationwide Foundation grant to the American...
SEATTLE -- The Safeco Insurance Foundation (NYSE:SAF) has announced a total of $20,000 in grants to American Red Cross chapters providing flood relief services to Iowa residents. Both the Red Cross Grant Wood Area Chapter in Cedar Rapids and the Central Iowa Chapter based in Des Moines will receive...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The flooding that has muddied or destroyed parts of the Midwest is still making its trek downriver, but communities have begun figuring out how to dig out and rebuild. Recovery will mean different things in different places. Coming...
BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- With more than 80 percent of Iowa counties declared disaster areas, nearly 40,000 families displaced, and with tens of thousands of homes and businesses beginning a lengthy clean-up process, AAA Minnesota/Iowa contributed $50,000 and clean-up supplies to the American Red Cross Iowa Flood Relief efforts. "We...
CHICAGO AFP — The worst of the flooding that has ravaged the midwestern United States is nearly over, but it will be weeks before the murky water recedes in many areas, the National Weather service warned Monday. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Iowa,...
NEWTON, Iowa AFP — England's Dan Wheldon celebrated his 30th birthday with a victory in IndyCar's Iowa Corn Indy 250 on Sunday, edging Japan's Hideki Mutoh. Wheldon captured his second victory of the season and the 15th of his career, beating Andretti Green Racing rookie Mutoh by 0.143 of...
Prologue: The Presence of the Past in the Present There was very little fanfare or media attention paid to a ceremony on the afternoon of August 30, 1997, despite the fact that the event was seventy-four years in the making. Hours before Iowa State University's first football game of...
CHICAGO -- ADM Investor Services, Inc. ADMIS and Iowa Grain Company Iowa Grain have reached an agreement in which ADMIS will acquire the customer business and technologies of Iowa Grain. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed; however, the transaction is expected to be completed on July 1, 2008....
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- President Bush, surveying the aftermath of devastating floods during a lightning-quick tour of the Midwest on Thursday, assured residents and rescuers alike that he is listening to their concerns and understands their exhaustion. "Obviously, to the extent we can help immediately, we will help,"...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa AFP — US President George W. Bush toured parts of flood-ravaged Iowa on Thursday, praising exhausted rescue workers and promising swift aid for relief and to rebuild the storm-battered region. "Obviously, to the extent that we can help immediately, we want to help, and then plan...
