CEG - Wed October 31, 2018
Star Equipment Celebrates 50 Years of Growth in Iowa
The Bowman family celebrated the 50th anniversary of Star Equipment Ltd. Sept. 29 with close to 500 friends, customers and vendors at the company headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. The weather was cold and wet during the celebration, but Star Equipment was able to minimize its effects with tents, heaters and the use of the service shop....
DICA - Fri October 05, 2018
DICA Nominated for Iowa Legends in Manufacturing Award
DICA was recently nominated as Exporter of the Year by Midwest Partnerships as part of the Legends in Manufacturing event presented by the Iowa Association of Business and Industry. Midwest Partnerships is an economic development corporation serving Adair, Audubon, Greene and Guthrie counties in West Central Iowa....
Kenworth - Wed September 19, 2018
Sioux City Kenworth Invests $5.5M in New Building
Responding to the needs of local businesses and truck fleets and operators, Sioux City Kenworth has moved its full-service dealership to a new building located on a major truck route in Sioux City. Sioux City Kenworth's new 44,000 sq.-ft....
Terex Cranes - Tue September 11, 2018
Terex RT 100US Out-Lifts 130-Ton Crane On Wind Turbine Project
Lattice boom crawler cranes typically steal the wind-turbine-installation show, and with good reason. Decked with their turbine packages, long booms and heavy counterweight, they are the most visible part of the operation, called on to lift turbine components weighing up to 300 tons (272 t)....
AASHTO Journal - Wed September 05, 2018
Iowa Commission OKs Five-Year Plan
On June 12, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved a five-year, $3.4 billion transportation improvement plan that includes $1.8 billion for “modernizing” the Hawkeye state's existing highway system as well as adding “enhanced highway safety features,” according to the Iowa DOT....
Iowa DOT - Wed August 22, 2018
Iowa Expands Its Move Over Law
Starting July 1, drivers in Iowa are required to change lanes if possible or slow down when they approach any vehicle with flashing lights. All 50 states have versions of this type of law commonly referred to as a “Move Over” law....
Emily Buenzle - Fri July 20, 2018
Vermeer Plants Hit by Tornado
Two Vermeer plants were severely damaged in a series of tornadoes that ripped through central Iowa during the afternoon of July 19. Around 400 people had gathered at the company's facility in Pella, Iowa, to celebrate the company's 70th anniversary when the tornado alarm went off, the Des Moines Register reported....
Iowa DOT - Wed July 11, 2018
Iowa Work Zones Get Smarter
You've probably heard the phrase, “work smarter, not harder.” For the Iowa Department of Transportation, the use of intelligent transportation system (ITS) tools is making driving through many of its work zones safer for everyone....
Tim Johnson – The Daily Nonpareil - Wed June 27, 2018
Iowa Schools to Expand Programs
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) Council Bluffs Community School District is planning to expand its Career and Technical Education program and remodel industrial arts facilities at Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson high schools....
Aimee Breaux – IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN - Wed June 13, 2018
Iowa City Schools, Contractors Push for Homebuilding Vocational Classes
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Home builders in the area are reaching into their own pockets to pay for area high school students to take a course on building a house. It's only partially an act of charity. Faced with a shortage of construction workers across the state, the Iowa City area Home Builders Association is reviving what used to be an annual activity in Iowa City Community School District: building a house with students....
