For the first time since launching in fall 2019, the University of Iowa’s new online Master of Business Administration degree has made the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings for “best online MBA programs.”
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For the first time since launching in fall 2019, the University of Iowa’s new online Master of Business Administration degree has made the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings for “best online MBA programs.”
Supervisors Ben Rogers and Stacey Walker voted for the project, while Louie Zumbach voted against it. The approval means that about 750 acres will be rezoned from agricultural to agricultural with a renewable energy overlay that expires after 35 years.
The records, requested by the Iowa Capital Dispatch in April 2021, pertain to an auction that was staged last year to benefit Des Moines Christian School.
As a result of congressional approval of the bipartisan infrastructure package, Iowa DOT officials expect the five-year highway program to grow from $3.6 billion to about $4 billion.
Cedar Rapids will allocate $500,000 of its federal American Rescue Plan Act funds toward the College Career Connection program, a new workforce partnership with Kirkwood Community College that will be the first “college promise” initiative among Iowa cities.
Iowans’ income from retirement programs would no longer be taxed by the state under a legislative proposal from Iowa House Republicans.
Elijah D. O. Morse, 26, allegedly kicked in the door of a Hiawatha residence and took the resident’s phone, according to a criminal complaint.
The old way of hunting has been updated, but you still only get one shot, so you have to make it count
A Cedar Rapids fugitive who fled the area in 2014 was extradited back last week and will face charges of selling synthetic marijuana and operating an illegal gambling business.
Prison barbers don’t have a license when they cut other offenders’ hair and they often aren’t training under a licensed instructor, but barbering apprentices outside the prison system must have licensed instructors. One Des Moines barber says it’s not fair.
Last Hope, which started in the early 2000s, rescues dogs, cats and occasionally other animals. Most of the animals are in foster placements throughout the community, but newly-arrived and hard-to-place animals usually live at the shelter, where they can get regular care and training.
The Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department will offer two online hiring fairs for more than 350 spring and summer seasonal positions. The fairs will take place Tuesday and Saturday.
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