A fraudulent website mirroring Iowa Workforce Development’s claims portal is attempting to collect personal information from Iowans, IWD announced this week. Iowans applying for unemployment insurance benefits should only file an application through the official IWD website: www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov. IWD has not experienced any data breaches, but claimants should be vigilant in…
Roboflow co-founders Brad Dwyer, left, and Joseph Nelson on a video call with staff. Photo provided by Roboflow The computer visioning startup Roboflow has been built from laptops in Des Moines, Washington, D.C., a Florida Airbnb and the Taiwanese beachfront. As of last year, Roboflow is officially a fully remote company. Co-founders…
Cedar Rapids-based data services company Involta announced a new product designed to enable secure remote work environments. Involta is managing VMware’s product SD-WAN (software-defined wide area networking) to provide centralized management, cloud connectivity and advanced security.
Kinetic by Windstream is partnering with Vermeer Corp. in Pella to provide construction equipment for broadband expansion across 18 states, Kinetic announced this week. The expansion will add nearly 1,000 jobs, and projects in more than 70 locations will begin in 2022.
LenderClose, a web-based underwriting and lending assistant platform for home equity and real estate lenders, announced this week it hired 10 new team members during the first quarter of 2021 and continues to scale its client acquisition market. The announcement follows LenderClose’s recent Series B capital raise of $10 million;…
Located in West Des Moines, the MidAmerican Energy Company RecPlex will feature 15 different sports facilities over 300,000 square feet. Once it’s opened this summer, RecPlex operators expect the center to welcome about 1,000 visitors on weekdays and up to 5,000 visitors on weekends, said Shayne Ratcliff, RecPlex general manager….
Living in laboratory flasks across the globe, cell cultures are hiding a lot of key insights in plain view of lab technicians developing medical therapies. “The health of a cell is the key parameter,” said Nigel Reuel, Iowa State University associate professor of chemical and biological engineering. Despite the importance…
Global ingredient manufacturer Kemin Industries received a U.S. patent for the use of a proprietary strain of algae in treating human immune function and intestinal inflammation, the company announced this week. This is Kemin’s second patent featuring the beta-glucan in Kemin’s BetaVia Complete and BetaVia Pure ingredients. In the functional…
Applications are open online for May $4,000 Growth Grants designed for small businesses, sponsored by Dell Technologies and the National Association for the Self-Employed. Grants can be used for marketing, advertising, hiring employees, expanding facilities, purchasing Dell office equipment and other business needs, according to an NASE statement. Details on…
How has your calendar changed over the last year? Mine certainly looks different these days after an abrupt end to live networking events in 2020. But that doesn’t mean any of these groups, or their organizers, disappeared. Below, take a look at three local networking groups that offer events free…
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