The largest pork producer in Iowa is taking new steps to beautify and cut down on confinement odors, reports Radio Iowa. Iowa Falls-based Iowa Select Farms will be installing an electrostatic precipitator fence around all company-owned farms built in 2018, environment project manager John Stinn said. The system requires high-voltage…
The leader of a New Jersey-based company granted a medical marijuana manufacturing license in Cedar Rapids expects Iowa to eventually expand the current marijuana program, reports the Cedar Rapids Gazette. “Once Iowa discovers the THC component is not a bad component, but a helpful component, we hope to see these…
The ISU Startup Factory is accepting two new cohorts based in Ames and Austin, Minnesota, reports Clay and Milk. The program is based in Ames, but also hosts startups in Northwest Iowa. Startups accepted in the Startup Factory receive formal training, mentorship and access to investors in two 26-week blocks,…
Forty-three percent of Des Moines tech hiring managers expect to grow their teams before the end of 2018, according to a new report released from staffing firm Robert Half Technology. The firm’s latest report surveyed hiring managers in 26 metropolitan areas in the U.S., and found respondents cited cybersecurity and…
Registration is now open for this year’s Iowa Technology Summit Powered by Wellmark, the second summit hosted by the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) Oct. 1-2. This year’s summit will invite representatives from industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, insurance and healthcare, TAI said in a statement. Registration is available at…
Thousands of free doses of an opioid overdose-reversal drug will be available to Iowans this Friday in a new statewide initiative, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reports. During Free Narcan Access Day, approximately 2,000 two-pack Narcan kits will be freely available at more than 350 participating pharmacies across the state. Narcan…
Communications Engineering Company (CEC) is launching a new continuing education program in collaboration with the IowaWORKS Center in Cedar Rapids, and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship. The Technical Career Advancement Program provides employer-driven training that combines firsthand experience with classroom-style instruction provided by CEC. Interested participants should…
Studio Ghiblet team members Michael Casner and Lauren Kacere demonstrate the starting screen of ‘Spark,’ a one-player computer puzzle that challenges the user to piece together a dementia patient’s past based on photographs and audio clues. When imagining dementia as a desktop game, Lauren Kacere and her team thought of…
Siemens AG and Lempäälän Energia will build a self-sufficient smart grid system in Marjamäki, Finland, Siemens announced on Tuesday morning. Project LEMENE will provide a cost-effective, environmentally friendly and secure energy supply to the community, Siemens said. The project will feature more than 15,000 solar panels, six gas motors and…
West Des Moines-based IT solutions company Zirous Inc. has announced a partnership with SailPoint Technologies Holdings Inc., a leading enterprise identity governance company. Under the agreement, Zirous will resell SailPoint’s identity governance solutions. “Partnering with SailPoint will allow us to extend our world class identity management practice to a broader…