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The Startup Champion Network Summit will introduce leaders of entrepreneur support organizations to Des Moines and its startup community in a 2 1/2-day event Oc

The Startup Champion Network Summit will introduce leaders of entrepreneur support organizations to Des Moines and its startup community in a 2 1/2-day event Oc

Diana Wright has always been surrounded by entrepreneurs: In her hometown of Clear Lake, both her parents were business owners and community leaders.  &nbs

Wright hired as startup community builder at Greater Des Moines Partnership Thursday, April 1, 2021 3:08 PM Diana Wright has joined the Greater Des Moines Partnership as its startup community builder. Wright, who most recently worked at Iowa State University’s Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship, will begin her new role on April 19. She will engage with existing startup and high-growth businesses and will help new startups connect with the community, its mentors,...

Flint Board of Education approves student return to classrooms by mid-March Updated Mar 10, 2021; Posted Mar 10, 2021 The Flint Community Schools Board of Education approved a plan to return pre-K through 3rd grade students to the classroom implementing a hybrid in-person model Monday, March 15. Students in 4th through 12th grade will tentatively return Monday, March 22 with the hybrid model. (Screenshot from Wednesday, March 10 board meeting)Screenshot from Wednesday, March 10 board meeting ...

Flint Community Schools Return to In-Person Learning In a meeting last night, the school board voted to transition back to in-person classes. On Wednesday night, the school board of Flint Community Schools took a vote on returning to in-person classes. The results of the vote were five members voting yes to return to in-person classes with only one member voting against it. We need to make our decision based on what is best for our kids and the parents and right now they are ready to go to sch...

Red Cross asks for blood donations in honor of Black History Month MTN and last updated 2021-02-08 18:00:17-05 GREAT FALLS — The Montana Red Cross is asking people to give blood in honor of Black History Month. As an incentive, all donors who give in February will receive a $5 Amazon gift card, made possible by a one-million dollar donation from Amazon. Montana Red Cross director Diana Wright told MTN that when the temperatures drop this low, a lot of people tend to cancel their blood appo...

Parents Plead: Hold Them Back A Year, They Havent Learned A Thing After a year of unprecedented disruptions, some parents ― particularly those of children with disabilities ― are asking their school for a redo. By Rebecca Klein Illustration: HuffPost; Photo: Courtesy of Diana Wright Diana Wright (right), her partner and their family. Seven of the children are adopted, all with disabilities. An eighth child, who is being fostered, has her face covered. Jeanette Beasley’s stepson is in fift...

Flint school board elects president and officers in contested vote, new board members sworn in Updated Jan 20, 2021; Posted Jan 20, 2021 Trustee Carol McIntosh, left, and Trustee Vera Perry at the Flint Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 at Southwestern Academy in Flint. McIntosh and Perry were elected board president and vice president for the 2021 year Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (Sara Faraj | MLive.com) Sara Faraj | MLive.com Facebook Share FLINT, MI -- Carol McIntosh h...

Online shopping growth, COVID, sparks jump in store returns Returns have their own costs FacebookTwitterEmail ALBANY — The time-honored post-Christmas rush of gift returns is growing larger, but you might not know it by visiting your favorite mall or department store. You would see it, though, if you stopped by Corner Gateway, a family-run printing/shipping business in Slingerlands. "Our whole storage room was filled to the brim," Project Manager Greg Eberle said of the volume of packages the...