Van Meter Inc. to buy full ownership stake in Minnesota-based Werner Electric
BY BUSINESS RECORD STAFF Tuesday, April 6, 2021 2:52 PM Cedar Rapids-based electrical wholesaler Van Meter Inc. announced its intent to become 100% owner of the parent company of Werner Electric, a Minnesota-based electrical supplier, the Corridor Business Journal reported. Van Meter Inc. is currently a 50% partner in Werner Ventures LLC, the legal entity that owns Werner Electric. It now plans a stock purchase of the remaining business from MacDonald Ventures. The sale is expected to close on April 30. Werner Electric, which has 325 employees, operates six locations in Minnesota and two in Wisconsin. The joint ownership model of Werner Electric of Minnesota began in 2001 when Van Meter and MacDonald Ventures partnered to purchase an independent electrical distributor known as Northland Electric.
Local effort aims to help homebound seniors reach COVID-19 vaccine
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Community Health Free Clinic opened appointments to anyone struggling to find shot
Terry Bryant (left) and his step-mother Thaddy Woods both of Cedar Rapids receive their COVID-19 vaccines from nursing students Michael Riches and Brady Brown, respectively, at the Cedar Rapids Community Health Free Clinic on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Nurse practitioner Danielle Moore talks with Cindy Doermann of Tipton after her and her husband Tom receive their COVID-19 vaccines at the Cedar Rapids Community Health Free Clinic on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
CEO Darlene Schmidt files away clipboards to get ready for more paperwork for COVID-19 vaccine patients at the Cedar Rapids Community Health Free Clinic on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Assuming COVID-19 vaccine will be “widely available” this summer, Mount Mercy University this week unveiled plans for “fully in-person operations” by Aug. 1 reverting to a more normal college experience after hybrid learning this year kept students, at least some of the time, out of class and confined to Zoom screens.
In-person plans for the Cedar Rapids-based private university apply to “all work, academic and student operations.”
That means residence halls “will operate at full capacity,” and administrators will assess vaccine adoption rates to determine whether to adjust guest and group gathering policies, according to a Mount Mercy message
Although students and employees still may be expected to wear masks throughout the academic year, officials anticipate relaxing social distancing rules “after the vaccine is widely available.”