SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept. 16 -- Briar Cliff University issued the following news on Sept. 15, 2023: Briar Cliff University hosted its 12th Inauguration Ceremony for President Dr. Patrick J. Schulte. Dr. Schulte was named President in March after serving as the interim President since July 2022. "When Briar Cliff was founded in 1930, it started as a hill covered in briar patches. But two people, Mother Mary Dominica Wieneke, Major Superior of the Sisters of Saint Francis, and Most Reverend Edmond  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 16 -- Iowa Workforce Development issued the following news release: Iowa Workforce Development and Governor Kim Reynolds announced in late August that the schedule of unemployment insurance rates used to tax Iowa employers will remain at the lowest possible level allowed by law for 2024. This marks the second consecutive year at the current rates and only the second time Iowa's rates have been at this level in a quarter century. "We have done everything possible to ins  more