Jim Elias's stories
Community Health Care growing with new Muscatine clinic
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Under a downpour, dozens of community leaders and Muscatine Community College students turned out Thursday, April 17, for the groundbreaking here of a new Community Health Care, Inc. (CHC) clinic. Located on Eastern Iowa Community Colleges’ (EICC)…
Muscatine utility looks to future expansion
MUSCATINE, Iowa — Over 100 years ago, Muscatine voters decided a city-owned light and power…
Journalists from around the world bring Perspectives to Muscatine
MUSCATINE, Iowa – During the summer of 1854, one of the world’s most famous American…
HNI Corp.: One of America’s corporate good guys
MUSCATINE, Iowa – What does it mean to be one of America’s Most Responsible Companies?…
Closed auto plant reborn as hub for HNI distribution network
IOWA CITY – HNI Corporation of Muscatine has created a new Iowa City hub for…
Muscatine’s old library comes back to life again
MUSCATINE, Iowa – A plaster bust of Renaissance Man, Nicolaus Copernicus, watches over final construction…
QCBJ Newsmakers: Stanley Center turning former library into Iowa’s first Living Building
This story is a part of the QCBJ’s Newsmakers edition. This year-end wrap-up from the…
$7.4M Muscatine reconstruction project open to traffic
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Grandview Avenue, the city’s primary south-end traffic corridor, is fully open to…
Stanley Center sets cornerstones, seals time capsule
The Stanley Center for Peace and Security placed a time capsule behind three cornerstones to…
Added capacity helps Muscatine wood business meet demands
MUSCATINE, Iowa – What once took a single worker a full day and a half…
EICC Career Advancement Centers provide access to job training
DEWITT, Iowa – Shadowed by the steel frame of the new 26,000-square-foot DeWitt Career Advancement…
Community gathers for Gilda’s Club Champions of Hope
MUSCATINE, Iowa – “On March 21, 2014, we officially joined the damn club.” That’s what…
New EICC facilities will focus on training workers to fill career pipeline
This fall Eastern Iowa Community Colleges’ (EICC) career and technical programs across the Quad Cities…
Tipton Veteran Banner Project honors veterans
TIPTON, Iowa – The mission: honor veterans who lived in or have a connection to…
Corporate social responsibility goes full circle in Muscatine
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Corporate social responsibility (CSR) from one of the world’s leading office furniture…
Stanley Center turning former library into Iowa’s First Living Building
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Bringing a closed, abandoned library building back to life is “what good…