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Meijer opening 3 more stores in Northeast Ohio — all on the same day

1 month ago | crainsgrandrapids.com | Zachary Smith |CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS |Andy Balaskovitz

Meijer is opening three new supercenters in Northeast Ohio, the Walker-based grocery store brand announced on March 18. This will bring the total store count to 58 in Ohio. All three will open on May 8. While specific details about these stores will be released closer to their grand openings, common features in the 159,000-square-foot supercenters include seafood and deli departments, a floral area, garden center, and apparel and home goods sections.
Sherman for governor, legislative action, Iowa challenges anti-discrimination law

2 months ago | laurabelin.substack.com | Laura Belin |Spencer Dirks |Zachary Smith

My goal is to send out the recap from Monday night’s radio show on Tuesday morning. But today I was at the capitol early, and things never let up. State Auditor Rob Sand and Governor Kim Reynolds both held press conferences in the morning, and I attended or listened in on two Iowa legislative committee meetings and seven subcommittee meetings. The audio file from Monday night’s show is embedded above, or you can find “KHOI’s Capitol Week” on any podcast platform or smart speaker.
Neil Armstrong Academy plants ‘moon tree’ from NASA

Dec 9, 2024 | wvcjournal.com | Zachary Smith

For a school named after the first man on the moon, having a part of space exploration history on campus seems fitting. Especially when the school prides itself on being the first STEM-certified elementary school in the West Valley area, with a special curriculum focused on teaching the skills required to be a NASA engineer from a young age. On Oct.
12 days till E-Day: IA-01 debate, book bans and alleged illegal voting

Oct 24, 2024 | iowawriterscollaborative.substack.com | Art Cullen |Kathie Obradovich |Zachary Smith |Dartanyan Brown

We are two weeks away from Election Day. In Iowa, early voting has already begun. And this week, we got a side-by-side look at the candidates in the “toss-up” race for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District seat. Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Democratic challenger Christian Bohannan squared off over during a televised debate Monday.
This American Ex-Wife S2 Ep1: Scaachi Koul

Oct 17, 2024 | lyz.substack.com | Zachary Smith

Welcome back for the second and final season of This American Ex-Wife: The Podcast! This season was generously sponsored by Funny Girls, which is a program run by The Harnisch Foundation that uses improv to teach leadership skills to girls and non-binary kids in grades three through eight. You can learn more about its work here.
VP debate: Who's up? Who's down? Does it matter?

Oct 3, 2024 | iowawriterscollaborative.substack.com | Dave Busiek |Art Cullen |Zachary Smith |Dartanyan Brown

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Maybe it was good that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was the football coach, not the debate coach. The 90-minute debate on CBS News Tuesday may not have been watched by many. But for the politics junkies—the kind of people who tune-in for local politics podcasts—it was a good chance to see at length how Walz and Republican JD Vance hold up under scrutiny.
Which companies are ‘Most Improved’ among the Northeast Ohio Top Workplaces for 2023?

Jun 25, 2023 | msn.com | Zachary Smith

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Each year, cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer honor companies, nonprofits, schools and organizations in their Top Workplace rankings. Often, companies make the list year each year, but rarely in the same spot as they did the year before. So, among the company-size categories based on employment, which showed the most improvement within their category? We broke down the list and read what employees say make their company a top workplace. Some comments are edited for brevity.