Archive for May 2016
Governor signs biofuel bill
Newton Daily News: Gov. Terry Branstad signed a bill Tuesday that pleases many in the biofuel business. The bill, which had overwhelmingly bipartisan support in the Iowa Legislature, extends and modifies biofuel tax incentives that were …
Read MoreAureon acquires Midwest Project Partners
Fort Dodge settles with EPA over water plant risk management
Environmental Protection Agency: The city of Fort Dodge has agreed to an administrative settlement of alleged violations of Risk Management Program regulations at the John T. Pray Water Treatment Plant. Under the agreement with the federal …
Read MoreMary Greeley plans partnership with Marshalltown hospital
Ames Tribune: Mary Greeley Medical Center of Ames plans to enter into a partnership with a Marshalltown hospital and LHP Hospital Group Inc., a privately owned health-care organization, to expand health care services to both Marshall …
Read MoreVIDEO: See MidAmerican’s tallest wind turbine tower rise 379 feet in 6-minute time-lapse video
Analysis ranks top-performing Iowa stocks
Casey’s General Stores Inc. was the top-performing Iowa-based stock over the past five years, according to a recent analysis by financial technology company SmartAsset. Looking at the period between January 2011 and March 2016, SmartAsset’s …
Read MoreWater Works nearly doubles legal fund for lawsuit against 3 counties
The Des Moines Water Works board on Tuesday voted to spend another $650,000 on its federal lawsuit against three northwest Iowa counties over nitrate pollution from drainage districts. That is on top of the $700,000 …
Read MoreVilsack to Iowa leaders: ‘Think big’ on water quality
Partnership’s intern program returns with new name
Wells Fargo offers its own mobile payments ‘Wallet’
Wells Fargo & Co. will enter the mobile payments market with Wells Fargo Wallet, which will be available later this summer to customers who download the bank’s app to their Android phones. Wells Fargo said …
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