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ABI opens registration for 42nd Business Horizons Program

Registration is now open for the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s 2025 Business Horizons summer program, available to all Iowa high school students in grades 9-12. The program will take place July 13-17 at …

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Jeff Chelesvig to retire from Des Moines Performing Arts

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Jeff Chelesvig, the president and CEO of Des Moines Performing Arts (DMPA), is retiring. He will remain in the role until Aug. 31 while the board of directors for DMPA conducts a national …

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How many federal workers in Iowa have been fired? No one knows

This is what is known about federal employees who work in Iowa:

Depending on the source, between 9,500 and 9,800 federal employees worked in the state in September 2024, or less than 1% of the…
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West Des Moines Chamber concludes two-year talent attraction campaign, launches High School Leadership Academy

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce has announced the conclusion of its two-year Talent Attraction Campaign (TAC). The initiative was designed to strengthen the workforce pipeline and promote West Des Moines as a destination …

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How removing civil rights protections for trans Iowans would affect the workplace

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Protestors flooded the Iowa State Capitol this week to object to House File 583 and Senate File 418, bills that would remove civil rights protections for transgender and gender diverse Iowans.

If …

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Ballerina Misty Copeland named 2025 Bucksbaum Lecture speaker

Drake University has named ballerina Misty Copeland as the featured speaker for its 2025 Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. on April 2 at the Knapp Center. Copeland, an award-winning ballet dancer, co-founded Life …

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MVS launches Sease Awards at Drake Law School

McKee, Voorhees & Sease PLC (MVS) has launched the Sease Awards, a new program at Drake Law School named after Edmund J. Sease, a former managing partner of MVS. Sease helped develop MVS into an …

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Community celebrates start of construction for 515 Walnut Tower

Local government and business leaders participated in a ceremonial groundbreaking today at the construction site of the 515 Tower Project. Photo by Michael Crumb.

Local city and business leaders gathered downtown today for the groundbreaking of …

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Iowa Food Bank Association poll finds 2 in 3 Iowa voters believe food insecurity negatively affects their community

A new survey from the Iowa Food Bank Association conducted by online polling company Civiqs found that 2 in 3 Iowans believe food insecurity negatively affects their communities, and 52% said the state is not …

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Strategic America founder and Chairman Mike Schreurs announces retirement

Mike Schreurs, chairman and chief strategist of Strategic America, an employee-owned, marketing and public relations firm based in West Des Moines, announced he will retire effective March 1. Schreurs founded Strategic America in 1980 in …