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Health department announces $135,000 in Healthy Choices grants to 16 communities

The Iowa Department of Public Health has announced expanded funding of 5-2-1-0 – Healthy Choices Count! grants to five additional Iowa communities. Each of these communities will receive $30,000 in funding for the 2021 fiscal year: Ottumwa, …

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Iowa Department of Education receives $17.68 million federal grant

Iowa will receive more than $17.68 million in federal funding through a federal “Rethink K-12 Education Models” grant, the U.S. Department of Education announced today. The funding is part of more than $180 million awarded to 11 …

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Mainframe restarting First Friday events

Mainframe Studios, which provides affordable workspaces for artists and low-cost office space for nonprofit arts groups, is rebooting its open studio event First Friday on Aug. 7 with a special benefit art exhibition titled “Art …

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Business Record Publisher Chris Conetzkey elected to national industry board

On behalf of Business Publications Corp., I’m proud to announce that Business Record Publisher and Executive Editor Chris Conetzkey has been elected to the board of directors of the Alliance of Area Business Publishers, an …

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Wartburg College offering tuition-free fifth year to current students

KCRG-TV: A private college in northeast Iowa is offering its current students an extra year at no tuition cost in the wake of disruptions caused by the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. Wartburg College President Darrel Colson …

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Judge sides with Cedar Rapids in lawsuit challenging Cargill’s rail yard plans

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Contentious plans for Cargill, a major Cedar Rapids employer, to build a $6.5 million rail yard in the Rompot neighborhood remain in limbo. A judge ruled in one lawsuit filed against the city …

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CN Railway to invest $35 million in Iowa infrastructure

Railway company CN has announced it will invest about $35 million to improve its infrastructure in Iowa to handle growing demand and support supply chains. According to a news release, the company will focus on replacement …

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University of Iowa health company Cardio Diagnostics wins spinoff prize

Cardio Diagnostics Inc., a company that assesses genetic and epigenetic DNA markers to monitor a patient’s risk for heart disease, was recently selected as “one to watch” in this year’s inaugural Spinoff Prize, organized by Nature Research and …

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Mental health leader Bruce Buchanan dies unexpectedly

Bruce Buchanan, pictured, president and CEO of Compass Clinical Associates in Urbandale, died of natural causes at his home in Des Moines on Monday. Buchanan, a licensed social worker, was a nationally recognized trainer and lecturer in …

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Veridian Credit Union and more

The following real estate transaction in Polk and Dallas counties were recorded between July 20-24.

BDL Properties Inc. paid Linder Land & Cattle LLC $1.2 million for property at 1115 S.E. Westbrooke in Waukee, Dallas County …