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Winefest 2020 rescheduled

Winefest Des Moines is rescheduling its 2020 festival for later this year. Here are the new dates:
Aug. 7-8: Sips and the City and the Community Choice Grand Tasting
Aug. 29: Meredith Saturday Sessions
Aug. …

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Des Moines’ new updated website receives recognition

The city of Des Moines and partner Revize Software Systems received Gold recognition for the city’s new website from a panel of international judges as part of the 18th annual Horizon Interactive Awards, the city …

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Money Smart Kid, Money Smart Teen essay winners announced

Loeck Helvie, an eighth grader at Treynor Middle School in Treynor, and Jack Anderson, a senior at Akron-Westfield High School in Akron, won the statewide financial literacy essay contests for Money Smart Week Iowa and have been …

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Iowa teens can compete in national ‘financial bee’ April 20-24

The Iowa Insurance Division is inviting students in grades 7-10 to participate in the inaugural EVERFI National Financial Bee, taking place April 20-24. The first of its kind nationwide financial literacy challenge provides an opportunity for students …

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IEDA board announces awards representing $23 million in capital improvements, creation of 76 jobs

An Ames plastics manufacturer and three Central Iowa startups, including a smart toilet seat maker and a tilapia farm, were awarded financial assistance today from the Iowa Economic Development Board.

The board also awarded tax …

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Guest Opinion: Redesign thinking

Welcome to Redesign Thinking 101. This is a new course based on the principles of design thinking with an added focus on shifting paradigms. You have been automatically enrolled in this experiential learning course for …

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Iowa State University, DMACC launch work-from-home cybersecurity series

The Iowa Cyber Hub, a cybersecurity education partnership between Iowa State University and Des Moines Area Community College, is launching a series of videos at www.iowacyberhub.org to help newly remote workers adjust to new cybersecurity practices. The …

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Report: More than 450,000 undocumented college students in U.S.

More than 450,000 students across the United States — about 2% of all U.S. college students — are undocumented residents, according a new report by New American Economy and the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education …

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Iowa’s March unemployment rate rises to 3.7%

Iowa’s seasonally unemployment rate was 3.7% in March, up from 2.7% a year ago, according to Iowa Workforce Development.

The unemployment rate, however, reflects just a portion of the impact that the shutdown of Iowa …

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Kemin enters exclusive agreement for poultry salmonella vaccine

Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer based in Des Moines, announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Pacific GeneTech, a biologics company that develops and commercializes next-generation vaccines for areas of high unmet or underserved …