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Feb. 27: IEC 25th Anniversary Celebration

Host: Iowa Environmental Council
About: Join IEC as we celebrate 25 years of unifying Iowans to advocate for clean water and land stewardship, clean energy, and a healthy climate, and lay the foundation for the …
By BPC Staff | Jan 17, 2020
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Affiliates Management donates $250,000 to Iowa Credit Union Foundation

Affiliates Management Co., the holding company of the Iowa Credit Union League, this week helped the Iowa Credit Union Foundation kick off its 25th anniversary year with a donation of $250,000 in support of ICUF’s …
By BPC Staff | Jan 17, 2020
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Sutherland organic farmer receives sustainable agriculture award

Practical Farmers of Iowa has chosen Paul Mugge, an organic farmer and longtime on-farm research participant from Sutherland, Iowa, to receive the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Achievement Award. The award is given each year by PFI …
By BPC Staff | Jan 17, 2020
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Commission delays discussion on rezoning site to allow homeless shelter

Des Moines’ Plan and Zoning Commission on Thursday postponed until February a public hearing on a request to rezone property at 3800 E. Douglas Ave. to allow a homeless center to open on the site.…
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jan 17, 2020
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Iowa experiences a drop in revenue from gaming taxes, fees

Revenue collected from Iowa’s 19 gaming establishments totaled $324.2 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30, $1.6 million less than was collected the previous year, according to a state report issued this week.…
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jan 17, 2020
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: President Obama finds a partner in Nike for the ball court of his dreams

President Barack Obama found a teammate in the Nike Foundation during the planning of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago – with visions of a new kind of presidential library with a public athletic facility, …
By KATE HAYDEN | Jan 17, 2020
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Ankeny’s Firetrucker Brewery announces death of founder, brewmaster Heiderscheit

Des Moines Register: Firetrucker Brewery founder and brewmaster Dan Heiderscheit died this week, the brewery announced Thursday. In a Facebook post, the brewery said “no words can adequately express our sadness at Dan’s passing or capture …
By BPC Staff | Jan 17, 2020
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Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs awards $1M in Iowa Great Places grants

The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs awarded $1 million for five Iowa Great Places projects in Adel, Redfield, Clinton, Guttenberg, Marion and Winterset, the department announced this week. The funding supports development of new and existing …
By BPC Staff | Jan 17, 2020
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Master beekeeping classes take flight in Johnston

Iowa beekeepers now have a local pathway for attaining “Master Beekeeping” certification through a program called Great Plains Master Beekeeping. Housed at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Sheldon Brummel, Master Beekeeping Project coordinator, will …
By BPC Staff | Jan 17, 2020
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Cemen Tech acquires U.K.-based Volumech

Indianola-based manufacturer Cemen Tech Inc., a global leader in volumetric concrete technology, has acquired Volumech Ltd., a British company based in Gloucester, England. Volumech currently provides replacement parts for several makes of volumetric mixers, site service and mixer refurbishments. …
By BPC Staff | Jan 17, 2020