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Wells Fargo contributes $250,000 to lead off JA Finance Park project

Junior Achievement of Central Iowa has received a $250,000 contribution from Wells Fargo, which will enable the nonprofit to eventually expand its programming to an additional 10,000 teen students. With the lead gift, Junior Achievement …

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Reducing state dropout rate part of United Way’s 2020 legislative agenda

United Way of Central Iowa will push for legislation in 2020 that would eliminate the ability of Iowa high school students to drop out of school at age 16, as part of a legislative agenda …

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131-year-old home on Dorothy’s House campus demolished, launching capital campaign

A 131-year-old home on the Dorothy’s House campus gets demolished Tuesday. Photo by John Retzlaff

Kellie Markey, founder of Dorothy’s House, stood with other onlookers Tuesday morning and watched a 131-year-old home on the organization’s campus …

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Lawsuit alleges Iowa illegally marked up liquor prices for years

Associated Press: The former top accountant for the state agency that oversees Iowa alcohol sales claims in a whistleblower lawsuit that for years it illegally and excessively marked up the price of liquor products. Todd Halbur, …

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Ethanol’s roller-coaster year

Successful Farming reports on the year in ethanol, part of a stretch that saw 13 plants close or temporarily idle since November 2018. Controversy had surrounded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to exempt five small …

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Chelesvig assumes leadership of Independent Presenters Network

Des Moines Performing Arts’ President and CEO Jeff Chelesvig recently became president of the Independent Presenters Network, an international consortium of 40 leading Broadway presenters, theaters and performing arts centers, including DMPA. The IPN supports …

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C.R. may refund $3M in automated traffic camera tickets, waive $14M in old tickets

Thousands of people who had their state income taxes withheld last year to pay old automated traffic camera tickets in Cedar Rapids would get refunds, while tens of thousands more unpaid tickets would be waived …

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PROJECT STATUS UPDATE: Paws & Pints

        Des Moines-based Slingshot Architecture has developed renderings of the proposed Paws & Pints, an indoor and outdoor off-leash dog park, bar and coffeehouse planned on 7.2 acres at Southwest Park Avenue…
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ICREA meeting scheduled

The Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association will meet at 7:15 a.m. Jan. 2 at the Des Moines Golf & Country Club, 1600 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines.

The featured speaker is Randy Hertz, CEO …

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Some apartment rental rates slip in the Des Moines area