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River Constellation dedication planned for Dec. 5

River Constellation, a new public art piece celebrating community and water, will be dedicated at 4 p.m. Dec. 5 in Des Moines Water Works Park, 2201 George Flagg Parkway. The public ceremony will include brief …

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Wright Service Corp. awarded tax refund from IDEA

Wright Service Corp., which plans on building a new corporate headquarters in West Des Moines, was awarded a tax refund of up to $661,523 through the Iowa Economic Development Authority’s high-quality jobs program.

The award …

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All 19 state-licensed casinos now have sports gambling licenses

Radio Iowa: All 19 state-licensed casinos now have a sports gambling licenses. Racing and Gaming Administrator Brian Ohorilko said commissioners approved a license for the Casino Queen Marquette at their meeting last week. “Marquette has not …

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Deere reports lower fourth-quarter net income; sales up 5% for 2019

Deere & Co. reported net income of $722 million for its fourth quarter ended Nov. 3, or $2.27 per share, compared with $785 million, or $2.42 per share, for the same quarter a year ago. For fiscal 2019, …

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Kristof-Brown named interim dean of Tippie

The University of Iowa has named Amy Kristof-Brown interim dean of the Tippie College of Business effective March 1, pending Board of Regents approval. She is senior associate dean and Henry B. Tippie Research Professor in Management …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the Nov. 29 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the Nov. 29 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories at businessrecord.com/insider and …

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Kansas health club organization buys four Aspen Athletic clubs, major renovations planned

Genesis Health Clubs, a health club company based in Wichita, Kan., has acquired four Aspen Athletic Clubs locations in Greater Des Moines, with plans to begin major remodeling of the clubs. Financial terms of the acquisition …

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Sioux City Council votes to repeal ban on pit bulls

Sioux City Journal: Sioux City Council members voted Monday to overturn a controversial 11-year-old ban on pit bulls within city limits. The repeal of the ban becomes effective on Saturday. The ban, which was sponsored …

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Trade war said to be blocking $2.7 million investment for Iowa cancer treatment startup

Des Moines Register: An Iowa cancer treatment startup blames U.S.-China trade tensions for blocking a key investment. In a letter to the Iowa Economic Development Authority, Immortagen Inc. co-founder Kristi Thiel said a Chinese investor …

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Overweight loads, propane hauling provisions extended for farmers

Gov. Kim Reynolds has extended two proclamations giving Iowa farmers more time for hauling overweight loads of harvested grain and for propane delivery to mid-December. The grain hauling proclamation, originally signed on Sept. 30, allowed …