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Open enrollment begins Friday for ACA-compliant health plans

Open enrollment begins Nov. 1 for Iowans purchasing or changing their individual health coverage under the Affordable Care Act for calendar year 2020. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen advises consulting a licensed insurance agent to …

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Winners announced at 2019 NIACC Pappajohn Center Entrepreneur Gala

The 2019 Pappajohn Entrepreneur Gala honored four businesses in north Iowa with awards, hosted by the NIACC John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center. Awards given on Oct. 29 were the Legacy Award (posthumous) to John K. and …

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Power Breakfast Event Preview: Explore the intersections of recreation and water quality

There’s a $117 million plan to build whitewater courses, zip lines, canoe and kayak launches, and swimming spots in 80 areas along Central Iowa’s 150 miles of waterways. A big part of that work will …

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Wolfe Eye Clinic clinical trials contribute to breakthrough treatment

Iowa-based Wolfe Eye Clinic served as a primary contributor to a breakthrough vision-loss treatment recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Phase III clinical trials were conducted at Wolfe Eye Clinic’s West …

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Three people nominated to fill appeals court vacancy

Iowa’s State Judicial Nominating Commission this week selected three nominees from 11 applicants to fill a vacancy on the Iowa Court of Appeals when Judge Amanda Potterfield retires on Dec. 25. The nominees are Paul …

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Iowa ties for No. 1 spot for highest average composite ACT scores

Iowa has tied with South Dakota for the highest average composite scores in the country on the ACT assessment test. Iowa and South Dakota had an average composite score of 21.6 out of a possible …

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Young Women’s Resource Center names executive director

The Young Women’s Resource Center in Des Moines announced that Kari Hamilton has been hired as the organization’s executive director, beginning Jan. 2. She has more than 12 years of trauma responsive nonprofit experience, six years of …

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Iowa-based workplaces recognized for innovative work spaces

The interior of the Federal Home Loan Bank, which recently opened a new office in 2018 at 909 Locust St. The company received the People’s Choice Award from JLL in its Spaces workspace competition. Special …

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University of Iowa picks dean of students after two years, two failed searches

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Nearly two years after losing its dean of students – and upon learning last week that its vice president of student life is leaving at the end of the semester – the University …

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Founder of Happy Joe’s Pizza, Joe Whitty, dies

Des Moines Register: The founder of Happy Joe’s Pizza & Ice Cream died Tuesday in Bettendorf. “Happy” Joe Whitty was 82. Whitty founded the ice cream and pizza chain in Davenport on Nov. 16, 1972. It …