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Owner explains how new Waukee brewery got its name

When Zach Dobeck names a new beer he’s brewed, he likes to pay homage to someone who has had a positive impact on his life.
   

The Sheriff is named after his father, Tim Dobeck, a …

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Ambitious town center project planned for Johnston

A conceptual rendering of the proposed Johnston Town Center planned at Northwest 62nd Avenue and Merle Hay Road. Special to the Business Record.

About 20 years ago, investment by owners in properties located along Merle Hay…
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Meredith names chief strategy officer

Meredith Corp. has named Daphne Kwon as chief strategy officer, effective Nov. 4. Kwon will advise President and CEO Tom Harty and the senior leadership team, particularly on expanding the digital business and on potential …

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Breathe Easy Insurance opens Urbandale call center

Breathe Easy Insurance Solutions, an agency that specializes in providing insurance for individuals with drunken-driving offenses, has opened a national call center in Urbandale. The company, which also has two offices in California, works with up …

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Immersive sculpture coming to Water Works Park

Installation of new public art celebrating community and water began in Des Moines Water Works Park this week. Comprising 45 10-foot-tall poles illuminated with 12-inch globes, River Constellation emits a gentle ebb and flow of …

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Business Hall of Fame inductees

The Greater Des Moines Committee has named Cara Heiden, Dan Houston and Dan Rupprecht as inductees to the Iowa Business Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a formal dinner Dec. 10 at Prairie …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: You’ve been reading charts wrong. Here’s how a pro does it.

Numbers wouldn’t lie if we sharpened our chart-reading skills. That’s the argument professor of visual journalism Alberto Cairo puts forward in his book “How Charts Lie,” reports the Washington Post. The book itself sounds like a …

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To boost Mississippi River business, organizations seek federal port recognition

Des Moines Register: A regional planning group sent a letter of intent to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday, announcing its plans to apply to make much of Iowa and Illinois’ shared section of …

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State panel projects slow growth, no recession

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: A panel of state revenue experts on Monday projected continued slow growth for the Iowa economy but did not see signs of an impending recession. Citing caution, revenue conference members set state revenue …

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Houston elected chairman of American Council of Life Insurers

The American Council of Life Insurers has elected Dan Houston as its chairman for 2020. Houston, chairman, president and CEO of Des Moines-based Principal Financial Group, succeeds JoAnn Martin, CEO of Ameritas Mutual Holding Co. “Dan is …