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Guest opinion: The power of one

By Shannon Cofield | President, MercyOne Des Moines Foundation

By now, you have likely heard about MercyOne, our organization’s new name. We are excited about this mission alignment because it represents our past: our heritage as …

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Guest opinion: It’s about so much more

By Joey Beech | Executive director, Ankeny Economic Development Corp.

I’ve never been much for bridal showers. They always felt too “girly” for me. Too much pink, ribbon and bows for my taste. My discomfort with these …

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Oct. 3: LEAP Summit

Host: Des Moines Downtown Chamber
About: Join the chamber for “The Power of Her,” the annual half-day LEAP Summit. The 2019 Summit is an opportunity to network with other professional women in Des Moines and …

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Lift IOWA – Women In The News: 9-23-19

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry has named 40 members to its latest Leadership Iowa class. Des Moines Business Record

Jamie Schulte, Realtor associate with Century 21 Preferred, has been awarded the Century 21 Quality …

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On The Rise: 9-23-19

Lina Tucker Reinders (pictured)
Iowa Public Health Association
Hired as executive director
Des Moines

Gina Skinner-Thebo
Wells Fargo
Hired as senior HR consultant
Des Moines

Kari Leahy
Hubbell Realty Co.
Promoted to marketing coordinator
Des …

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Grinnell College lands $1 million Mellon grant

Grinnell College has received a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to highlight the public importance of humanities, the humanistic social sciences and the arts. Edward Cohn, associate professor of history, and …

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Iowa’s unemployment rate stays at 2.5%

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stayed at 2.5% in August. That’s a tick higher than the 2.4% rate a year ago. “In August, we saw another increase in the number of working Iowans in the …

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Mainstreet index for Iowa rises

The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index for Iowa rose to 48.7 this month from August’s 46.2. 

Highlights: 
– The survey of bank CEOs in 10 Midwestern states found that Iowa’s farmland-price index improved to 47.4 from …

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Regents project 3% to 5.3% tuition hike next fall

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Using a model that Iowa’s Board of Regents unveiled last year to help families plan for the rising cost of education, undergraduate students who are residents of Iowa attending Iowa State University and …

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Hatch running for mayor; 17 candidates file for city races

The Nov. 5 city election will have a crowded field in Des Moines with a couple of high-profile matchups in races to join the seven-member Des Moines City Council. Developer Jack Hatch, a former state …