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Winnebago to buy Indiana RV company

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Winnebago Industries has agreed to purchase an Indiana RV company for an estimated $344 million in cash and stocks. Winnebago, which is based in Forest City and has its largest motor home manufacturing …
By BPC Staff | Sep 17, 2019
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Bening named chair of national insurance group

Raymond Bening, president of Bening Financial Organization Inc. of Des Moines, has been named chairman of the board of directors of the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting, a national industry group. Bening has served on …
By BPC Staff | Sep 17, 2019
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California adds Iowa to ‘travel ban’

California has added Iowa to a list of states in its “travel ban” because of the state’s ban on funding gender-transition surgeries under Medicaid, Fox News reported. That means that beginning Oct. 4 California won’t use …
By BPC Staff | Sep 17, 2019
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Botanical Garden names philanthropy director

The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden has hired Azure Christensen as its director of philanthropy. Christensen will lead fundraising as the organization looks to expand again. A veteran of Central Iowa nonprofit work, Christensen most recently worked …
By BPC Staff | Sep 17, 2019
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Girls Rock! DSM wins bid to host International Girls Rock Camp Alliance conference

Get ready to rock, Des Moines. 

Girls Rock! Des Moines (GR!DSM), an Iowa nonprofit teaching girls and gender-expansive students ages 10-16 musicianship and leadership skills, is planning to welcome more than 200 Girls Rock alliance …
By KATE HAYDEN | Sep 17, 2019
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Western Iowa officials warn of a third round of Missouri River flooding

Des Moines Register: A third round of flooding is anticipated in western Iowa, according to the Pottawattamie County Emergency Management Agency. A nearly 4½-foot rise of the Missouri River is forecast over the next week, putting …
By BPC Staff | Sep 16, 2019
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Partnership promotes welcoming events

The Greater Des Moines Partnership and others are launching a Welcoming Week to celebrate cultures, culminating in this weekend’s World Food & Music Festival at Western Gateway Park. National Welcoming Week is Sept. 13-22, hosted by Welcoming …
By BPC Staff | Sep 16, 2019
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State adopts career and tech ed standards

The Iowa State Board of Education recently adopted new career and technical education standards for programs that enroll middle and high school students. The programs encompass agriculture, food and natural resources; applied sciences, technology, engineering and manufacturing; business, …
By BPC Staff | Sep 16, 2019
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HomeGoods, discount home decor chain, planned for Ankeny

HomeGoods, a discount home decor, furniture and kitchen store chain, is planned in Ankeny along Delaware Avenue in an outlot by Fleet Farm, according to an agenda posted by the Ankeny Plan and Zoning Commission.…
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Sep 16, 2019
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Catch Des Moines restructures as master plan looms

Catch Des Moines’ work on the Destination Master Plan has led to a realignment of staff positions and a restructuring.

“As we enter into the strategy development and recommendations phase of the Destination Master Plan …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Sep 16, 2019