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Sept. 17: Future Ready Iowa Employer Summit 2019

Host: Iowa Business Council, Iowa Association of Business and Industry and Iowa Workforce Development
About: Employer leadership is critical to the success of Future Ready Iowa and ensuring we meet our goal of 70% of …

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Alliant Energy honored for economic development

Site Selection magazine has chosen Alliant Energy as one of 20 utilities in its annual list of Top Utilities in Economic Development. Site Selection’s September issue notes Alliant has helped deliver more than $1.4 billion in …

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Wellmark Foundation awards $1.37 million to 17 community projects

The Wellmark Foundation announced it has awarded more than $1.37 million to 17 Iowa organizations through its Large Matching Assets to Community Health (MATCH) grants. The grant recipients were notified in May and had 16 …

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Reynolds selects Texas human services official to lead Iowa DHS

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday that she will appoint Kelly Kennedy Garcia, currently deputy executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, as director of the Iowa Department of Human Services. Garcia will be relocating from …

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Report: Newly built houses generate $600 million in income for Des Moines area

The 2,538 new houses built in the Des Moines area in 2018 generated $560 million in income for businesses, workers and cities, a new report released by the National Association of Homebuilders shows.

The report estimated …

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Millions of dollars riding on water quality in the Midwest

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Two tourism directors 700 miles apart, one in Iowa and one in Ohio, use the same word when describing the effect a swimming ban caused by water pollution would have on their lakeside …

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Cargill refocuses on original site for rail yard

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Cargill is resurrecting a nearly 2-year-old effort to build a $6.5 million rail yard in a southeast Cedar Rapids neighborhood to support its wet corning milling plant, which likely will trigger another …

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Meredith reports fourth-quarter loss driven by Time Inc. costs

Meredith Corp. reported fourth-quarter revenue of $786 million, compared with $799 million in the year-ago period. The company recorded a loss from continuing operations for the quarter of $4 million, or 51 cents per share, …

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Gov. Reynolds, Buena Vista University announce $2.9 million gift to develop new entrepreneurship program

Casey’s General Stores founder and longtime Chairman/CEO Don Lamberti is donating $2.9 million to establish the Donald F. and Charlene K. Lamberti Center for Rural Entrepreneurship at Buena Vista University, Gov. Kim Reynolds and BVU …

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New Fairfield Inn & Suites opens in downtown Des Moines this week

Des Moines Register: A new Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Des Moines Downtown will open Friday. The 91-room hotel is located at 207 Crocker St., just north of Wells Fargo Arena in what used to …