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FBL Financial names new chief operating officer

West Des Moines-based FBL Financial Group Inc. announced that Kelli Eddy will join the company as chief operating officer – Life Companies in mid-August. She will succeed Ray Wasilewski, who plans to retire at the end of …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the July 19 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the July 19 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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Is Des Moines turning its back on affordable new houses? Homebuilders think so

The average value of a building permit for a single-family house in Des Moines in June was $155,785, city records show. The average square footage, 1,251.
     
And that type of housing is …

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Norwalk couple planning the ultimate doghouse

A Norwalk couple is making plans to build the ultimate doghouse for their four dogs – a multifaceted facility that caters to pet owners and their four-legged friends.

Plans call for Paws & Pints to …

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Apartment rents increasing in Des Moines area

The average rent of an apartment in Des Moines reached $903 per month in June, up $14 from what renters were paying a year ago, a survey by RENTCafe.com shows. Altoona apartment rent prices jumped …

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Project at former Franklin school gets green light

The Des Moines City Council this week approved the second and third readings of an ordinance that allows 12 acres at the former Franklin Junior High School site to be rezoned from a limited neighborhood …

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Des Moines plans $5.5 million animal shelter near river

Construction of a $5.5 million animal shelter is slated to begin in 2020 at Southeast 14th and Harriett streets. Architectural rendering by Hartman Trapp Architecture Studio

A new animal control shelter at Southeast 14th and Harriett …

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REG opens first diesel fueling station

Ames-based biodiesel producer Renewable Energy Group has opened its first fueling station, next to its biodiesel plant in Seneca, Ill. REG Seneca has been producing biodiesel for over a decade and employs 53. Last year, biodiesel …

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Powers named marketing and PR director of Des Moines Art Center

The Des Moines Art Center has appointed Jordan Powers as its new director of marketing and public relations. The Chicago native was most recently the communications manager at Catch Des Moines. Before that, she was …

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SBA backs $2.3M in loans

The U.S. Small Business Administration in June backed nine private loans for mostly small projects in Central Iowa.

The $2.3 million in loans was for projects expected to create a combined 17 jobs and to …