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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 …

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Baby, it’s hot outside, so Civic Music Association moves Jazz Festival inside

The Civic Music Association announced that it will move all performances for the Civic Music Association Jazz Festival inside Hoyt Sherman Place Theater on Saturday, due to forecast temperatures in the high 90s. The festival …

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Nominations open for Iowa Job Honor Awards

Gov. Kim Reynolds is encouraging Iowans to make nominations for the sixth annual Iowa Job Honor Awards. The Iowa Job Honor Awards program is accepting nominations for its sixth annual event set for Oct. 10 …

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Partnership’s Murphy wins national award

Joe Murphy, the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s senior vice president of government relations and public policy, has been named to a national 40 Under 40 list by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. The …

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Trusses put in place for pedestrian bridge over Raccoon River

Trusses are being put in place this week on the pedestrian bridge that will connect downtown Des Moines with Gray’s Lake. The trusses were made by Des Moines-based Jensen Construction Co. To see more photos, …

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Rural Iowa workers lose in state plan to consolidate workforce regions, local leaders say

Des Moines Register: Leaders representing half of Iowa’s 99 counties lodged a federal protest last month to the state’s plan to cut unemployment service regions by nearly two-thirds. The local officials, many of whom are county …

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Ruan seeks to hire LME workers

Ruan has offered a signing bonus of sorts and help with applications to any qualified employees of LME, which has announced it is going out of business. Ruan offered to pay the three weeks of …

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Iowa sets business filings record

Iowa set a record for most new business filings for the fourth straight year, Secretary of State Paul Pate announced. Some 24,720 new businesses filed with the state in the year that ended June 30. …

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Peterson joins American Enterprise to lead preneed sales

Des Moines-based American Enterprise Group Inc. announced that Kenn Peterson has joined the company as vice president for national preneed sales. Peterson will focus on increasing preneed funeral insurance sales for Great Western Insurance Co., which AEG …

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City board discusses proposed 5-story building in East Village

Nelson Construction & Development plans to build a five-story building with apartments, retail and commercial space on this vacant lot at  418 E. Grand Ave. Photo by Kathy A. Bolten

About 16 years ago, Des Moines …