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UnityPoint Health plans massive merger with Sioux Falls-based Sanford Health

West Des Moines-based UnityPoint Health and Sanford Health today announced they have signed a letter of intent to pursue a merger, in a deal that would create one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems. …

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Annual home show will be held in Waukee in July

The 2019 HomeShowExpo will be held in Waukee this summer at the Reserve at Daybreak, northwest of the intersection of Ashworth Road and Ute Avenue. This is the first time since 2004 that the home show, sponsored by …

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Corteva stock up 2.6% with $1B stock repurchase

Corteva Agriscience’s shares have jumped 2.6 percent after the company on Wednesday announced a $1 billion share repurchase program over the next three years. The company also approved its first dividend, 13 cents per share, since it …

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$4 million expansion of Des Moines assisted living center announced

Construction has started on a $4 million expansion of Edencrest at Beaverdale Assisted Living and Memory Care at 3410 Beaver Ave., officials announced this week. Twenty apartments will be added to center, which now has …

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East Side wellness center to be named in honor of Harkin

Primary Health Care in Des Moines will honor former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin for his lifetime commitment to community health and wellness in a naming and dedication ceremony at the new PHC Wellness Center on …

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Cause of downtown Des Moines power outage not yet known

More than 500 downtown Des Moines customers of MidAmerican Energy were without electricity for about 80 minutes this morning beginning at 8:22 a.m.

It’s not yet known what caused the outage, said Geoff Greenwood, MidAmerican …

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MidAmerican tops 50% from renewables

MidAmerican Energy Co. got 51.4% of its energy from renewable sources such as wind last year, the Iowa Utilities Board confirmed. The figure refers to the amount of renewable energy generation as a percentage of …

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Cities prepare new projects as sales tax rises

A 1-cent local option sales tax approved in several cities in March takes effect Monday and will immediately offset some property tax and fuel services and projects.

Voters in Alleman, Altoona, Des Moines, Pleasant Hill, …

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45% of Polk County assessment protests appealed successfully

About 45% of the more than 7,800 Polk County property owners who protested their property assessments were successful in getting the values changed, data from the county assessor’s office shows.

In addition, 41% of the …

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Iowa airplane maintenance company to open Kansas facility, hire up to 450

Salina (Kan.) Journal: An airplane maintenance company based in Sioux City plans to open a facility in Salina, Kan., with immediate plans to employ 50 workers by this fall and up to 450 employees within three …

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