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U.S. Bank to close 300+ branches

Corridor Business Journal: U.S. Bank will close more than 300 branches over the next two years as it adapts to the changing ways that people get financial services, reports the Star-Tribune. The nation’s fifth-largest bank …

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DMACC to launch Simon Estes School of Fine Arts

Des Moines Area Community College announced it will establish a school of fine arts named after Iowa native Simon Estes, the world-renowned opera singer. 

Initial plans for the Simon Estes School of Fine Arts at …

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Pinterest shares jump 28% on first day of trading

New York Times: Pinterest, the digital pin board startup co-founded by Des Moines native Ben Silbermann, spent years avoiding the spotlight and tamping down any hype about its growth. Today it could no longer stay out …

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Report: Millennial women feel less in control of their finances than men

Millennial women lag behind millennial men on a couple of key money metrics, like the amount they have in emergency savings and the feeling that they’re financially adequate, according to a new report from MetLife, CNBC …

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Survey: Iowa drug Take Back collections net over 19 tons in 2018

Iowans are pitching in more than ever to help prevent prescription drug misuse and environmental contamination by properly disposing of their unused medicine. A new survey by the Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy and …

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Dallas County growth spurt is among top in nation

Dallas County is among the top 10 fastest growing counties in the nation, according to new U.S. Census Bureau county and metropolitan statistical area population estimates for 2018 that were released by the State Data …

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Des Moines one of four finalists for new Ironman triathlon

The organizers of Ironman triathlon events today named Des Moines as a finalist for a new competition in 2020. 

The other finalists are Fayetteville, Ark., Memphis, Tenn., and Tulsa, Okla. 

The new event will be the first …

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Rural Mainstreet Index improves for Iowa

Iowa’s Rural Mainstreet Index jumped to 51.5 in April, up from 50.2, Creighton University reported.

Though across the region floods helped boost farm lending, Iowa’s farmland-price index climbed to 44.4 from March’s 35.7, Creighton’s survey of …

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April 29: W.D.M. Leadership Academy Information Session

Host: West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
About: The West Des Moines Leadership Academy (WDMLA) is an intensive, regionally oriented leadership development program designed to give potential and emerging leaders the skills, knowledge and ongoing …

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Ex-DuPont worker gets prison for theft of ethanol secrets

Associated Press: A judge has sentenced a former DuPont manager to 3½ years in prison for stealing valuable trade secrets about its ethanol fuel business and giving them to a competitor who hired him. U.S. District …