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April 22: Tomorrow Plan Speaker Adie Tomer: “Transit is key underpinning of place-based economies”

Host: The Tomorrow Plan
About: If you want to know where economies will thrive in the future, look to the places where people want to spend time. One of the key physical underpinnings of these …

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QuikTrip selling 4 metro locations

Des Moines Register: QuikTrip is expected to sell four of its locations in the Des Moines metro area. “We go through and evaluate every single store all the time,” said Mike Thornbrugh, a spokesman for QuikTrip …

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Primary Health Care receives national recognition from CMS

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently awarded Primary Health Care in Des Moines “exemplary status” for improving patient experience and outcomes, controlling population health and reducing costs through the CMS Transforming Clinical Practice …

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UI pays nearly $4 million to keep Modern Piping off pharmacy-building construction

The University of Iowa paid $3.87 million in a change order to replace construction company Modern Piping as a subcontractor on the project to build a new facility to house the College of Pharmacy amid …

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Wells Blue Bunny buys N.Y. company

Wells Enterprises, the Le Mars-based owner of Blue Bunny, has purchased Fieldbrook Foods of New York state for an undisclosed sum, the Corridor Business Journal reported. The purchase from Arbor Investments improves Wells’ access to East …

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Iowa officials praise EPA rule blasted by nonprofits

Four Iowa officials, including Gov. Kim Reynolds, this week submitted comments praising a new water-quality rule that is especially controversial among farmers, while 155 nongovernment organizations called the latest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal the “Dirty Water …

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High school students from sister city Saint-Etienne visit Des Moines

Greater Des Moines this week is welcoming high school students from Des Moines’ sister city of Saint-Etienne, France. Twenty-five students and two teachers from Lycée Sainte-Barbe and Lycée Saint-Louis are spending a week with host …

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One Iowa raised record $360,000 in 10th annual gala

One Iowa, a statewide LGBTQ organization, raised approximately $360,000 through its 10th annual Gala Celebration on April 12, an increase of more than $130,000 compared with the previous year’s event. The event’s proceeds support One …

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The Accel Group expands agency footprint with acquisition of Asset Pros

The Accel Group, one of Iowa’s largest independent insurance agencies, has acquired Asset Pros, a financial and business resource consulting firm in West Des Moines. With offices in Cedar Rapids, Waverly and Cedar Falls, the …

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Iowa small businesses were profit engines last year

Revenues and employment were up last year at the nation’s small businesses, but profits were flat, according to surveys by the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. 

Small businesses were defined as those with between one and …