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Iowa Insurance Division offers summer internship opportunities

The Iowa Insurance Division is now accepting applications for summer internships. Two internship positions in Des Moines are currently available within the division’s Fraud Bureau and Market Regulation Bureau. As the insurance industry regulator, the …

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Iowa Events Center’s Chris Connolly wins Spectra Venue Management GM of the Year

Chris Connolly, general manager of the Iowa Events Center, is the 2019 Spectra Venue General Manager of the Year, Spectra announced Thursday. The Iowa Events Center was able to add WNBA and NHL preseason games …

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Indexed life sales reach new quarterly record

Indexed life insurance sales for the fourth quarter of 2018 reached an all-time high of $617.4 million, according to Wink’s Sales & Market Report. Indexed life sales in the fourth quarter were up 16.8 percent over the …

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Iowa Sister States delegation to travel to Kosovo in May

The Kosovo Consulate, in partnership with Iowa Sister States, is offering the opportunity for Iowans to travel to Kosovo during the week of May 5 as part of an Iowa delegation. A limited number of spaces …

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Report: Housing takes up half of earnings for some households

Central Iowa has a housing gap that is eating up more than half the earnings of some families, according to a report from the Polk County Housing Trust Fund in partnership with the National Low-Income …

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Reynolds signs ‘Ag Gag 2.0’ into law after first one struck down

Iowa Public Radio: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Thursday that critics are calling “Ag Gag 2.0” just two months after a federal judge struck down a similar law as unconstitutional. The law …

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Four ‘Heroes of the Heartland’ recognized by Red Cross

The Iowa Region of the American Red Cross, along with title sponsor Nationwide, will recognize four Iowans as the 2019 Heroes of the Heartland. They are Jake Siggins of Lisbon, Cass Weitl of Templeton, Nate Thayer of …

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Solarize Waukee initiative announced

The city of Waukee, the Nature Conservancy in Iowa, Waukee Aspiring Professional Experience and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association are announcing Solarize Waukee, a new bulk solar group purchase program for businesses and residents anywhere …

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Nominations open for Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s leadership awards

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute is accepting nominations for its annual Distinguished Leadership Awards, to be presented at the Leadership Institute Honors luncheon on May 15. Leadership Institute alumni and community members are asked …

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Water Works’ Stowe has aggressive form of cancer

Des Moines Water Works CEO and General Manager Bill Stowe has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form of cancer [that] provides very few options for treatment,” he said in a letter to the utility’s board …