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Airport gains flight to Florida, loses nonstop to San Francisco

Allegiant Air has announced twice-weekly nonstop flights between Des Moines International Airport and Destin-Fort Walton Beach airport, Fla., beginning in May. In addition, Des Moines airport officials announced that Southwest Airlines will begin its seasonal …

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Iowa House passes K-12 education funding package

Iowa Public Radio: The Iowa House of Representatives passed a K-12 education package Monday evening that increases funding to public schools by nearly $90 million for the school year starting in the fall. The first measure …

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Meredith revenues more than double in second quarter

Meredith Corp. reported “stronger-than-expected” financial results for its fiscal second quarter on Monday. Total company revenues from continuing operations, which included special items in both periods, more than doubled to $854 million. Earnings from continuing operations for …

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Carver Charitable Trust awards more than $1.1 million to ISU

A trio of grants by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine will further advance research areas at Iowa State University. A $745,545 grant from the Carver Trust is already being used to build …

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Retail across the water

Trepp LLC, which bills itself as “a leading provider of data, analytics and technology solutions to the global securities and investment management industries” and provides a steady dose of commercial real estate information to boot, …

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Hot pace for new businesses filed at secretary of state’s office

Iowa businesses nearly broke state record for new businesses filed in one month during January, reports Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate. Pate’s office processed 2,195 new business filings last month, nine filings shy of …

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Cattle producers mull laws defining “meat”

The Iowa Cattlemen’s Association is among groups around the country that would like to separate the soy, black bean, salmon and test-tube beef from the stuff that comes from livestock, the Corridor Business Journal reported. 

Nebraska …

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Iowa State Fair vendors ordered to take credit cards by 2020

Des Moines Register: Starting next year, those pork chops on a stick can be bought with a card. The Iowa State Fair has confirmed that it will require all food and drink vendors to accept credit …

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Bentley departs Lifespace Communities as president and CEO

Lifespace Communities confirmed today that Sloan Bentley has departed from her position as president and CEO of the organization. Bentley had led the West Des Moines-based nonprofit group of senior living communities since March 2014. …

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Trinity Health announces operations restructuring plans

Trinity Health, a parent company of the recently rebranded MercyOne in Iowa, has announced “immediate and long-term plans to restructure operations,” a move that will affect at least 1,650 employees across its 94 hospitals and care sites, …