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Deadline for apprenticeship applications coming Oct. 26

Organizations have until 1 p.m. Oct. 26 to submit proposals to Iowa Workforce Development to receive funding for Registered Apprenticeship opportunities in Iowa. The state received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of…
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Des Moines-W.D.M. ranks highly in prosperity, education

A new analysis of the Distressed Communities Index by the Economic Innovation Group found a “great reshuffling” of communities as the recovery from the Great Recession continues. Greater Des Moines apparently is one of the winners. The report notes …

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Economic Impact Award winners named

Nine Central Iowa business have received Economic Impact Awards from the Business Record and the Greater Des Moines Partnership. They are: 

— Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co., a 109-year-old company that acts as a privately owned, …

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Iowa retail leader Richard von Maur dead at 86

Quad-City Times: Retail leader and community supporter Richard B. von Maur Jr., 86, co-chairman of Von Maur Department Store, died Saturday in Davenport. He joined the family-owned retail business started by his grandfather, C.J. von Maur, …

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60 years later, northern Iowa’s Highway 20 expansion is finally done

Des Moines Register: Iowa community leaders have dreamed about it for decades and now it is finally complete: a high-speed, four-lane expressway project across northern Iowa. The U.S. Highway 20 corridor extends 302 miles to link …

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INSIDER NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Where do you go to feel at home?

Every year, Ikea Group and INKGA Holding publishes a research report on how people live in and relate to aspects of their homes. While years past have looked back on subjects like morning routines or …

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UI researcher receives $2 million for gene-editing work on airway diseases

A University of Iowa researcher has received a $2 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Paul McCray, executive vice chair in the Stead Family …

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Louisiana contractor wins $62M in Iowa fertilizer plant lawsuit

A federal jury has awarded a Louisiana mechanical contractor hired to help build a fertilizer plant in southeast Iowa $62.4 million after concluding the fertilizer plant’s general contractor defaulted on a contract, reports U.S. News & …

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Knapp foundation donates $75K for Davis Park playground

The William C. Knapp Charitable Foundation has donated $75,000 to replace the 20-year-old playground equipment in Evelyn K. Davis Park on Forest Avenue. Knapp Properties and the Des Moines Police Department plan to install equipment …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com.

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There was news of a lawsuit involving a West Des Moines nonprofit’s ESOP, so we talked …