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Diamond Vogel donates paint for parks, civic projects

Keep Iowa Beautiful and Diamond Vogel Paint have expanded the Paint Iowa Beautiful program to include state parks, which will celebrate their centennial in 2020. The program also provides paint for public service projects. “Keep …

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Variety charity gives Food Bank of Iowa $35,000

Variety – the Children’s Charity has donated $35,000 to Food Bank of Iowa to support its backpack and school pantry program. In Iowa, 1 in 6 children struggles with food insecurity. Within Food Bank of …

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YESS begins search for new CEO

Looking for a new leadership role? Youth Emergency Services & Shelter announced it has begun its search for a new CEO. The position was previously held by Stephen Quirk, who resigned from the nonprofit in September. “The …

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LCS hires Friedman to lead HR

LCS has hired Monica Friedman as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Friedman, most recently senior vice president of human resources for Nationwide, will join LLC on Nov. 12. The Des Moines-based senior …

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Sussman Lecture to feature NASA historian Bill Barry

The Nov. 1 Sussman Lecture will feature NASA’s chief historian, Bill Barry. Barry joined NASA in 2001 and became its chief historian in September 2010. Before that, he served 22 years in the U.S. Air …

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State seal available for biliterate students

Iowa schools can now apply to participate in the state’s new seal of biliteracy program, the Iowa Department of Education announced. The seal, adopted through legislation earlier this year, allows participating schools to recognize students who …

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DeVries to receive inaugural Ivy Award

The Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business will honor alumnus John DeVries, retired CEO of Colorfx, as the inaugural recipient of the Ivy Award later this month. The award, the highest honor bestowed by …

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Study: Community programs effective in addressing childhood obesity

A new University of Kansas study indicates that community investments in programs to address childhood obesity are making a difference among U.S. students. 

The Healthy Communities Study, conducted between 2010 and 2016, looked at community policies …

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Transamerica signs $195M settlement over universal life premiums

Corridor Business Journal: Insurer Transamerica will pay $195 million to settle a lawsuit charging that it breached its obligations when it hiked premiums on some of its universal life insurance contracts in 2015 and 2016. Plantiffs …

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Grinnell College receives $840,000 gift to fund public policy program

Grinnell College announced it has established the Program for Experiential Learning in Public Policy. The new program was made possible through an endowed gift totaling $840,000 from Grinnell trustee and alumnus George Moose and his …