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Weathering the storm

With Marta Codina, you can’t avoid the observation that maybe she is one of those people who, like it or not, find themselves in the eye of the storm.

Wrought by human hands or Mother …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the November 3 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the November 3 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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Nov. 10: TechBrew AM featuring Kreg Tool

Host: Technology Association of Iowa
About: At TechBrew AM, TAI President Brian Waller will conduct a casual interview with John Bertrand, vice president of information technology for Kreg Tool Co., who will share his favorite …

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Judge: Regents did not violate Iowa law when they met privately with Harreld

Des Moines Register: Members of the Iowa Board of Regents did not violate state law when they met privately with an applicant whom they later hired as president of the University of Iowa, a Polk County …

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Cruz blocking Iowa ag secretary’s nomination for USDA job

Radio Iowa: The Texas senator who won Iowa’s 2016 presidential caucuses has placed a hold on Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey’s nomination for a federal job. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is blocking a vote in the …

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Lawmakers pressured to consider hog confinement rules

The Iowa Legislature will be under heavy pressure to revisit a state law designed to give local officials a nonbinding say over where hog confinements are built, the Mason City Globe-Gazette reported. The Worth County Board …

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MetaBank profits up 35 percent for fiscal year

Meta Financial Group Inc. reported net income for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 of $44.9 million, or $4.83 per share, a 35 percent increase from $33.2 million, or $3.91 per share, the previous …

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MidAmerican to build wind farm in Poweshiek County

MidAmerican Energy Co. has chosen a site in Poweshiek County for the third part of its Wind XI project, a development of up to 170 turbines.

Construction should be done by December 2018. The turbines …

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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.

Middle-class bull market?
Principal Financial Group economist Bob Baur looks for the next big bull market to involve middle-class wages. http://bit.ly/2yZDrCU…

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Iowa Senate Democrats choose Janet Petersen as new minority leader

Des Moines Register: Iowa Senate Democrats ousted Minority Leader Rob Hogg in a party caucus meeting Sunday, electing in his place Des Moines Sen. Janet Petersen. The move represents a dramatic leadership change in the …

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