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Jefferson Matters named American Main Street Award winner

Jefferson Matters, which works to promote and preserve the historic downtown in the community of more than 4,000 people, has been named a recipient of Main Street America’s Great American Main Street Award.

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By Michael Crumb | Apr 9, 2025
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MidAmerican Energy announces Trees Please grant recipients

MidAmerican Energy announced it is awarding $134,000 in grants from its “Trees Please!” program to 59 cities in Iowa. The program promotes strategic tree planting projects on public property to encourage reduced energy usage in …
By Business Record Staff | Apr 8, 2025
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Corn association launching fifth Consider Corn Challenge

The National Corn Growers Association is launching its fifth iteration of the Consider Corn Challenge, a contest in which participants can submit proposals for new uses of field corn that have quantifiable market demand.

“Biobased …
By Business Record Staff | Apr 8, 2025
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Economic indicators result in mixed reporting for Midwest region

Creighton University has released its Mid-America Business Conditions Index, which reached a 20-month high in March, and its Business Confidence Index, which was low, offering mixed signals for the Midwest economy.

The Mid-America Business Conditions …
By Business Record Staff | Apr 8, 2025
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Public invited to suggest locations for new Monopoly: Des Moines Edition

A Des Moines edition of the Monopoly board game will be released later this year, Top Trumps, a board game and card company announced April 1. “Monopoly: Des Moines Edition” will feature Des Moines businesses, …
By Business Record Staff | Apr 8, 2025
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IowaWORKS opens new River Park office in Des Moines

Iowa Workforce Development has opened a new IowaWORKS office in Des Moines, located in River Park at 525 S.W. Fifth St. The office replaces the location at Park Fair Mall on Euclid Avenue, which closed …
By Business Record Staff | Apr 8, 2025
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ABI announces second Coolest Thing Made in Iowa contest

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry and MidWestOne are hosting the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa competition. The winner will be announced at ABI’s annual Taking Care of Business Conference, which takes place …
By Business Record Staff | Apr 8, 2025
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Energy plan, tax bills move ahead after second funnel

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The Iowa Legislature on Friday reached its second funnel deadline, determining which bills would continue to make progress this session. To make it past the second funnel date, bills needed to …
By Gigi Wood | Apr 8, 2025
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Construction of workforce housing project in Waukee set to begin

Debi Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority (top left photo) and Courtney Clarke, Waukee mayor (top right photo), talk about a workforce housing project as Lance Henning, CEO of…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 7, 2025
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Business Council’s Q1 economic outlook index falls, but remains positive overall

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The Iowa Business Council published its first-quarter Economic Outlook Survey results today, showing an 8.49-point decrease from the previous survey.

IBC’s Economic Outlook Survey measures expectations and optimism for the six months …
By Business Record Staff | Apr 7, 2025