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Reynolds establishes Governor’s Teachers Cabinet

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced on Thursday she is appointing her first Governor’s Teachers Cabinet to give teachers a more prominent voice in education policy decisions. Beginning this fall, the teachers will meet quarterly with  Reynolds, …

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Boys & Girls Clubs to add club at East High

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa announced Thursday it plans to establish a new teen-serving club site, the E.T. Meredith Jr. Boys & Girls Club, at East High School. The site, which is …

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OutcomesMTM co-founder joins PrescribeWellness as COO

PrescribeWellness, a leading cloud-based patient relationship management solutions company, announced it has hired Patty Kumbera as chief operating officer. Kumbera was previously chief operating officer and a co-founder of OutcomesMTM in West Des Moines, a pioneer in …

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Proposed operator of Des Moines rail transload facility indicted by DOJ

A federal grand jury on Thursday issued a 22-count indictment against Steve Braithwaite, president and owner of Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services LLC, related to worker safety incidents that led to a fatal explosion and the …

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2018 Connection Meet & Mingle

Host: Central Iowa SHRM
About: Come for the fifth annual Central Iowa SHRM Connection Event, an evening of food, cocktails, music, conversation, prizes and surprises at the amazing Blue Moon Piano Bar. The evening is …

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University of Iowa to lift construction moratorium

Cedar Rapids Gazette: With a request for bids to build a new $10 million Finkbine Golf Clubhouse, the University of Iowa is ending its five-month moratorium on campus construction that came in response to persistent state …

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Report: Iowa ranks 34th for growth in women-owned firms in past decade

Iowa ranks 34th among the states in growth of the number of women-owned firms since 2007, according to the eighth annual State of Women-Owned Businesses Report. It’s the best showing yet for Iowa, which last year ranked …

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Iowa bank lending continues to grow

Iowa banks reported net income of $264.4 million through the second quarter, with loans increasing 6.3 percent from the year-ago quarter to $60.1 billion, loan charge-offs dropping to 0.06 percent from 0.11 percent and noncurrent …

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Principal partners with the Facing Project to promote empathy

When you know someone’s story, it’s hard not to feel a connection.


For the past six years, an Indiana-based nonprofit group called the Facing Project has worked with communities across the country to help tell …

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Hartford to buy Navigators Group for $2.1 billion

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has reached a deal to buy insurance underwriter Navigators Group Inc. for $2.1 billion, as the company seeks to expand its specialty lines of business for growth, the Wall Street …