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In Case You Missed It – Lift IOWA: 6-4-18

Becca Wiggins began her journey to business ownership five months ago with four graphic T-shirts in the basement of her home. Today, she, her two sisters, and her mother own Dusted Charm, a shop in …

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On The Rise: 6-4-18

Denise Day (pictured)
Urbandale Chamber of Commerce
Hired as vice president
Urbandale

Melissa Shivers
University of Iowa
Joined the United Way of Johnson & Washington Counties board 
of directors
Iowa City

Casey Peck
Cooperative Technology …

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MetaBank promotes Thorson to community banking president

MetaBank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Meta Financial Group Inc., announced that Kathy Thorson has been named its new community banking president. Thorson, who has been with MetaBank for 17 years, will oversee MetaBank’s market …

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Mercy College lands $1.79M federal grant

Mercy College of Health Sciences will receive a $1.79 million federal grant over four years to help pay for the new  the Community Advocacy Registered Nurse Education (CARE) project at Mercy College. The CARE project …

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Reynolds names Koopmans chief of staff

Gov. Kim Reynolds has hired a top legal and policy adviser as chief of staff effective June 9. Ryan Koopmans previously served as Reynolds’ chief policy adviser and senior legal counsel. He had been a …

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ISU pay freeze lifted; faculty, staff will receive at least 1% raises

Des Moines Register: A pay freeze at Iowa State University has been lifted and employees with satisfactory job reviews will see pay raises of at least 1 percent, officials announced Thursday. The freeze was put in …

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World Food Prize Foundation names director of secretariat operations

The World Food Prize Foundation announced today that Ellen Franzenburg has been appointed as director of secretariat operations. In that position, Franzenburg will facilitate the World Food Prize Laureate and the Norman E. Borlaug Award …

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Design workshops for Des Moines Market District are next week

The city of Des Moines is inviting anyone with a concept about future development of the Market District of East Village to a series of workshops next week. Eventually, those concepts will be refined into …

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Facebook brings seminars, block party to town

Chat with Facebook marketing representative Doug Frisbie on the phone from Menlo Park, Calif., and you find out he’s pretty pumped about the Facebook Community Boost planned next week in Des Moines, one of 30 …

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Coalition of state AGs expresses concerns over delay on nursing home reforms

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in condemning federal actions that would delay the enforcement of protections for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries who receive care in skilled nursing …