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U.S. House passes ‘right to try’ legislation

Legislation that would allow terminally ill patients to get access to experimental drugs is headed to President Donald Trump, who has pledged to sign it, Iowa Public Radio reported. The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed …

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Bearence merges with Minnesota insurance brokerage

Bearence Management Group in West Des Moines has merged with North Risk Partners of St. Cloud, Minn. The merger was effective May 1. The new partnership accounts for $50 million in revenue, 265 employees and 21 …

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NOTEBOOK: Building up after Jane Jacobs

On impulse I ended up attending the Iowa Historical Society’s showing of “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City“with a friend, and left rethinking how I’d been approaching the apartment search. In the 1960s, writer/activist Jane Jacobs …

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Tanner Krause named Kum & Go president; Kyle Krause now chairman

Kum & Go has named fourth-generation family member Tanner Krause as president, effective June 1, with his father, CEO and President Kyle Krause, becoming chairman and CEO.

“Tanner has a passion for our associates and …

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ONE GOOD READ: Firm needs workers so badly, it’s putting them through drug rehab

John Stroup, CEO of Belden Inc. in Indiana, had a problem. One out of 10 job applicants was failing a pre-employment drug test. He came up with a surprising idea: Pay for their treatment and…
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Dubuque college receives $3.2 million estate of former professor?

Loras College, a Catholic liberal arts college in Dubuque, has received an estate gift of more than $3.2 million from the late Rev. William Wilkie, a 1950 graduate and professor emeritus of history. The gift …

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American Equity in talks for possible sale

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. is working with an investment bank as it discusses a potential sale with interested suitors, Reuters reported. The West Des Moines-based provider of annuities and life insurance today confirmed in a …

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Challenging time for community banks; they keep turning a profit

Iowa banks prospered in the first quarter, with profits up 13.3 percent from a year ago to $264.9 million, but Iowa Bankers Association President and CEO John Sorensen wasn’t crowing about the good numbers in …

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Committed to going ‘above and beyond’

Dennis Henderson retired Jan. 19 after serving 22 years as Clive city administrator, ending a career in public life that grew from curiosity.

Nearly three decades before he arrived in Clive — a town, he …

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Riding the wave

The push to raise $100 million or so from public and private sources to turn Central Iowa’s riverfronts into one big adventure park comes as the metro area faces many other financial challenges, from mass …