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EMC reports first-quarter loss

EMC Insurance Group Inc. reported a first-quarter net loss of $76,000, or zero cents per share, compared with net income of $6.8 million, or 32 cents per share, for the first quarter of 2017. Included in the …

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Romano named Iowa Medical Society president

The Iowa Medical Society recently installed Dr. Michael Romano as the organization’s president. He succeeds Dr. Joyce Vista-Wayne, who held that position for the past year. Romano is a board-certified family medicine physician with more …

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Justice Zager to retire from state Supreme Court

Iowa Supreme Court Justice Bruce Zager said today he will retire Sept. 3, ending a 19-year judicial career that includes 12 years as a district judge. He began serving on the Supreme Court on March …

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State ‘backfill’ for local property taxes phased out by Iowa Senate bill

Des Moines Register: The Iowa Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a bill Thursday to gradually eliminate state payments to local governments that lawmakers had promised when they approved sweeping commercial property tax cuts five years ago. Democrats …

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FBL Financial reports first-quarter earnings

FBL Financial Group Inc. reported first-quarter net income attributable to the company of $23.6 million, or 94 cents per share, compared with $26.4 million, or $1.05 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2017. Premiums …

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Mercy-Des Moines to propose 100-bed psychiatric hospital

Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines will seek state approval to build a $31 million psychiatric hospital in the Des Moines area, the Des Moines Register reported. The proposed free-standing hospital would have 100 beds — triple the 34 …

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Mercy division agrees to pay up to settle claims it overbilled state Medicaid program

Catholic Health Initiatives Health at Home, doing business as Mercy Respiratory Care and Med Supply, has agreed to pay $189,061 to the federal government to resolve allegations that it overbilled Iowa’s Medicaid program for purchases …

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June 15: Zoobilation Gala

Host: Blank Park Zoo
About: Show off your pride and support Blank Park Zoo. Enjoy a wild evening at the zoo with special animal encounters, dinner and drinks. Zoobilation supports animal wellness, education programs, conservation …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read:Nikola v. Tesla: A tale of two companies

With two motor companies named after a brilliantly odd man, a lawsuit was bound to happen, wasn’t it? Just after Tesla CEO Elon Musk was panned for snubbing Wall Street analysts in an earnings call, the Hustle popped up …

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Lee Enterprises earnings fall, but stay level without fair-value adjustment

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Davenport-based media company Lee Enterprises Inc. today reported earnings of $2.5 million for its second fiscal quarter, or 4 cents per diluted common share. That was down from $6.4 million, or 11 cents …