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Casey’s will anchor new Urbandale business park

Casey’s General Stores Inc. will be the anchor convenience store at the 80-acre Centre Pointe Business Park, a mixed-use, infill development at the northwest corner of the Interstate 35/80 and 100th Street interchange in Urbandale. …

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Rock the Armory?

Developer Jake Christensen waged a two-year campaign to bring global events promoter and music venue operator Live Nation Entertainment to Des Moines. The potential to book acts in an 83-year-old building may have caught the…
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Pork Producers offer money for grants to cut pollution

The Iowa Pork Producers Association is teaming with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to offer funding for hog farmers interested in technologies that can reduce pollution related to their operations. The association …

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Warren County opens business grant apps

The Warren County Small Business Grant Contest is accepting entries. A prize of $6,000 will be awarded to an existing small business, and $4,000 will go to a startup business. All Warren County small businesses of fewer …

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Medicaid cases top complaints to Iowa Ombudsman office

The Iowa Office of the Ombudsman is crediting a rise in complaints to the office to a 157 percent increase in cases connected to Medicaid managed-care organizations, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reports. The report included examples …

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China announces tariff hike on U.S. soybeans, aircraft, cars

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced a plan today to impose a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of U.S. exports, including soybeans, according to an Associated Press report in the Des Moines Register. The tariffs …

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Iowa Business Council launches Business Education Alliance

Although 80 percent of the Iowa Business Council’s members anticipate higher sales in the next six months, two-thirds are concerned about attracting and retaining quality workers, according to results of the council’s quarterly Economic Outlook …

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Court Avenue Bridge to close beginning April 16 for repairs

The Court Avenue Bridge will close to all traffic April 16 for a renovation project that’s expected to keep the bridge closed until December. Traffic detours will be in place that route vehicles to Walnut …

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Majority of TECH, TEACH graduates hired by Broadlawns

Broadlawns Medical Center announced that its spring class of Training and Education for a Career in Healthcare (TECH) participants have earned their basic and advanced Certified Nursing Assistant degrees and have graduated from the TECH …

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Brazil looks to import U.S. corn for poultry


Facing a shortage of corn, Brazil poultry farmers in the state of Rio Grande do Sul plan to import corn from the United States, Successful Farming reports. Rio Grande do Sul expects to harvest 4.6 million …