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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Great Pacific Garbage Patch now three times the size of France

Stories like this make me renew my recycling efforts. CNN reports: “A huge, swirling pile of trash in the Pacific Ocean is growing faster than expected and is now three times the size of France. According …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Facebook and furry friends

My Facebook news feed often fills up with dog photos or other cute animal photos or videos, thanks to some friends who are animal lovers. So I had to check out the Facebook page for …

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April 4: Influencer Marketing is Only for B2C Brand (and other lies your parents told you)

Host: AMA Iowa
About: For years celebrities have been gracing the covers of magazines, acting in commercials and pimping out their social media profiles for pay. But should that really be considered influencer marketing? While …

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ISU Innovation Prize set for March 30-31

Two Iowa State University initiatives are co-hosting the ISU Innovation Prize on March 30-31. The ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship and the ISU Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative are accepting participants to pitch in three categories: Agtech, Edtech and Global …

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New partnership to boost community college credentials

A new partnership is expected to make it easier for community college students to finish four-year degrees at Iowa’s state universities and to gain credentials retroactively, the Iowa Department of Education announced. Iowa community college students …

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Grinnell College plans Council on Foreign Relations event

Grinnell College plans a new event, “Teaching Diplomacy for the Next Generation,” featuring a rare Midwestern appearance by the Council on Foreign Relations. The event runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 13. Keynote speakers will beJames …

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Meredith plans to add 41 jobs, overhaul headquarters

Meredith Corp. has applied for state aid for a headquarters remodeling that includes the addition of 41 jobs. 

The $5 million remodel comes in part to make room for employees who will be moved from…
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Tariff retaliation leads Deere and Co. worried over future sales

Rising trade tensions between the U.S. and trading partners are concerning officials at Deere and Co., reports Bloomberg News. U.S. tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, proposed by President Donald Trump, have Deere “much more …

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Ethanol could run to the rescue of the farm economy

With crop prices depressed, the best solution for a struggling farm economy would be allowing expansion of 15 percent ethanol-gasoline blends, the leader and founder of one of the world’s largest ethanol companies told the …

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Greater Des Moines grows 1.8 percent

New census data for July 1, 2017, shows the Des Moines-West Des Moines metro area grew to 645,911, up 1.8 percent from the 2016 figure of 634,740. That gain of  11,171 residents compared to the …

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