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Bystrom to retire from ISU’s Catt Center in August

Dianne Bystrom will retire from the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University on Aug. 10, after leading it as director for 22 years. She also has directed the university’s…
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May 18: Leadership Institute Honors and Community Leadership Program Graduation

Host: The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute
About: Leadership Institute Honors recognizes individuals who have made a difference in the community. Celebrate the contributions of six community leaders and the accomplishments of our newest Community …

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Walking Fed to accept drive-through donations for food bank Saturday

Zombies should go hungry, but kids shouldn’t. On Saturday donations of food and cash made to the Food Bank of Iowa during the Walking Fed event will help provide food to students whose school-based meal …

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How often do you lose sleep over work?

Work anxiety is causing sleepless nights for employees, according to new survey results from global staffing firm Accountemps. More than 4 in 10 professionals (44 percent) in the nationwide survey of 2,800 workers said they often lose …

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Lenders helped 2,300 people buy a home last year under IFA programs

Iowa Bankers Mortgage Corp. in Johnston was the Iowa Finance Authority’s top lender last year among a group of banks, credit unions and mortgage companies that helped 2,300 people, the most since 2008, buy a …

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CTE Hope launches pilot study to identify concussions in high school athletes

The Indianola-based nonprofit CTE Hope announced the launch of a new pilot study to explore potential relationships between proteins in athletes’ saliva and cognitive measurements taken by the ClearEdge assessment tool — the only FDA-approved concussion assessment …

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Reynolds launches campaign in hometown

Des Moines Register: Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday in Osceola that she’s running for election to the office she has held for the past 10 months. Reynolds, the first woman to lead the state, served for nearly eight …

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Ankeny lops $1 per $1,000 from property tax rate

Ankeny property owners will pay 90 cents less per $1,000 of taxable valuation under a $133 million budget approved this week by the City Council. The property tax rate will drop to $10.75 per $1,000 …

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Loan repayment awards help 7 Iowa dentists practice rurally, less indebtedly

Seven Iowa dentists are the latest recipients of up to $100,000 educational loan repayment awards from the Fulfilling Iowa’s Need for Dentists (FIND) project, a collaborative public-private partnership. The program engages dentists to establish a …

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Schwartz to leave YMCA; search begins for new CEO

The YMCA of Greater Des Moines announced Wednesday that Dave Schwartz has resigned from his position as chief executive officer of the organization. In his resignation letter, Schwartz said his last day will be March 30. 

“Dave…