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Campaign training program to receive ISU CYtation award

Ready to Run, a program designed to train women to campaign for elected or appointed political office, will be recognized with Iowa State University’s 2017 Professional and Scientific Council Team CYtation Award. The award — …

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March 26: Celebration of Women’s History, Progress & Potential

Host: NAWBO Iowa
About: Join a dynamic group of Iowa women business owners, their corporate partners and distinguished guests at Terrace Hill to celebrate Women’s History Month. Hear from Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, meet Iowa’s …

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On The Rise: 3-19-18

Andrea Chase (pictured)
Fareway Stores Inc.
Promoted to vice president – category management
Boone

Lisa Kerns 
Fareway Stores Inc.
Hired as chief information officer
Boone

P. Sue Beckwith, MD 
Fareway Stores Inc.
Appointed chairperson of …

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Des Moines City Council asked to OK construction delay for 5th and Walnut parking ramp

Construction on a high-profile downtown Des Moines parking ramp project will be delayed because changes to skywalks and elevators have led to an inability to secure construction permits in time to meet the original deadline.…

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U.S. corn sales rise as drought harms other areas

Reuters reports that importers are buying U.S. corn as a faster clip than at any time since the mid-1990s. That’s due in part to the lower stocks in Latin America that resulted from a worsening drought. …

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Naig: Iowa preparing for avian flu

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said increased biosecurity efforts at Iowa turkey, egg and chicken farms should help the state cope with the threat of low pathogenic avian influenza found in Missouri and Texas …

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Home Connection adds housing units for homeless families

The Home Connection, a program of Hawthorn Hill, recently finished renovations on a new property at East 16th Street and Court Avenue, transforming it from a run-down six-plex into three two-bedroom apartments to house homeless families, …

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Iowa Mainstreet Index falls

Iowa remained in growth territory in March but saw its Rural Mainstreet Index fall to 52.8 from 55.3 in February. 

Creighton University reported that the state’s farmland-price index for March dropped to 42.7 from 46.4. …

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DMACC nursing professor named postsecondary educator of the year

A Des Moines Area Community College nursing professor has received the Iowa Association for Career and Technical Education Postsecondary Educator of the Year award. Melody Bethards, nursing simulation coordinator at DMACC, has been a longtime advocate …

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Fourth-quarter indexed life sales up 7.6% year-over-year

Wink’s Sales & Market Report released statistics on universal and indexed life insurance sales reported by 64 life insurers. Nonvariable universal life sales — which include both indexed UL and fixed UL product sales — for …