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Feed Energy offers ‘Excellence in Ag’ scholarships

For a seventh year, Pleasant Hill-based agribusiness company Feed Energy Co. is offering two $2,500 “Excellence in Ag” scholarships to students studying agriculture at a college or university in nine Midwestern states. Recipients will include …

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Steel tariffs already raising prices, Ankeny company says

A week after President Donald Trump announced a new tariff on imported steel and aluminum, one Iowa business says prices are already rising, reports WHO-TV. Kinzler Construction of Ankeny says suppliers started raising prices last week …

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2017 property tax rollback

Property tax bills that are based on 2017 assessments will be due this Sept. 30  and again on March 31, 2019. The bills are based on a percentage of property assessments. Here are the percentages, …

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Polk housing projects will receive $2.2M in federal tax credits

Three housing projects in Polk County and one in Jasper County will receive a total of nearly $3 million in federal tax credits for each of the next 10 years. The Iowa Finance Authority board …

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Survey: Here’s how Americans plan on using their tax refunds

According to the latest Principal Well-Being Index survey, 46 percent of Americans who receive a tax refund this year plan to save or invest the money. The return on investment may be bigger than most people …

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Agricultural Research Service chief to speak at Iowa Youth Institute

The Iowa Youth Institute will feature a keynote address by the administrator of the U.S. Agricultural Research Service, Chavonda Jacobs-Young. The event will be April 30 at Iowa State University. ARS is part of the …

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West Bancorporation named a top public bank for fifth year in a row

For the fifth consecutive year, West Bancorporation Inc. has been named among the country’s top performing publicly traded banking operations with assets between $500 million and $10 billion. The West Des Moines-based parent of West …

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Reynolds to 1 Million Cups: ‘Build on positives’ and STEM education for workforce

For the first 15 to 20 minutes, Gov. Kim Reynolds stood at the lectern addressing a room of more than 50 people during Wednesday’s 1 Million Cups meeting at the Science Center of Iowa. Then in about …

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Oil, natural gas association looks to students ahead of expected workforce drop

The Washington, D.C.-based American Petroleum Institute is seeking the future of oil and natural gas employees among today’s STEM students. 

API mobilization director Tara Smith Anderson expects to meet up to 250 middle school girls …

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Mercy-Centerville president to retire in August

Clint Christianson, president of Mercy Medical Center-Centerville, has announced his plans to retire from the hospital on Aug. 15, after 21 years in the Mercy system. Mercy-Centerville is one of four campuses owned by Mercy …

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