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Convention center hotel board takes another step toward ownership

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based lender Great Western Bank plans to shoulder a $40 million loan for the the Hilton Des Moines Downtown, the 330-room convention center hotel that is scheduled to open March 21, the day …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2018
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Mercy-Des Moines recognized for lung cancer screening excellence

Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines has been named a Screening Center of Excellence by the nonprofit Lung Cancer Alliance for its commitment to responsible lung cancer screening. Low-dose CT screening for lung cancer carried out safely, efficiently and …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2018
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Embrace Aging offers free seminars at DMU

The Embrace Aging speaker series will return to Des Moines University beginning Feb. 20. The free one-hour programs are focused on helping health care providers, patients and families learn more about aging-related topics, particularly about …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2018
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Hinnenkamp to lead BerganKDV as CEO

Minnesota-based CPA and wealth management firm BerganKDV Ltd. has named Dave Hinnenkamp as CEO, effective July 1. Hinnenkamp is currently BerganKDV’s wealth management partner-in-charge, a position he has held with the firm for the past 16 years. …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2018
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Neighborhood Finance considers Cedar Rapids branch

Neighborhood Finance Corp. has carved happy homes in Des Moines for the last 28 years, and now efforts are underway to spread its home financing expertise to Cedar Rapids.

The organization taps private banks and …
By KENT DARR | Feb 14, 2018
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: ‘Green economic pastures alongside rivers of red ink’ not a pretty picture

Here’s an interesting piece just posted on FiveThirtyEight that explains why the current federal deficit is unusual — and worrisome. As Boston Globe columnist Evan Horowitz writes: “We are following a path that the country …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Feb 14, 2018
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Iowans warned to not eat Fareway chicken salad tied to salmonella

Des Moines Register: Iowa consumers are being warned against eating chicken salad sold at Fareway stores that’s been tied to multiple cases of salmonella illness. Preliminary test results from the University of Iowa’s state hygienic laboratory …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2018
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Foley: Trump budget doesn’t include new airport aid

President Donald Trump in his new budget documents once again mentioned the need to rebuild the nation’s runways — but there was no evidence of help from the two most likely sources, said Kevin Foley, …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2018
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Ertl named to North American board

David Ertl, Iowa Corn’s technology commercialization manager, has been named to the executive board of the North American Plant Phenotyping Network, an industry organization for scientists and researchers. Plant phenotyping involves analyzing observable plant characteristics. …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2018
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Grimes, Mason City firms authorized to distribute $140 million in federal tax credits

Two Iowa firms that distribute federal New Market Tax Credits have received a total of $140 million of a $3.5 billion allocation from the U.S. Treasury Department. Midwest Renewable Capital LLC, a Grimes firm that …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2018