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Des Moines plans to remove 2 skywalks at 9th and Locust ramp

The city of Des Moines plans to remove the north and east skywalk corridors that run inside the parking garage at Ninth and Locust streets, as well as the elevators at the northeast and southwest …

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Republicans vow ‘chapter 2’ of conservative agenda for Iowa

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Majority Republicans return today to the Statehouse ready to deliver “chapter two” of a conservative agenda that Senate leader Bill Dix said would “change Iowa for the best” by creating an environment with …

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Kemin buys Italian company that takes stones out of ‘stone-washed’ jeans

Kemin Industries of Des Moines is buying an Italian company that takes the stones out of “stone-washed” jeans, The Des Moines Register reported. Kemin said today that it has entered into an agreement to buy Garmon Chemicals, …

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Alliant offers One Call training

Alliant Energy will host a series of free meetings in January and February for builders, landscapers, excavators, and municipal and utility workers about safety issues. The local session is Tuesday at Stoney Creek Inn. The …

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Trump to tout high-speed internet for farm country

President Donald Trump will express support during a speech to the American Farm Bureau Federation today for a dramatic expansion of high-speed internet service in rural America, Successful Farming reported. The strategy will be a springboard for …

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Child and Family Policy Center names executive director

The Child and Family Policy Center has named Anne Discher to a permanent appointment as the organization’s executive director. Discher has worked at the center since 2010 and was named interim executive director in 2017. She previously …

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SBA backed more Central Iowa loans in ’17

The U.S. Small Business Administration backed 160 private loans for a combined $67.6 million in 2017, up from 157 loans for $53.7 million the year before. 

The agency backed 20 loans in September, the highest …

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Lift IOWA seeks guest contributors for ’18

Do you have advice or experience to share with aspiring female leaders? Do you have valuable insight applicable to women’s leadership or business ownership? 

If so, Lift IOWA would like you to consider lending your …

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Guest Opinion: A CEO’s journey through arrogance

By Beth Shelton | Chief executive officer, Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa

At 22, I was sporting cheap suits and blind ambition, dashing wildly into my career. I was driven by passion and a fiercely competitive …

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Mazahir Salih is the Press-Citizen Person of the Year 2017

Iowa City Press-Citizen: Mazahir Salih made history this year. Not only is she the first Sudanese-American on the Iowa City Council, but she’s also the first elected to public office in the United States. And now …