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Angela Connolly elected chairperson of Polk County supervisors

The Polk County Board of Supervisors last week elected Angela Connolly as chairperson during its first official public meeting of the new year. Connolly currently serves as 2nd District supervisor. In a news release, Connolly …

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Jan. 16: WOW January Luncheon – ‘What You Do Makes a Difference’

Host: Women of Worth
About: This monthly luncheon, which includes two sessions for networking, will include a presentation by Renee Hardman, West Des Moines City Council member and owner of Hardman Consulting. Hardman will share …

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Feb. 2: 2018 EPIC Awards and Luncheon

Host: Iowa Women Lead Change and partner agencies
About: EPIC Corporate Challenge members will see the results of the 2017 survey and hear from Gov. Kim Reynolds, honorary chair of the Challenge. Awards and honors …

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Feb. 6: ‘The Glass Castle’ screening

Host: Iowa Women Lead Change
About: IWLC will host a screening of “The Glass Castle,” a film based on the memoir by Jeanette Walls. Walls is a featured keynote speaker at the IWLC Quad-Cities Women’s …

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Lift IOWA – In Case You Missed It: 1-8-18

IOWA

As 2017 came to a close, the Business Record asked its readers to share some lessons that were learned over the previous 12 months that others in the business community could benefit from hearing. …

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On The Rise: 1-8-18

Michelle Owens 
Saxton Inc.
Hired as market president
Des Moines

Tracy Whitaker
Homesteaders Life Co.
Promoted to vice president – legal/compliance and assistant general counsel
West Des Moines

Madi Short 
American Heart Association
Hired as …

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Exclusive insights from four TEDWomen speakers

To herald the moment feminism finds itself in following the past year, the Huffington Post decided to interview a few of this year’s TEDWomen speakers for their advice and encouragement for women to be brave, …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: What’s better than 1 good read? 11 good reads

Business Record readers likely know by know that data-journalism news site FiveThirtyEight.com is one of my favorite sources to read. At the end of 2017, I spent much of my 40-plus-hour holiday car ride to …

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Miller: Eliminate fees on freezing credit reports

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is proposing legislation to eliminate fees most Iowa consumers pay to freeze unauthorized access to their credit reports. He also wants to end the fees — currently the highest in …

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ISU President Wintersteen to speak in D.M.

Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen will speak at a luncheon Feb. 7 at the Iowa Events Center as part of the Iowa Soybean Association’s Farmer Research Conference. Wintersteen, ISU’s former agriculture dean, will provide …