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Iowa sets another ethanol record

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Why Iowans are rushing to pay next year’s property taxes

The rush is on to pay next year’s property taxes before the end of this year, meaning there are longer lines than usual this week at the Polk County Treasurer’s Office, KCCI-TV reported.

It’s all thanks …

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Lessons from the past year

As 2017 nears its close, the Business Record asked you, our readers, to tell share what lessons you learned in the last 12 months that others in the business community could benefit from hearing. 

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the December 29 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the December 29 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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Wittmack joins Hartung Schroeder law firm

Charlie Wittmack has joined the Hartung Schroeder law firm as part of a strategy to further develop the firm’s portfolio of regional and national clients, according to a release. Wittmack spent the past six years …

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Earlham’s Bricker-Price project has an executive director

Ken Sidey has been named  executive director of the Bricker-Price Block, a $2.1 million project to restore the historic block in Earlham aimed at expanding educational, cultural and recreational opportunities. Sidey led a similar effort …

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2017 in review: Airport project tinkering, pop-up arts, Apple center

This year brought some big news on my beats. Here are a few stories that hit some of the high points. 

– The Des Moines airport authority board launched an effort to trim costs on a proposed …

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Ankeny gets distinguished budget award

The city of Ankeny received the Distinguished Budget Award for its presentation of the current fiscal year budget from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada, according to a release. For …

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MidAmerican Energy warns of phone scams

Several MidAmerican Energy customers have recently been targeted by telephone scammers who are posing as utility employees and threatening to shut off power unless the customer makes a payment over the phone with a prepaid …

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Retiring and departing leaders we knew; who’s new at CEO, too

Seems like there are always one or three — or 10 or 30 — new faces in the office at the end of the year, depending upon the size of your organization, and often a …