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Business Council, Reynolds urge educators’ involvement in Future Ready Iowa

Iowa’s largest employers — the 21 member companies of the Iowa Business Council — currently have more than 3,400 job openings to fill, which is an indicator of the importance of the state’s efforts to …

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Registered apprenticeships up; events scheduled

Iowans can explore registered apprenticeship opportunities at events scheduled across the state Nov. 13-17. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation on Nov. 2 to recognize the purpose and value of registered apprenticeship training and to …

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Broadlawns opens new 14-unit inpatient mental health unit

Broadlawns Medical Center announced Wednesday that it has expanded its inpatient behavioral health unit with the addition of a newly completed 14-bed unit. The new unit, located on the lower level of the Sand Building, …

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Hub International to acquire Wells Fargo’s crop insurance brokerage

Hub International Ltd., a leading global insurance brokerage based in Chicago, announced today that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the assets of Wells Fargo Insurance Inc.’s crop insurance broker business. Terms of …

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Ames National reports increase in net income

Bank holding company Ames National Corp. reported net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30 of $3.9 million, or 42 cents per share, compared with $3.8 million, or 41 cents per share, in the year-ago …

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Postal Service workers in Iowa picket to protest job cuts

U.S. Postal Service workers have taken to the sidewalks to protest job cuts at Des Moines’ main post office and other postal facilities across the country. About 100 people, consisting of postal workers, customers, teachers …

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Iowa law school graduates are better at passing the bar

Des Moines Register: More than three-fourths of law school graduates who want to become an Iowa lawyer passed the state’s bar exam this year — significantly higher than 2016, Iowa Judicial Branch data show.…

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Longtime Ames chemistry teacher named state Teacher of the Year

Ames High School chemistry teacher Aileen Sullivan is the 2018 Iowa Teacher of the Year, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday. Sullivan, 43, has taught at Ames High School since 1996 and is known for challenging …

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Congress rarely in a rush to harvest a farm bill on time

Successful Farming reports that agriculture leaders in Congress are assembling the 2018 farm bill in private and have spoken more about the timeline for the legislation than about its contents or how they will resolve expensive …

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Growth in Iowa women-owned businesses still lagging

Iowa still ranks among the bottom 10 states in the nation for economic clout of women-owned companies, according to the seventh annual State of Women-Owned Businesses Report released Wednesday.

Iowa is ranked 44th among the states in …