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Lawmakers pressured to consider hog confinement rules

The Iowa Legislature will be under heavy pressure to revisit a state law designed to give local officials a nonbinding say over where hog confinements are built, the Mason City Globe-Gazette reported. The Worth County Board …

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MetaBank profits up 35 percent for fiscal year

Meta Financial Group Inc. reported net income for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 of $44.9 million, or $4.83 per share, a 35 percent increase from $33.2 million, or $3.91 per share, the previous …

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MidAmerican to build wind farm in Poweshiek County

MidAmerican Energy Co. has chosen a site in Poweshiek County for the third part of its Wind XI project, a development of up to 170 turbines.

Construction should be done by December 2018. The turbines …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week.

Middle-class bull market?
Principal Financial Group economist Bob Baur looks for the next big bull market to involve middle-class wages. http://bit.ly/2yZDrCU…

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Iowa Senate Democrats choose Janet Petersen as new minority leader

Des Moines Register: Iowa Senate Democrats ousted Minority Leader Rob Hogg in a party caucus meeting Sunday, electing in his place Des Moines Sen. Janet Petersen. The move represents a dramatic leadership change in the …

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Regents name Braun as executive director

The Board of Regents has hired Mark Braun, currently the chief operating officer of the board, as its next executive director. Braun, who will begin his new duties Nov. 1, succeeds Robert Donley, who resigned …

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ICYMI: Future Ready Iowa task force recommends training funds

Gov. Kim Reynolds last week said she will ask legislators to set aside at least $5 million for new scholarships and grants to Iowans seeking a college degree or professional training beyond high school, Radio …

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Reuters: Weedkiller study skewed

The World Health Organization’s cancer agency dismissed and edited findings from a draft of its review of the weedkiller glyphosate that suggested there was no link between the Roundup ingredient and cancer in laboratory animals, …

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Des Moines prepares to approve deal for future Kemin expansion

Less than two months after celebrating the grand opening of its new worldwide headquarters, Kemin Industries Inc. is preparing for future expansion, with plans to buy nearly 23.6 acres of land north and east of …

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Iowa Sierra Club calls for hog confinement moratorium

After a new federal report found Iowa has 5,000 previously unreported livestock operations, the Iowa Chapter of the nonprofit national environmental group Sierra Club called for a moratorium on new hog confinements.

The proposed moratorium …