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Iowa City getting Iowa’s first cohousing site

Corridor Business Journal: A cohousing development southwest of downtown Iowa City will provide a unique option for aspiring homeowners who value convenience over autonomy when the project opens next year. Prairie View is an eight-acre cohousing …

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Hotel opens at City Square development in Des Moines’ East Village

Staybridge Suites Des Moines Downtown, a 111-room hotel that is part of the City Square development project in the East Village, is open for business, according to a release. The hotel is owned and operated …

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NOTEBOOK: From Russia with love: Irving finds husband, business in D.M.

Maria Irving of Urbandale runs a business in a former Windsor Heights car shop that offers translations and interpretations in 50 languages. Her husband, Robert Irving, runs a construction business in the same building.

If…
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SPEAK UP: The politics of women in leadership

It’s no secret that women face barriers on their way to the top. The good news? Many or even most of these barriers in the workplace are unintended. The bad news? Many people don’t even…
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Vilsack: Trump won’t dump Renewable Fuel Standard

Bloomberg: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack believes the Renewable Fuel Standard will survive a Donald Trump administration. …

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Dec. 3: Dinner with La Quercia and Iowa Homeless Youth Centers

Host: La Querica and Iowa Homeless Youth Centers About: Spend an evening with La Querica and Iowa Homeless Youth Centers for a basil-themed Italian dinner to help the homeless across the world. In the wake of the…
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Three Iowa pipeline protesters wage hunger strike

Des Moines Register: Three opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline began a hunger strike in a last-ditch effort to stop the controversial oil pipeline, which is nearing completion in Iowa. The group of pipeline opponents began …

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One Iowa hires Hoffman-Zinnel as director

One Iowa has hired Daniel Hoffman-Zinnel as executive director, effective in January. The organization is one of Iowa’s largest representing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents. “Daniel is a well-regarded leader in Iowa’s LGBT community,” …

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Iowans owe utilities $40 million; state worried

Iowa’s largest utilities report that customers owe $40 million on payments, Iowa Public Radio reported.


Iowa Human Rights Department spokesman Jerry McKim said there is more trouble detailed in the utilities report. “Just for September and…
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Two Greater Des Moines startups get state money to prepare for markets

Fermented Labs LLC, a Johnston startup that has developed software to help craft breweries with administrative tasks, has been awarded a $100,000 loan from the Iowa Economic Development Authority board. 
The money will be used…