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Lauber appointed Polk County District Court judge

Gov. Terry Branstad has appointed Heather Lauber as judge to the 5C Judicial District, which serves Polk County. Lauber was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the appointment of Rebecca Ebinger as district judge …

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Byers re-elected to World Chambers Federation council

Greater Des Moines Partnership CEO Jay Byers has been re-elected to the General Council for the World Chambers Federation, a global network of 12,000 chambers of commerce. The group helps link chambers and make them…
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Indianapolis developer plans 500 apartments in two D.M. projects mixing market-rate, affordable units

TWG Development LLC, the Indianapolis company that is converting the former Register and Tribune Building into commercial space and 160 apartments, plans to bring nearly 500 additional multifamily units to the Des Moines market in…
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Iowa pipeline battle moves back to the courtroom

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Competing attorneys gave a district judge reasons Thursday why he should allow a controversial oil pipeline already buried underground in Iowa to remain intact, or invalidate the state authority used to take farm…
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Principal Global Investors names Halter as COO

 

Pat Halter

Principal Financial Group has named Pat Halter chief operating officer for Principal Global Investors; he is currently CEO and senior executive director of Principal Real Estate Investors. Jim McCaughan remains CEO of …

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Sen. Petersen to lead Midwestern Legislative Conference

Iowa state Sen. Janet Petersen of Des Moines will serve as chairwoman of the Midwestern Legislative Conference, a nonpartisan association representing Midwest U.S. states and several Canadian provinces. A Democrat from northwest Des Moines, she …

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DART riders donate $3,250 during Fares for Food Day

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority collected $3,250 in donations from riders during its annual Fares for Food Day. DART CEO Elizabeth Presutti presented a check Wednesday to the Polk County supervisors at the …

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Iowa’s Rural Mainstreet Index falls

Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index for Iowa fell to 63.5 in December from 72.1 in November, but remained a regional high.


Anything above 50 is considered growth-positive.


Iowa’s farmland price index for December fell to 49.3 from…
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the December 16 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the December 16 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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Alcohol sales, licenses up in Iowa

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Alcohol sales in Iowa increased 4 percent in fiscal year 2016 over a year ago, the state’s Alcoholic Beverages Division reported Wednesday. Total alcohol sales reached nearly $289 million, with overall revenues surpassing …