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DNR plans New Year’s Day park hikes

Free, guided hikes will take place in 25 Iowa state parks on New Year’s Day. The event is part of America’s State Parks First Day Hikes initiative. The treks will be a mile or two, …

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Iowa joins 20-state generic drug antitrust lawsuit

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller today joined 19 state attorneys general in filing a federal antitrust lawsuit against generic drugmakers Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc., Auribindo Pharma USA Inc., Citron Pharma LLC, Mayne Pharma (USA) Inc., Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. …

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Living History Farms launches new series featuring wine, snacks

Living History Farms has planned a series of “Cabin Fever” events featuring Iowa wines, drinks by artisan distillers, sweets, microbrews, a cheese festival and comfort food. The events are scheduled from January through April. Get …

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Winter farmers market Friday, Saturday

The Downtown Winter Farmers’ Market will return to Capital Square on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event features home decorations, meat, jams, salsa, wine, cheese and other local products. John …

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Downtown Marriott sold to Chicago company

The Des Moines Marriott Downtown Hotel, informally known as the “Ruan hotel” leading up to its completion in 1981, will be sold to Chicago-based Singerman Real Estate LLC.


The board of directors of City Center…
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Historical Society seeks awards and board nominations

The State Historical Society of Iowa is accepting nominations for its Awards for Excellence in History programs and for members to serve on its 12-person board of trustees. The Awards in Excellence program recognizes individuals, …

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Iowa casinos join lawsuit to keep audits secret

Des Moines Register: A group of state-regulated casinos has joined a lawsuit that would keep confidential their annual audits, which are records that have been available to the public for nearly 30 years. The audits have …

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Iowa biofuels lobby rakes pick of Perry for energy secretary

Iowa biofuels supporters are burning over President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of the former governor of an oil state, Rick Perry of Texas, as energy secretary, The Des Moines Register reported. Perry has been a consistent critic of …

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MetaBank completes acquisition of Texas consumer services company

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based MetaBank has completed its acquisition of substantially all of the assets and specified liabilities of Specialty Consumer Services LP of Hurst, Texas, including the company’s trade name and proprietary underwriting model and …

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Des Moines is measuring customer satisfaction

The city of Des Moines and the ETC Institute of Olathe, Kan., will send surveys to a sampling of businesses later this month in an effort to measure their satisfaction with city services. Surveys were …