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Beef checkoff referendum passes

Reinstatement of the checkoff for cattle producers passed in a referendum, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship reported. The 50 cents per animal fee for industry promotion and research received 56 percent approval. A …

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Iowa Finance Authority approves grants for housing agencies

The Iowa Finance Authority board has approved more than $6.2 million in grants to 25 housing organizations. The funding is provided from the State Housing Trust Fund’s Local Housing Trust Fund program. Grants will be …

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NOTEBOOK: In search of a ‘vision’ for the Val Air

The Val Air Ballroom, standing on the foundation of a rubber factory and serving up the changing sounds of American music to a local audience since the late 1930s, is for sale.


Whether the structure…
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UnityPoint Clinic to sponsor JA Biztown clinic

UnityPoint Clinic will sponsor a student-run simulated health clinic at Junior Achievement of Central Iowa’s BizTown. The clinic will join 13 other corporate-sponsored businesses that support Junior Achievement’s mission of educating students about financial literacy, …

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Dec. 10: Geminid Meteor Shower Star Party

Host: The Science Center of Iowa About: SCI staff and volunteers will have telescopes set up view the annual Geminid Meteor Shower as well as other celestial objects Saturday at Ewing Park. The meteor shower, which radiates…
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World Food Prize awards Borlaug Medallion to Vilsack

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack received the Norman E. Borlaug Medallion today in a ceremony led by World Food Prize Foundation President Kenneth Quinn. Quinn said the award was to “honor the U.S. Department of …

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Global Atlantic names new president for life insurance business

Dave Wilken

Global Atlantic Financial Group Ltd. has hired Dave Wilken as president of its Des Moines-based life insurance subsidiary, which does business as Accordia Life and Annuity Co. Most recently, Wilken was president of …

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Restaurant group wants uniform minimum wage

Radio Iowa: The Iowa Restaurant Association wants a uniform minimum wage throughout the state. “We would really like to see the Legislature step in and strengthen pre-emption laws so there is one minimum wage and one …

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Longtime Dowling president to retire in October 2017

Jerry Deegan, president of Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines since 2000, announced he will retire next fall. Deegan’s career in education has spanned 45 years, 40 of those on Dowling’s faculty and …

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Variety commits $800,000 to Blank Children’s emergency department

Variety — the Children’s Charity of Iowa announced it has committed $800,000 in support of the expansion and renovation of the Pediatric Emergency Department at Blank Children’s Hospital. With the support from Variety over the …