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IPERS mulls $66 million pension merger with Des Moines teachers

Des Moines Register: Iowa’s largest public employees’ retirement program is looking at merging $66.7 million from a Des Moines teachers’ pension fund into the 345,000-member statewide pension fund.…

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President signs Iowa disaster declaration to make aid available

Cedar Rapids Gazette: President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster exists in Linn County and 18 other Iowa counties and has ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected …

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Davenport Works celebrates new Arconic name

Quad-City Times: After 68 years in Iowa, the Alcoa name disappeared from the Quad Cities and was replaced today by Arconic. In a ceremony befitting of a new company, the Alcoa plant in Riverdale assumed its …

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Submit your events for inclusion in the Book of Lists calendar

We are asking organizations to provide event dates for the coming year for possible inclusion in 2017 Book of Lists calendar, which is sponsored by the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines. To have your organization’s…
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Index of Iowa stocks sagged in October

Maybe the boo factor hit Iowa stocks last month.


Six of the 23 Iowa-based public companies on the Business Record’s Iowa Index experienced gains in October. The remainder dropped, though it should be mentioned that…
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Barr named Des Moines liaison to LGBTQ community

The Des Moines city manager’s office has appointed Joshua Barr as the city’s designated liaison to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. Barr is also director of the Des Moines Civil & …

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Global Insurance Symposium announces 2017 co-chairs

The Global Insurance Symposium has announced its co-chairs for the 2017 event. Laura Beebe, director of investment administration at Farm Bureau Financial Services, and Kay Fairchild Godfredsen, managing counsel at Nationwide, will co-chair the fourth …

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State approves grants for 15 more ethanol blender pumps

The state has awarded $368,200 to support the installation of 15 new blender pumps and three underground storage tanks that can be used to distribute higher blends of renewable fuels. The money will go to six fuel retailers …

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Heartland Financial reports increase in net income

Heartland Financial USA Inc., the Dubuque-based bank holding company that has operations in Iowa and 10 other states, reported profits of $20.2 million, or 81 cents per common share, for the quarter ended Sept. 30, …

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Wellmark debuts new ‘narrow network’ plans

As open enrollment for individual health coverage on the Iowa Marketplace for 2017 begins today, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield is introducing new insurance options through separate joint ventures with two of the state’s…