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UnityPoint Health Des Moines raises minimum pay to $10.50 hourly

UnityPoint Health-Des Moines announced today that it will raise its minimum pay to $10.50 per hour for all positions, an increase from the current minimum of $8.55 per hour. There are 292 employees who will …

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State accepting grant applications for urban water quality projects

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is accepting applications for urban water quality projects. Grants will be available to communities, watershed groups and other organizations. Projects should help reduce runoff and flooding. The …

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YPC seeking board applications

The Young Professionals Connection is now accepting applications for its 2017 board. Descriptions for open positions can be found at ypcdsm.com, and applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 16. Questions can be directed to …

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Connect Downtown plans sessions on walkability Nov. 2

Connect Downtown will be sharing early ideas for making it easier and safer to get around downtown, and will be asking for your views at two sessions Nov. 2. The first is at noon, the …

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ISU StartUp Factory companies hit $2M milestone

  Credit – Haila Architecture   Just 16 weeks into its 52-week program, the inaugural class at the ISU StartUp Factory has collectively raised $2 million in private capital, twice the $1 million goal set by the…
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Deere responds to government opposition to Precision Planting purchase

Quad-City Times: Deere & Co. has filed a response to a civil action filed by the Department of Justice to block the Moline, Ill.-based company’s acquisition of Precision Planting from the Climate Corp., a subsidiary of …

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Wells Fargo’s quarterly profit falls 3.7 percent amid scandal

Wells Fargo & Co. reported its fourth straight fall in quarterly profit as it set aside funds for potential legal costs amid an increasingly politicized bogus-account scandal that cost Chief Executive and Chairman John Stumpf …

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Iowa consumer advocate wants Alliant bill issue settled

Mason City Globe Gazette: The Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate wants Alliant Energy’s billing issues resolved for customers before winter, according to documents filed with the Iowa Utilities Board. The advocate office has asked for a …

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EPA fines Albaugh for mislabeling pesticides

Albaugh LLC has been fined $112,684 for violating federal environmental laws related to misbranding pesticides. Ankeny-based Albaugh agreed to a court settlement. The case involved a 2013 inspection of the company’s facility in St. Joseph, …

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De Dios named ‘Woman to Watch’ by Credit Union Times

Miriam De Dios, CEO of Coopera in Des Moines, has been named a Credit Union Times 2016 Woman to Watch. The publication’s Women to Watch program spotlights influential, forward-thinking women reshaping the future of the …