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Ossian named executive director of Metro Arts Alliance

Angela Ossian has been named executive director of Metro Arts Alliance of Greater Des Moines, effective Oct. 3. She succeeds Kim Poam Logan, who resigned. Ossian most recently was marketing and communications director for the Iowa …

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Latina Leadership Initiative names new executive director

Vivian de la Cruz

Vivian de la Cruz has been named executive director of the Latina Leadership Initiative of Greater Des Moines. She is a Class of 2015 graduate of the program, and the former …

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Audit shows Iowa job incentives often fail to deliver

Des Moines Register: Only about 20 percent of the jobs Iowa’s economic development agency contracted with businesses to create or retain over an 11-year period have come to fruition, a newly released audit shows.…

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Personal income up 1.2 percent in Iowa

State personal income growth accelerated to 1.0 percent on average in the second quarter of 2016 from 0.3 percent in the first quarter, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income grew …

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Northwest Iowa feed mills being acquired by Kent Nutrition Group

Radio Iowa: An eastern Iowa company that got its start in the animal feed business nearly 90 years ago announced plans to acquire a northwest Iowa firm with feed mills in Ireton and Sheldon. Kent Nutrition …

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Grinnell study: Copper alloy could reduce hospital infections

Findings from a research partnership between Grinnell College and Grinnell Regional Medical Center could enable health care systems to reduce the rate of hospital-acquired infections.


According to a new study published today in the American Journal of…
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Soybeans don’t lower nitrate pollution as much as expected

Wide predictions that switching fields from corn to soybeans and back would affect the level of nitrate pollution appear to be off, a study by the University of Iowa and the Iowa Soybean Association found. Iowa…
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Foreclosures, delinquencies continue to fall

The rate of foreclosures among outstanding mortgages was 0.72 percent in July, down from nearly 1 percent a year ago, real estate analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. said. The national rate was 0.93 percent in July. …

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Wellmark narrows individual policy choices in Iowa

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced Tuesday that it will narrow its choices for individual Affordable Care Act plans in Iowa and will eliminate ACA individual plans in South Dakota altogether in 2017.


The…
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Oct. 13: Chef Challenge

Host: Best Buddies of Iowa About: Best Buddies of Iowa will partner with more than a dozen top local restaurants and caterers for the 2016 “Chef Challenge,” a tasting competition and auction that raises awareness and funds…