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Des Moines Cold Storage plans $17 million expansion

Des Moines Cold Storage plans to build a $17 million cold storage and distribution plant in the Southeast Agrimergent Technology Park at Southeast 43rd Street and Vandalia Road, north of the Des Moines River, The Des …

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Sept. 17: Tailgate for Teammates

Host: Special Olympics Iowa About: Tailgate for Teammates provides an opportunity to mingle with athletes who participate in Special Olympics Iowa and to find out how you can support their efforts to compete, have fun and…
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State to consider $11.5 million in tax credits for Prestage project

Des Moines Register: Iowa economic development leaders will consider providing about $11.5 million in tax credits for Prestage Farm’s $240 million proposed hog processing plant near Eagle Grove. The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board will consider …

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Navy admiral to speak to Des Moines leaders

Rear Admiral Peg Klein, a senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, will speak to an invitation-only crowd Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Greater Des Moines Partnership building.

Klein, who spent her entire adult life …

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Navy admiral to speak to Des Moines leaders

Rear Admiral Peg Klein, a senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, will speak to an invitation-only crowd Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Greater Des Moines Partnership building.

Klein, who spent her entire adult life …

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Property tax statements available online; hard copies to be mailed

Polk County Treasurer Mary Maloney announced that property tax statements will begin to be mailed out to property owners later this week. The statements are also available now on the Polk County Treasurer’s website, where payments may …

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Home Base Iowa office dedicated at Camp Dodge

State officials dedicated a new office for Home Base Iowa at Camp Dodge on Friday. The program, launched in 2014 to offer incentives to attract retiring and separating service members to the state, recently expanded to include …

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TAI, DMACC seek nominations for Women of Innovation Awards

Nominations are open through Sept. 16 for Des Moines Area Community College Women of Innovation Awards, presented by the Technology Association of Iowa. The awards recognize and celebrate women in business, government or academia who are …

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Sept. 15: Guns, Speech, and Sex: The Rise of Constitutional Extremism

Host: Constitutional Law Center at Drake University Law School About: University of Miami School of Law Professor Mary Anne Franks will explain how extremists of all political stripes invoke an oversimplified interpretation of the U.S. Constitution to…
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NOTEBOOK: Of Boji, Boz and blue water

Last weekend’s Okoboji Blue Water Festival at the Iowa Great Lakes treated a huge crowd on a spectacularly nice weekend to table after table of information about how volunteers and their government and nonprofit organization…