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Lift IOWA readers no strangers to queen bee syndrome

A majority of readers who responded to a survey in a recent edition of Lift IOWA say they have witnessed “queen bee” behavior, or women who refused to help other women in their careers.


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Sept. 12: Fearless Fundraising: A Partnership Between Board and Staff

Host: Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines About: This session is designed to help take the fear out of fundraising by introducing participants to a wide variety of effective fundraising activities board members can engage…
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Norwalk hires new city manager

Luke Nelson has been hired as Norwalk city manager, replacing Marketa George Oliver, who resigned in March. Nelson was city administrator in Boone. Nelson has a bachelor’s degree in community and regional planning from Iowa …

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Iowa unemployment rate nudged up in June

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased slightly to 4 percent in June from 3.9 percent in May, according to Iowa Workforce Development. The state’s jobless rate was 3.6 percent a year ago. The U.S. unemployment …

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Tutorials help business owners gain access to advice, money

The U.S. Small Business Administration has released online tutorials to help business owners navigate its innovation research program. The mobile-compatible site is designed to help rural business owners, in particular, learn about the program through a combination …

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Holmes Murphy move to Waukee will get nearly $1M in state incentives

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board has awarded investment tax credits and refunds on taxes paid during construction of Holmes Murphy & Associates’ planned office park in Waukee’s Kettlestone development area. Holmes Murphy will move …

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Deere to lay off 120 employees at East Moline factory

Reuters: Deere & Co. said today that it would lay off about 120 production employees at its John Deere Harvester Works factory in East Moline, Ill., just across the Mississippi River from Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa. …

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Details announced for Microsoft data center in West Des Moines; will be largest in the country

Microsoft Corp. will receive nearly $5 million in tax refunds for the first phase of a regional data center in West Des Moines, where city officials say the project will open up 5,000 acres to…
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RDG announces eight partners, senior partners

Patricia Boddy and Mike Chambers were named senior partners at RDG Planning and Design’s stockholders meeting. Both are engineers at the firm. Named partner were architects Nate Gieselman, Naura Godar and Michelle Sacco; landscape architects …

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House sales and prices increased in June across the state

June house sales increased 3.8 percent from a year ago and prices were up 2 percent, the Iowa Association of Realtors said. The median sales price rose to $156,000 from $153,000 in June 2015, according …