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New York City artist wins best in show at Arts Festival

Scissors drawing artist Ella Richards was awarded Best of Show at the Des Moines Arts Festival last weekend. Kristen Greteman was named Best of Emerging Iowa Artists. Richards’ work is called scissors drawing because they …

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Willis Lexus completes $4 million renovation

Willis Lexus recently celebrated a grand reopening of its newly remodeled dealership at 2121 N.W. 100th St. in Clive. The $4 million renovation includes a larger showroom that has nearly doubled in size, a larger …

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Survey: Smart home technology catching on

A recent survey of U.S. adults by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC and CNET found that Americans are embracing smart home technology, with 28 percent owning at least one smart home product and almost half…
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Hair braiding regulations to ease this week

Des Moines Register: A new law that takes effect Friday will allow people to do natural hair braiding in Iowa without a cosmetology license, which requires 2,100 hours of training that is mostly unrelated to braiding. …

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Labor Dept. grants to help expand apprenticeship programs

U.S. states can expand registered apprenticeship programs in good-paying job fields such as information technology, health care, advanced manufacturing, building trades, cybersecurity and business services, using a new U.S. Department of Labor grant. The department …

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Urbandale adopts complete streets

The city of Urbandale has become the eighth local city to adopt a complete streets policy. Complete streets are designed to accommodate pedestrian and bicycle traffic and transit along with vehicles. Des Moines, Carlisle, Johnston, Norwalk, Pleasant …

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West Des Moines, Des Moines on top retirement cities list

West Des Moines and Des Moines were ranked among the top 10 cities in the country in which to retire by a new report from Bankrate.com. West Des Moines was ranked fifth among 196 cities, …

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Ropple is Bankers Trust’s new chief information officer

Edward “Ted” Ropple has been hired as chief information officer at Bankers Trust Co. His career in information technology spans more than 25 years. Most recently, Ropple was vice president and director of information technology…
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Holmes Murphy uses ISU research to help lower workers’ comp costs

Holmes Murphy & Associates is using some heavy-duty statistical research conducted by an Iowa State University professor to help its largest clients reduce their workers’ compensation insurance costs.

Kip Augspurger

Iowa companies spend $749 million …

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Holmes Murphy uses ISU research to help lower workers’ comp costs

Holmes Murphy & Associates is using some heavy-duty statistical research conducted by an Iowa State University professor to help its largest clients reduce their workers’ compensation insurance costs.

Kip Augspurger

Iowa companies spend $749 million …

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