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D.M. area bucks trend in supply of lots for houses

A record number of homebuilders have told their national organization that house lots are in low supply. The situation in Greater Des Moines is not quite as dire.

“We’re in a better situation than we…
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Artists McCasland, Kabel honored by Arts Festival

Brice McCasland, a Texas mixed media artist, is the featured artist for this year’s 2016 Des Moines Arts Festival and his artwork “Our Liberties We Prize” was unveiled Thursday evening as the commemorative poster for …

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Iowa City company receives $1.4 million health institute grant

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Behavioral Diagnostics Inc. of Iowa City has been awarded a $1.4 million grant to expand development of a new alcohol detection test based on DNA. The money from the National Institutes of Health …

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Iowa City company receives $1.4 million health institute grant

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Behavioral Diagnostics Inc. of Iowa City has been awarded a $1.4 million grant to expand development of a new alcohol detection test based on DNA. The money from the National Institutes of Health …

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Larassa Kabel’s art to be on DART bus

The Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation has commissioned artist Larassa Kabel to create a design to be wrapped around a large DART bus, as part of the foundation’s Project Spaces initiative. Kabel’s design, the fourth in a series …

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Vilsack plans to return to Des Moines after his term as ag secretary ends

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack plans to return to Des Moines when President Barack Obama leaves office, The Des Moines Register reported. “We’ve had a house in Des Moines for a while, and we have three grandchildren, …

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Valley student gets perfect ACT score

Valley High School junior Arjun Ganga, son of Keka and Prabhakar Ganga of West Des Moines, earned a top composite score of 36 on the ACT, according to ACT Inc. It is the highest score…
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Suit accuses Wellmark of fraud, breach of contract

A Des Moines-based drug and alcohol treatment facility has filed a federal lawsuit against Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, accusing the health insurer of multiple counts of fraud and breach of contract.


The suit, filed by…
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Suit accuses Wellmark of fraud, breach of contract

A Des Moines-based drug and alcohol treatment facility has filed a federal lawsuit against Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, accusing the health insurer of multiple counts of fraud and breach of contract.


The suit, filed by…
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Water quality leaders meet to accept Vilsack’s challenge to ‘think big’

A group of Central Iowa leaders planned to meet today to accept former Gov. Tom Vilsack’s challenge to “think big” on water quality before asking for support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


Vilsack’s run…