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Premiums could jump 38 to 43 percent for some Wellmark policyholders

Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield is notifying about 30,000 policyholders this week that it plans to raise their premiums by 38 to 43 percent next year, The Des Moines Register reported. The increases, which are subject …

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West Des Moines getting all A’s from credit rating services

Moody’s Investors Service announced that the city of West Des Moines will maintain its top Aaa stable credit rating with Moody’s Investors Services, according to a release. West Des Moines and Iowa City are the …

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Flying Hippo lands at Market One

Flying Hippo Inc. has moved into the Market One building at 130 E. Third St. in Des Moines’ East Village, landing within a few city blocks from where the web design and marketing company was …

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IRS decides Prairie Meadows is for-profit operation

The letter from the government is in the mail, likely to arrive tomorrow and certain to say that Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino should lose its nonprofit status.


Tom Flynn, attorney for Prairie Meadows, said…
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Former attorneys general, judges allege injustice in Rubashkin case

Des Moines Register: Prosecutors used disturbing tactics that secured a 27-year prison sentence for Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive Sholom Rubashkin, according to a letter signed by more than 100 former U.S. attorneys general, judges and others. …

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Bair recognized as ‘State Star’ by SBDC

Ted Bair, regional director of the Iowa State University Small Business Development Center in Ames, has been named the 2016 Iowa “State Star” by the national Small Business Development Center organization, America’s SBDC. Bair was …

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Sam & Gabe’s to open East Village restaurant

Popular Urbandale restaurant Sam & Gabe’s Italian Bistro plans to open a downtown Des Moines location this summer, The Des Moines Register reported. It will be located inside the Lyon, an 11-story building at the corner of …

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UnityPoint Clinic names regional vice president

Patricia Newland

UnityPoint Clinic announced that Dr. Patricia Newland has been promoted to regional vice president/medical director for UnityPoint Clinic Central Iowa, which includes 50 clinics. Newland, currently the medical director of quality for UnityPoint …

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Colby Interests has a plan B for Apple Valley

 

Colby Interests hopes to start construction next week on its backup plan for the rejuvenation of Apple Valley shopping center at 73rd Street and University Avenue, President Theresa Greenfield said.


Rather than a wholesale…
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Acoustic music stage added at Arts Festival

Meredith Corp. is sponsoring a new acoustic stage at this year’s Des Moines Arts Festival downtown June 24-26. “Live music is an important feature of our festival’s goal to bring culture and the arts of all varieties …