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Des Moines-area sewage plant launches reuse program

The Des Moines-area sewage treatment plant plans to spend $19 million on a system that will pull much of the phosphorus from wastewater and turn it into fertilizer pellets to be sold to farmers, The Des …

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Kum & Go to donate $600,000 to Habitat for Humanity, help build homes

Kum & Go LC and its customers will donate more than $600,000 to Habitat for Humanity as part of the housing organization’s nationwide fundraising effort. More than $370,000 was donated by Kum & Go customers. …

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Chicago firm to promote economic development in eastern Polk County

Chicago advertising agency MACLYN has been hired by Eastern Polk Regional Development Inc. to create a brand campaign and website this fall, according to a release. The firm developed the recent AltoonaNow campaign and created …

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USDA spends $70 million on Iowa projects in early ’16

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rural development programs have spent $70 million during the first half of the 2016 budget for 24 infrastructure projects. This funding includes $13 million to support 12 projects that will …

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Insurance commissioner sues feds over CoOportunity repayments

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart, in his capacity as liquidator of CoOportunity Health, filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in U.S. District…
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Stock watch: Most Iowa stocks gained in April

April was a good month for Iowa stocks as a majority of the companies tracked by the Business Record posted price gains for the month. Just 10 stocks ended the month with a decline in…
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Branstad eyes sales tax for water quality, joins fray as politicians blame each other for inaction

Gov. Terry Branstad told reporters Monday that he might consider approving the 3/8ths of 1 percent sales tax to fund a voter-approved conservation and recreation fund if it were offset by income tax cuts.


Lawmakers…
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United Way urges community to help kids read

United Way of Central Iowa is launching a grass-roots campaign to get Greater Des Moines residents to volunteer to help children learn to read — a key strategy in a communitywide plan to help more…
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Iowa Leading Indicators Index posts first increase since December 2014

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index, a measure of the state economy that is compiled by the Department of Revenue, recorded its first increase in more than a year in March, when the index rose to …

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Hargens, Spiegel receive advanced manufacturing leadership awards

Roger Hargens, president and CEO of Ankeny-based AccuMold, received NACFAM’s Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Award at its Annual Conference dinner on April 28. Hargens was selected to receive the Advanced Manufacturing Leadership Award for a mid-size …