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Elevate offers scholarships for manufacturing training

Elevate Advanced Manufacturing, a nonprofit initiative encouraging careers in manufacturing, is offering 15 scholarships of $500 each to Iowa high school seniors. The students must be  interested in studying a manufacturing-related career at one of…
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Architects reported a slow January

Billings for design work declined in January, reflecting the blahs of the overall economy. “January was a rocky month throughout the economy, with falling oil prices, international economic concerns, and with steep declines in stock …

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HUD announces funds for Sac & Fox housing in Tama

Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa will receive a $316,707 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing development, assistance to housing developed under the Indian Housing Program …

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Drake to again offer M.P.A. program in Ames

Drake University will hold information sessions for students who are interested in taking courses in Ames toward a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) degree. Classes for the two-year Ames M.P.A. cohort program are held on …

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IDALS opens nomination for Conservation Farmer of the Year

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has opened nominations for the Iowa Conservation Farmer of the Year Award. The statewide award goes to a farmer who makes outstanding contributions to soil conservation and …

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Registration still open for financial literacy scholarships

Iowa high school seniors still have time to register for a scholarship that gives them a chance to receive $2,000 for college while learning important financial literacy skills. In addition, each recipient’s high school will…
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Business Insider: This year’s stock market jitters have some shades of ’08

This has been a jittery year for the markets, with hints of the trouble that preceded the 2008 crash, Business Insider reported. 


The trouble began with circuit-breaker halts in Chinese stock markets and continued with a…
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Quarterly small business optimism survey takes January bounce

Small business owners expressed a level of optimism not seen in a year in the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey, conducted Jan. 11-15. The index’s overall score rose to 67, a 13-point gain…
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Iowa business court is here to stay

The Iowa Business Specialty Court has cleared its test run and has been declared a part of the state’s judicial system. A three-year experiment with the business court, which handles complex commercial cases that involve …

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Community Foundation charitable funds increased in 2015

Another $50 million in charitable donations were made to the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines last year, resulting in 184 new charitable funds and $398 million in funds under administration. Collectively, more than $26 …