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Lee Enterprises profit rises, revenue down

Revenue slid by 5 percent in the first quarter for Davenport-based Lee Enterprises Inc., parent of the Quad-City Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the St. Louis newspaper reported. Total operating revenue for the period ended Dec. …

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Jackson elected president of Healthiest State board

The Healthiest State Initiative board of directors has elected Laura Jackson as president of its board. Jackson, who is executive vice president of health care innovation and business development for Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue …

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Kemin, Workiva among Iowa firms struggling to find workers

Workiva Inc.’s Ames campus features an indoor basketball court, foosball tables and a fireside lounge, but also a large prize wheel that can only be used by employees who refer new hires, The New York Times …

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Chesnut named dean of Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

  Renae Chesnut

Renae Chesnut, professor of pharmacy practice, has been named dean of the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, effective immediately. She has been interim dean since June 2015. Chesnut earned …

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Chesnut named dean of Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

  Renae Chesnut

Renae Chesnut, professor of pharmacy practice, has been named dean of the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, effective immediately. She has been interim dean since June 2015. Chesnut earned …

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Event April 10: 2016 Fight for Air Climb

More than 30 companies have already signed up to organize teams for this year’s Fight for Air Climb, scheduled on Sunday, April 10, in downtown Des Moines. Almost 90 cents of every dollar raised goes …

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U-C study: Most areas could feed themselves with food from a 50-mile radius

A University of California, Merced environmental engineering professor recently published a study that found that most of the country could grow enough food within 50 miles to feed nearly all of the local population.


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Three potential economic threats for Iowa

So, what indicators out there are keeping our industry experts and economists sleeping with one eye open? We wanted to hear what they are watching in 2016 and beyond. Below are three of the 13 threats…
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Iowa City named Blue Zones Community

Iowa City has been named a certified Blue Zones Community, the 15th city in Iowa to earn the designation. A collaboration of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Healthways Inc. and Blue Zones LLC, the …

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PR: GOP lawmakers want sales tax to pay for schools, not water quality

Statehouse Republicans are attempting to short-circuit a proposal by GOP colleague Gov. Terry Branstad to extend a sales tax intended for education so part of the money could be used to clean up Iowa’s waterways, Iowa …

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