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Marshall named Hy-Vee chief operating officer

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Jay Marshall, executive vice president and chief retail officer of Hy-Vee Inc., has been named Hy-Vee’s new chief operating officer. Marshall will retain all responsibility for retail operations and store development and …

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MPO chosen for academy training

The national nonprofit Transportation for America selected Greater Des Moines as one of seven regions that will participate in the Transportation Leadership Academy, a new yearlong training program on how to use performance measures. The …

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Telligen Community Initiative seeks grant applicants

Telligen Community Initiative, the private nonprofit foundation of Telligen Inc., has announced a call for proposals from Iowa applicants for the 2016 grant period. The foundation will award single-year grants of up to $50,000 to …

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SBDC to offer social media classes for small businesses

The Iowa Small Business Development Center has teamed with social media strategist Justin Wise of Think Digital to offer a series of social media classes for small businesses. The six-class series will help small business …

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Greater Des Moines house sales and prices were on the rise at year’s end

The end-of-year numbers for Greater Des Moines house sales reflect a market that advanced in all key measures over 2014.


House sales were up 11.4 percent from the previous year, with 12,932 sales compared with…
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Airport traffic sets record, work on new terminal proceeds

The Des Moines Airport Authority, shortly after learning that passenger traffic set another record in 2015, hired a lobbyist to help seek support for a $420 million project to build a proposed terminal and associated…
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Johnston mayor is running to catch up to a promise

Johnston Mayor Paula Dierenfeld isn’t daunted by the prospect of running 25 to 30 miles a week, but these days she is picking them up and putting them down at the pace of about 10 …

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Des Moines City Council gives first nod to revised Seventh and Grand development plan

A fresh deal for the redevelopment of the Seventh Street and Grand Avenue parking ramp site in downtown Des Moines received preliminary approval Monday from the Des Moines City Council. Under the agreement, Principal Financial …

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Gerhart to chair NAIC’s life and annuities committee

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has named its 2016 committee chairs and vice chairs and assigned members to the organization’s standing committees. Nick Gerhart, Iowa insurance commissioner, was named chair of the NAIC’s Life …

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Iowa Lottery CEO expects ‘huge discussion’ on sports betting

The CEO of the Iowa Lottery, Terry Rich, expects fantasy sports and sports betting in general to be considered this year by the Iowa Legislature, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. “I think there’s going to be a …