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Iowa Utilities Board suspends its review of Rock Island Clean Line

The Iowa Utilities Board reports that it has suspended review of the Rock Island Clean Line at the developers’ request. The proposed 500-mile electrical transmission line would carry wind-generated energy from northwest Iowa to Illinois …

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Event Nov. 19: Mediacom sponsors Shoes That Fit shopping tonight

Dozens of volunteers will purchase hundreds of winter coats and boots today during a Shoes That Fit Power Shopping event. The event, at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Windsor Heights from 5 to 7 p.m., is …

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Event Nov. 20-22: Ames plans Startup Weekend

The international Startup Weekend events for Global Entrepreneurship will include a weekend of sessions in Ames Friday through Sunday. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Gerdin Business Building at Iowa State University. …

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U.S. House votes to roll back mortgage rules

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that critics argue rolls back regulations for mortgages that were created to prevent the bad lending practices responsible for the financial crisis of 2008, The Hill reported.


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Lincoln Savings buys land for new Adel branch

Lincoln Savings Bank plans to build a new branch office in Adel at the northeast corner of the intersection of U.S. Highways 6 and 169. For the past 37 years, the site has been the…
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KIrkwood Hotel purchase for condo conversion ‘near the finish line’

Timothy Schutte hopes to close Friday on the purchase of the KIrkwood Hotel at 400 Walnut St., a deal that will result in the downtown landmark’s conversion to condominiums. “We’re near the finish line,” Schutte …

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Baker chooses Army Post Road for manufacturing facility

The city of Des Moines and Britt Baker’s Electrical Power Products Inc. (EP2) have dodged a massive earthmoving operation, one that would have raised the elevation of 40 acres of land by six feet in…
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State tests new emissions inventory system

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ air quality bureau is testing a new online system for its emissions inventory. The system is designed to make it easier for businesses to report emissions and is expected …

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Principal, Rockwell Collins earn top LGBT corporate equality ratings

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today released its annual report on LGBT inclusion in major companies and law firms across the nation. The 2016 …

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U.S. Bank is top SBA lender to women-owned businesses

U.S. Bank will be recognized as the top Small Business Administration lender to women-owned businesses in Iowa for fiscal year 2015 on Nov. 19 at the NAWBO Central Iowa Celebration of Excellence event. U.S. Bank …