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Drake selects former UNI administrator as provost

Sue Mattison

Drake University has selected a Wisconsin university administrator with deep Iowa ties to be its next provost. Sue Mattison, dean of the College of Professional Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay since …

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Dwolla lays off 12

Mobile payment startup Dwolla Inc. has confirmed it laid off 12 full- and part-time employees in Des Moines, Local 5 News reported. A former Dwolla employee told the TV station the layoffs were announced last week and …

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Fridley Theatres plans Waukee project

Des Moines-based Fridley Theatres plans to build a 12-screen theater called The Palms in Waukee next year, The Des Moines Register reported. The movie theater company bought 15 acres on the northwest corner of Northeast Westgate Drive …

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iWireless adds 4G in Des Moines area

iWireless, of Urbandale, has added 4G LTE service to the Des Moines area, including Ankeny, Johnston, Urbandale, Clive, Waukee, West Des Moines, Altoona and Norwalk. iWireless also added 4G in the Cedar Rapids and Waterloo/Cedar …

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State panel approves new air pollution fees

After years of study and negotiations, the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission this week approved new fees and air quality permit requirements designed to cover a budget shortfall in the air quality bureau.


The Iowa Department…
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Grassley blasts deal to extend green card investment program without reforms

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley blasted congressional leaders and real estate lobbyists Thursday for inducing a vote to extend a controversial immigration program known as EB-5 without enacting changes Grassley said would cut down on fraud, …

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Downtown Winter Farmers Market returns today, Saturday

The Downtown Winter Farmers Market presented by UnityPoint Health – Des Moines returns today and Saturday at Kaleidoscope at the Hub and Capital Square. The Winter Market will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each …

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Iowa unemployment rate falls to 3.4 percent

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent in November, the lowest rate since 2001, Iowa Workforce Development reported. The rate was 3.5 percent in October, and 4.3 percent a year ago. The U.S. …

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Joshua Barr replaces Rudy Simms at D.M. rights department

Joshua V. Barr, began working as the new director of the city of Des Moines’ Civil and Human Rights Commission in mid-October. Barr, who most recently was a civil rights attorney in South Carolina and …

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Feds to state: Delay Medicaid transition until March

Federal officials told Iowa on Thursday it doesn’t believe the state is ready to transition its $5 billion Medicaid program to managed care on Jan. 1, delaying the move until March 1, the Cedar Rapids Gazette…
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