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Ankeny and Urbandale among the best for ‘small-city living’

Financial services website WalletHub has a habit of looking for the best and worst in just about everything, and its latest adventure has been an evaluation of what it calls “small-city living.” WalletHub identified 1,268 …

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STEM council seeks candidates for scale program

The Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council is accepting applications for a partnership that will help programs grow across Iowa during the 2016-17 academic year. Each year, the STEM council helps pay for programs delivered to …

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Event Nov. 18: Caven to speak at Start-up Stories

Elizabeth Caven, founder of UpCraft Club, will join Square One DSM’s Mike Colwell for Start-up Stories at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 18 at Two Ruan Center. UpCraft Club is a curated e-commerce shop that sells digital sewing patterns …

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Many companies making acquisitions out of their primary sector

A new Ernst & Young survey found that 93 percent of U.S. companies seeking acquisitions are doing so outside their own business sector.


That means the usual industry boundaries are blurring, EY reported.


Key findings of the…
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Should employers stop asking job applicants about felony convictions?

President Barack Obama on Monday ordered federal agencies to stop asking prospective employees about their criminal histories early in the application process, and in a speech, he said millions of Americans are prevented from joining…
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Ag, food, natural resources sectors struggle to fill 60,000 jobs

A new report from Purdue University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that the agriculture, food and natural resources sectors will struggle to fill the nearly 60,000 jobs expected to be open in each …

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Event Nov. 12: Friends of Iowa Justice For Our Neighbors fundraiser

Friends of Iowa Justice For Our Neighbors will host a benefit Nov. 12 to fund continued immigration legal services for unaccompanied children fleeing extreme violence in Central America who are resettled in Iowa. The leadership …

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Event Nov. 23: Grassley, Ernst to speak on agriculture, bioscience

The Iowa Caucus Consortium’s Federal Issues Series will feature U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst in a discussion of how agriculture and bioscience policies will affect the presidential election. Brent Willett, executive director of…
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$1.5M federal grant creates Midwest big data hub

Iowa State University is one of five universities creating a Midwest big data hub with the support of a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.


The Midwest hub, which will be known…
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Iowa Energy Center developing education grants program

The Iowa Energy Center is developing a grant program aimed at expanding energy education statewide. The Ames-based center has launched a set of six pilot projects at K-12 schools as well as community colleges. The projects that …