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Water Works asks to seal certain court records

A federal judge has agreed to allow parties involved in the Des Moines Water Works nitrate lawsuit to keep materials from public view if they “contain confidential, sensitive, or proprietary information.”

The order, issued Aug.…
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Report: 17% of student loans ‘severely delinquent’

Nearly 7 million Americans have gone at least a year without making a payment on their federal student loans, a high level of default that suggests a widening swath of households are unable or unwilling…
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Former Branstad chief of staff Hinch joins lobbying group

Matt Hinch, former chief of staff for Gov. Terry Branstad and before that the head of government relations and public policy for the Greater Des Moines Partnership, has joined the Des Moines office of government …

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City to save nearly $4 million in parking garage demolition contract

The Des Moines City Council on Monday accepted a bid nearly $4 million below the expected cost to demolish the parking garage at Grand Avenue and Seventh Street downtown, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. City staff said the 63 percent …

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Des Moines workers: Job stability most important value

Last Saturday, thousands of workers from across Iowa came out to support Workshift, a national good jobs campaign focused on engaging Americans to set a new people-driven standard for good jobs, and interacted with an …

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GDMLI announces Community Leadership Program participants

Fifty individuals will participate in this year’s Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s Community Leadership Program. Each participant was nominated by a program alumnus. The participants represent private, public and nonprofit sectors within the community. Class …

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After wild ride Dow finishes down 588 points

After opening the day down 1000 points on China fears, the Dow staged a comeback throughout the day, before ultimately finishing down 588 points, or 3.58 percent.


The 588-point decline was the worst for the…
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Gravitate eyes Ames expansion

Gravitate, which long has discussed looking at offering services beyond downtown Des Moines, has met with stakeholders about an operation in Ames. Entrepreneur Geoff Wood of Gravitate wrote in his blog that interest seems to …

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Local nonprofits competing for office technology makeover

Numerous Greater Des Moines nonprofits are in the running for a $15,000 office technology makeover. To win the makeover, nonprofits from 125 counties throughout Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin are participating in the 10th annual Make …

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University of Iowa president finalist forums begin this week

The first of four public forums involving finalists in the search for a new president at the University of Iowa will be held Thursday, Aug. 27. Each of the forums will be held at the …