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VOTE: Who’s the most influential business leader?

We want to know who our members think is the most influential business leader in the Des Moines metro area. 

So, for the fourth straight year we are opening up a vote that gives you…
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Ahmad named Partnership’s public relations VP

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has hired Sophia Ahmad as vice president of public relations. Ahmad has served as director of marketing and public relations at the Des Moines Symphony & Academy since 2011, and …

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Quality Food Processors in Denison planning expansion

Denison-based Quality Food Processors said Monday it wants to invest $20 million to expand its bacon production plant, a project that could create 200 jobs, The Des Moines Register reports. The company, owned by a group of …

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Iowa Grocery Industry Association names new chairman

Todd Keech, sectional division director of sales – convenience channel for PepsiCo Warehouse Sales, is the new chairman of the Iowa Grocery Industry Association board of directors. Keech replaces Tom Watson, executive vice president and …

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Coldwell Banker Mid-America Group names new president

Robert Burns will take over as president of West Des Moines-based Coldwell Banker Mid-America Group on Sept. 1, leading a family-owned operation that was launched in 1961 by the late Marvin Pomerantz. Burns succeeds Randall…
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DART to donate three vans to nonprofits

DART will donate three retired RideShare vans to nonprofit organizations, community groups or government agencies within its service area this fall. Organizations seeking to receive a van must apply by Sept. 11. The van donation …

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D.M. wants to know whether it is meeting parks and recreation needs

Several thousand Des Moines residents should expect to hear from the ETC Institute of Olathe, Kan., in the next few days as the company attempts to gauge citizen satisfaction with parks and recreational opportunities. The …

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United Way announces 2015-16 leadership

  Jim Israel

Retired Deere & Co. executive Jim Israel will chair the 2015 United Way Campaign, United Way of Central Iowa announced today.

Israel, formerly president of Deere’s Worldwide Financial Services Division, will lead…
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Cash sales decline in housing market

Cash sales accounted for nearly 32 percent of all homes sales in May, a drop of 3 percentage points from May 2014 and marking the 29th consecutive month of year-over-year declines, real estate analytics firm …

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DHS announces winning Medicaid managed care organizations

The Iowa Department of Human Services has issued a notice of intent to award contracts to four bidders for Gov. Terry Branstad’s Medicaid Modernization initiative. The bidders announced Monday are Amerigroup Iowa Inc., AmeriHealth Caritas …