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HarvestPlains Health launches as Medicare Advantage plan

HarvestPlains Health, a new Greater Des Moines-based not-for-profit health plan, has entered the Medicare Advantage market in Dallas, Polk and Warren counties. The health plan was founded by Prominence Health, a subsidiary of Catholic Health …

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Veridian Credit Union hosts five shred-day sites Saturday

Veridian Credit Union will host a community shred day at five spots across Iowa Saturday. The shred day, from 9 a.m. to noon at Veridian Credit Unions in five Iowa cities, will provide Iowans a way…
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Event Nov. 19: Drake, ISU to hold soil and water conference

Drake University and Iowa State University plan a two-day soil and water conservation conference Nov. 19-20 at Drake’s Olmsted Center. More than 40 speakers will appear in sessions planned by Drake’s Agricultural Law Center and …

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Iowa credit unions post double-digit loan gains

Iowa credit unions experienced strong loan and membership growth in the first half of 2015, according to data posted by the Iowa Credit Union League.


Loan growth of 12.6 percent resulted $3.3 billion in loan originations as…
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Meyer named Cy’s favorite alum

Greater Des Moines Partnership President Gene Meyer has been named Cy’s favorite alum by the Iowa State University athletics department. He will be recognized on Saturday on the field at Jack Trice Stadium at the …

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ISU architect students receive award for work on Mitchellville prison

A project by Iowa State University landscape architecture students has won the Community Service Award of Excellence from the American Society of Landscape Architects. The awards recognize the top work of landscape architecture students in …

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Event Oct. 7: Clive seeks citizen comment on greenbelt plan

Clive residents are being asked to comment on two city proposals for Walnut Creek to improve recreational opportunities and water quality. The 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. meeting on Oct. 7 at the Clive Special Events …

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Franchise owners seek to overturn NLRB ‘joint employer’ ruling

Hundreds of franchise owners are blanketing Capitol Hill this week to urge members of Congress to roll back the National Labor Relations Board’s expansion of who is a “joint employer,” the Washington Business Journal reported. The Protecting …

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UI: Burning oat hulls in power plant reduces harmful emissions

The University of Iowa reports that burning a 50-50 mix of oat hulls and coal in the university’s power plant reduced harmful emissions.


The technique cut carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent and also reduced…
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2015 home sales could top 2006 peak in sales


The Greater Des Moines housing market could generate 12,000 home sales this year, topping the 11,185 that were sold at the peak of the housing market in 2006, prior to the Great Recession.


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