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American Red Cross to host disaster recovery summit

The American Red Cross serving Greater Iowa will host its inaugural Iowa Resiliency Summit on July 29. The event will focus on making Iowa a more prepared and resilient state by building at the community …

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Greater Des Moines foreclosures dropped in May

The rate of foreclosures among outstanding mortgages in the Des Moines area dropped to 0.9 percent in May, down from nearly 1.2 percent in May 2014, real estate analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. said. The national …

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Iowa homes sold more quickly and for more money in June

Iowa home sales increased nearly 10 percent in June from a year ago and the number of days houses were on the market reached a three-year low, the Iowa Association of Realtors said. Active listings …

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Three landowners sue Iowa Utilities Board over Bakken pipeline

Three Iowa landowners have sued the Iowa Utilities Board, contending Dakota Access should not be allowed to use eminent domain to get access to land for a planned 1,134-mile Bakken oil pipeline that would run …

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I-235 rush-hour congestion arrives before its time

A Business Record analysis of state and local records found that Interstate 235 traffic in western Des Moines and West Des Moines already has exceeded what engineers predicted for 2020 when the freeway was planned …

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Des Moines City Council considers changes to popular tax abatement programs

Proposed changes to Des Moines tax abatement programs generated the kind of response Community Development Director Phil Delafield anticipated.

 

Homebuilders are against the changes, at least one neighborhood group opposes them in part, and …

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West Des Moines council to take up Ryan development proposal

Ryan Cos. US Inc., owners of about 37 acres of property at the southwest corner of Jordan Creek Parkway and EP True Parkway in West Des Moines, will take a preliminary plat for its proposed …

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Rastetter’s Summit Farms changes name on 25th anniversary

Alden-based Summit Farms, which began 25 years ago as a 300-acre corn and soybean operation in Hardin County, has changed its name to Summit Agricultural Group, CEO Bruce Rastetter announced. The company now is involved in operations …

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Branstad lobbies EPA on renewable fuel standard

Gov. Terry Branstad and his top aides sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today supporting a renewable fuel standard that would help Iowa’s ethanol and biodiesel industries. “We share the concerns of …

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UnitedHealthcare pays out $1.1 million in bonuses to Iowa doctors

Sixty Iowa physicians collectively received $1.1 million in bonus payments from UnitedHealthcare as part of the health insurer’s Medicare quality program, the company announced today. They are among more than 4,000 care providers nationwide who …