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Cowles Commons’ Lauridsen Fountain now open

Lauridsen Fountain, an interactive and decorative water feature on the newly renovated Cowles Commons, is now open. The fountain opened this week, and while Des Moines Performing Arts Chief Operating Officer Laura Sweet said the …

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State unemployment, injury payments to increase July 5

Maximum weekly benefits paid to jobless Iowans and to workers injured on the job will increase effective July 5, Iowa Workforce Development announced. The rise in benefits was triggered by an increase in wages covered …

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Mercy, Iowa Heart chosen to test blood pressure-lowering device

Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines and the Iowa Heart Center are evaluating a novel device to help lower blood pressure for patients whose condition is resistant to drug treatments. Mercy is one of seven centers in …

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Grimes needs workers for special census

The city of Grimes will join a growing list of Greater Des Moines communities that are conducting a special population count in order to qualify for state revenues that pay for essential services. Most of …

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ISU grad named new Boeing CEO

Dennis Muilenburg, an Iowa State University graduate, was named as CEO of Boeing Co. this week. Muilenburg, 51, had been vice chairman, president and chief operating officer at the company, reports USA Today. On July 1, he …

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Kemin to break ground for headquarters building

Kemin Industries Inc. will host a ceremonial groundbreaking on Friday for its new headquarters building at its southeast Des Moines campus. Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will attend the ceremony, in which …

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What does King v. Burwell ruling mean for you?

Reaction was swift to this morning’s much-anticipated U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which upheld critical language in President Barack Obama’s health care law and maintained the status quo for millions of Americans receiving federal subsidies that …

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Deere lauds trade agreement

Noting that about 38 percent of his company’s revenues came from sales outside the United States and Canada in 2014, Deere & Co. Chairman and CEO Samuel Allen lauded Trade Promotion Authority legislation that passed …

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Greater Des Moines foreclosures and delinquencies were down in April

Foreclosure rates in Greater Des Moines decreased in April over the same period last year, real estate analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. said in a release. Foreclosures made up slightly less than 1 percent of outstanding …

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More than $8 million in AmeriCorps funding allocated

The Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service voted Wednesday to distribute more than $8 million in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service to support AmeriCorps national service members serving within organizations across …