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DMACC receives Wells Fargo grant to expand ESL training

A $10,000 grant from Wells Fargo Financial will help nearly 500 English as a Second Language (ESL) learners this summer at Des Moines Area Community College’s Downtown Urban Campus, which is one of the most …

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CNN: Raygun a ‘landmark’ for presidential politics

When it comes to Midwest humor, there’s a line that you don’t cross, writes Maeve Reston with CNN. But Mike Draper’s Raygun clothing company pushes it to the edge. For anyone who trades in presidential politics, …

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NewLink Genetics’ Ebola vaccine effective in large African clinical trial

NewLink Genetics Corp. today announced that the international partnership studying the VSV-ZEBOV (Ebola) vaccine candidate in Guinea has released interim data suggesting that it is effective against Ebola in a large clinical trial. According to …

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Volunteers set record, pull 30 tons of trash from Wapsipinicon

Volunteers pulled 30 tons of trash from the Wapsipinicon River in eastern Iowa this year, setting a record for Project AWARE. A total of 433 volunteers from 11 states, Sweden and China helped participated in the five-day, …

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Kum & Go unveils prototype for new stores

Kum & Go plans to build its newest prototype, a 6,000-square-foot store with expanded prepared foods, in Johnston this year. It will replace an older Kum & Go store near the Wynnsong movie theaters. The …

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Events drawing visitors to Greater Des Moines, week of Aug. 3

Event Arrival Departure Attendance Meeting Venue City Annual Conference 8/4/2015 8/6/2015 1750 Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center Des Moines State Convention 8/5/2015 8/7/2015 200 Prairie Meadows Casino Racetrack & Hotel Altoona Petroleum Collectors Convention…
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Hubbell unveils a bridge for the Bridge District

 

Hubbell Realty Co. will take an out-of-commission Iowa county bridge and repurpose it as public art as part of a 16-acre urban neighborhood that will bring 500 housing units to an area of Des …

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Group to push cooperation on regional water plant

Area water utility managers are taking a step back from a proposal to build a regional water plant, moving instead to promote informal cooperation through a technical advisory committee first.

 

Bill Stowe, general manager …

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Decline in oil prices feeds investments in factories

America’s energy rebirth is the gift that keeps on giving for the economy. But this year, it’s more about construction than drilling holes in the ground,Bloomberg reports.

 

Although the collapse in oil and gas …

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Bousselot named governor’s chief of staff

Gov. Terry Branstad today announced that current governor’s office legal counsel Michael Bousselot will be the next chief of staff to the governor and lieutenant governor. Bousselot’s selection comes after the announcement that current Chief …