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Technology Association aims to improve diversity

The Technology Association of Iowa has formed a committee to help increase diversity and inclusiveness in Iowa’s technology community. The committee aims to help people team up to create more access to high-skill, high-tech careers …

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Iowa ranks ninth in nation for obese residents

The latest Gallup-Healthways Wellbeing Index reported that 31.3 percent of Iowans are obese — a category indicating their weight could be a health risk. Last year, the same poll found that 29 percent of us were …

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Tight home market drives up prices

U.S. home prices rose at a steady pace in March, pushed higher by a limited supply of houses for sale, the New York Times reported.

 

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5 …

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CVB launches new comprehensive community calendar

The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau today launched a new comprehensive community calendar, providing visitors and local residents with a more extensive, advanced list of things to do in the area. The site, …

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Delta to add Des Moines service to Salt Lake City

Delta has announced it will add round-trip service between Des Moines International Airport and Salt Lake City beginning Sept. 1. The daily flight will be on Delta Connection on a 76-seat E-176, departing at 5:15 …

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ISU to establish Forensic Science Center

The U.S. Commerce Department has awarded Iowa State University up to $20 million to establish a Forensic Science Center of Excellence focused on pattern and digital evidence. The center will be a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University, the …

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Beck’s seed to open Colfax facility

Beck’s, a retail seed company in the United States, plans a complex on an 80-acre site in Colfax. The site, expected to open in 2016, will include a 90,000-square-foot seed distribution facility, research, and farmer …

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State grants money for convention center hotel, expansion of Urbandale firm

The Iowa Economic Development Authority last week gave final approval, with a caveat, to a $36.5 million rebate of sales and hotel/motel tax revenues into a sprawling area in downtown Des Moines that will include …

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Ames National Corp. also among top Iowa banks

Ames National Corp., which operates five affiliate banks, ranked No. 119 in a recent evaluation by American Banker of public banks with up to $2 billion in assets. American Banker based its rankings on average return on …

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Des Moines Arts Festival announces 2015 featured artist

Des Moines Arts Festival organizers announced last week that Benjamin Frey will be the featured artist at this year’s event, scheduled June 26-28. Frey revealed his original artwork, “Across the Horizon,” along with the festival’s …