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TechBrew comes to Valley Junction July 9

The Technology Association of Iowa brings its TechBrew networking series to Valley Junction beginning at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 9. This will be an informal gathering of entrepreneurs, technologists, business people and funders, with live jazz …

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Tepid growth last month in services sector

The U.S. services sector expansion eased for a third straight month in June, pressured by a slowdown in employment and output growth, according to an industry report, Reuters reported. Financial firm Markit said its final reading of …

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First arts festival planned in Waukee

The Waukee Area Arts Council will host the first annual Waukee Arts Festival on July 19 from 12 to 8 p.m. in conjunction with Sundays in Centennial and the Jazz in July concert. The festival …

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Hearing Friday to work out city franchise fee refund

 

Attorneys for the city of Des Moines and resident Lisa Kragnes will meet in court Friday to work out the details of a $40 million refund of fees the city collected for five years …

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Drake to launch community health coach program

A new grant-funded health program will position Drake University as a strategic leader in community health across the state and increase financial aid to Drake students who are engaged in public service, the university announced.…

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Davenport gets dangerous smoke from fireworks

For the second time in seven years, Davenport had a brief air-quality problem related to its fireworks display over the weekend, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported. Smoke from the display got caught in …

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UI draws dozens of apps for president position

With several weeks to go before the July 31 deadline, the University of Iowa has drawn dozens of applications and nominations for university president. So far, 11 candidates have submitted applications, 16 have said they …

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Altoona takes up site plan for third Facebook building

The Altoona City Council will consider a site plan for the third building at the Facebook Inc. server farm north of Interstate Highway 80 and west of Northeast 56th Street. The 632,690-square-foot structure will be …

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STEM Advisory Council to expand business-education partnerships

The Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council announced this morning it has designated $150,000 of its state legislative funding to support the establishment of six additional learning partnerships, one in each of the state’s six Science, …

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Study: Women still do way more housework than men

BY LIFT IOWA STAFF | @LiftIOWA

 

Why are there so few women as CEOs, senators, law firm partners, venture capitalists and hedge fund moguls, not to mention female executives lower down the chain?

 

Because we …