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CVB to showcase Central Iowa visitor experience in new summer ads

The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau has launched a new look for its summer marketing campaign, further emphasizing the visitor experience in Greater Des Moines.

 

New in 2015, the campaign will feature …

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Social Media Club event to focus on guarding your social media image

The Social Media Club of Des Moines will host an event on April 21 designed to educate participants on how recruiters, potential employers and the law perceive social media. The event, scheduled to take place …

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Nearly nine in 10 have health care insurance

A poll by Gallup found that the uninsured rate among U.S adults declined to 11.9 percent in the first quarter, down one percentage point from the end of last year and an improvement from the …

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Free course to provide training for direct care workers

Employment, education and nonprofit organizations in Iowa have partnered to create a Direct Care Professionals Training Program to address the shortage of qualified direct care professionals and provide employment opportunities to unemployed or underemployed individuals. …

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ISU Alumni Association receives $2.5 million endowment

 

Lora and Russ Talbot

A Belmond, Iowa, couple has established an endowed president and CEO position for the Iowa State University Alumni Association. The $2.5 million gift from Lora and Russ Talbot, announced Friday night …

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Earn more, live longer

No matter how much you earn, people who earn more than you are likelier to be healthier and live longer, Bloomberg reported.

 

At least that is the takeaway from a new report by researchers at the Urban …

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Bravo now accepting cultural enrichment grant applications

Bravo Greater Des Moines is now accepting applications for its 2015-16 Cultural Enrichment Grant cycle. The grant program provides operating support to Central Iowa arts, culture and heritage organizations. Information, guidelines and the application are …

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Airport passenger traffic up 2.9 percent in March

Passenger traffic continued steady growth at Des Moines International Airport in March, rising 2.9 percent to 200,959.  For the year, traffic was up 2.4 percent, to 549,075. Cargo was up 5.9 percent in March and …

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Coach USA seeks drivers

Coach USA is feeling the same pain as many carriers and bus companies — a shortage of drivers. Spokesman Sean Hughes, in Des Moines to speak to a conference Friday, said Coach USA, which is …

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Appeals court sends fight over clean water back to U.S. District Court

For years, the nonprofit Iowa Environmental Council and other members of the Mississippi River Collaborative (MRC) have asked federal courts to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set limits for nitrogen and phosphorus, two …