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Endecott named CFO of year for plastics industry

Innovative Injection Technologies’ chief financial officer, Morgan Endecott, has been selected as the Chief Financial Officer of the Year for the North American plastics industry. Endecott, who was honored recently in Chicago, was chosen from …

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Bankers Trust parent among top mid-tier banking operations

BTC Financial Corp., the parent of Bankers Trust Co., was named among American Banker magazine’s top mid-tier banks. Meta Financial Group Inc., the Sioux Falls, S.D.-based parent of MetaBank, which has three branches in Greater Des Moines, …

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PurFoods plans expansion in Ankeny

The Ankeny City Council will consider a development agreement Monday for PurFoods LLC’s planned expansion. The company wants to build a $3.5 million, 30,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse and distribution center at 3210 S.E. Corporate Woods Drive. …

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Project AWARE cleanup eyes Wapsipinicon

Project AWARE, the annual vacation and volunteer effort by paddlers and others, is set to clean 65 miles of the Wapsipinicon River between Independence and Olin July 11-16. Early registration ends June 19. Participants will …

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New section of Ackelson trail opens at Easter Lake

The second section of the Mark C. Ackelson Trail around Easter Lake and through Ewing Park is open, the Polk County Conservation board reported. The new stretch of paved trail spans 1.5 miles on the …

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Neighborhood Finance Corp. honors 2 leaders

  Kathy Kahoun

Neighborhood Finance Corp., the nonprofit mortgage lender that works to improve housing stock in Polk County, has named Kathy Kahoun and Quentin Boyken for its Neighborhood Revitalization award.

 

Kahoun is a …

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UnityPoint Health appoints CEO for Fort Dodge region

UnityPoint Health has named Mike Dewerff as president and CEO for the Fort Dodge region. Dewerff was previously president and chief financial officer for UnityPoint Health-Fort Dodge, which includes Trinity Regional Medical Center, UnityPoint Clinic, …

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Substance Architecture honored for Principal Riverwalk Pavilion

The American Institute of Architects has named Substance Architecture one of seven recipients of its Small Projects award. The Des Moines-based firm won in a category for projects under $1.5 million in construction costs. The …

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Iowa GDP growth slowed to 0.4 percent last year

Iowa’s gain in gross domestic product slowed to 0.4 percent in 2014, ranking 45th in the country, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported. The growth in the three prior years had ranged from 2.2 percent to …

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ISU researchers question workforce skills gap

Two Iowa State University economists dispute the common contention that a skills gap among potential workers is the reason companies struggle to fill positions.

 

Dave Swenson and Liesl Eathington say their analysis of data …