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Drake schedules major announcement for Monday

Drake University, which has been in the process of selecting a new president, has scheduled a major announcement for 11 a.m. Monday in the Reading Room of Cowles Library, with Board of Trustees Chairman Larry …

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More Metro homeowners are gaining value in their properties

The number of Greater Des Moines residential properties that are valued at less than their mortgages dropped to 8,619 or 7.2 percent through the third quarter of 2014, according to real estate research firm CoreLogic …

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Urbandale approves new development incentives

The Urbandale City Council has approved new financial incentives for projects that add taxable valuation within the Northwest Market Center Urban Renewal Area. New incentives include a three-year 90 percent tax increment financing rebate for rehabilitation/redevelopment of …

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Coopera partners in national immigrant outreach effort

Des Moines-based Hispanic consulting firm Coopera and the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions have launched a national campaign to reach unbanked and underbanked immigrants in the United States with credit union products and …

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Young leaders plan overhaul of Beacon of Life

 

A team from this year’s Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute plans to remodel eight bathrooms at the Beacon of Life by mid-April, part of a Room for Giving, Room for Living campaign that also …

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Feds hope lower fees will lure new homebuyers

 

A quarter of a million Americans who have been shut out of the housing recovery may be able to get a mortgage now that President Barack Obama has cut the cost to insure their …

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Bridgestone tire to lay off 69 workers this week

Slowing demand for farm equipment has prompted the Bridgestone farm tire manufacturing plant in Des Moines to lay off 69 workers, beginning this week, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. Under an agreement with United Steel Workers Local 310, laid-off …

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Gov. Branstad to give annual Condition of the State speech Tuesday

The 2015 session of the Iowa Legislature begins Monday, and Gov. Terry Branstad details his budget proposals and vision for the year in his Condition of the State address at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Branstad’s speech …

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Insurance agents could practice in multiple states under federal bill

In one of its first votes of the new Congress, the House of Representatives revived and overwhelmingly approved a bill that would help insurance agents practice in multiple states, InvestmentNews reported. The bill establishes the National …

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UnityPoint at Home director named to national board

Lori Bishop, executive director of clinical transformation for UnityPoint at Home, was named to the board of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. In her role as a national director, Bishop will support the …