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Prairie Meadows awards $20K grant to Oakridge Neighborhood preschool

Prairie Meadows awarded a $20,000 Betterment Grant to help fund the renovation and installation of synthetic play-safe turf on the playground at Oakridge Neighborhood’s Oak Academy Early Learning and Preschool. The newly refurbished playground will …

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Availa Bank announces new Council Bluffs market president

Availa Bank announced that Dave Zimmerman will be taking over the role of Council Bluffs market president. Zimmerman is a 19-year Availa Bank employee and he has 25 years of banking experience. He began his …

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Des Moines-area residential construction continues to cool

New home construction in Greater Des Moines continued slowing down in October, with one-third fewer residential building permits issued than in October 2021, a review of communities’ building permit data shows.

Specifically, 253 residential building …

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Iowa State crafting ‘health and well-being strategic plan’

Cedar Rapids Gazette: With an alarming portion of its students determined to be in psychological distress, Iowa State University is preparing a student wellness needs assessment it plans to use to develop a “health and well-being …

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Ember Recovery Campus receives $1M Variety grant

YSS announced it has received a $1 million grant from Variety — the Children’s Charity to fund its new Ember Recovery Campus. Ember will be located on 50 acres near Cambridge and offer residential addiction treatment, …

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Ankeny Fire Department asks for help in toy donations

The Ankeny Fire Department is asking for the community’s help to make sure that children in need can celebrate Christmas through the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots campaign. The fire department will hold a …

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Children’s Cancer Connection introduces Winter Wishes

Children’s Cancer Connection is partnering with businesses and organizations wanting to get involved with spreading holiday cheer to families undergoing childhood cancer treatment. The organization will be matching families this upcoming season. Each year, the …

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ChangeX launches third Community Challenge fund in DM

ChangeX, an international nonprofit with teams based across Europe and the Americas, announced Tuesday it has launched a $55,000 fund to help community groups, schools or organizations start or expand community projects in the Greater …

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Raygun partners with the Onion for holiday pop-up shop

Satirical newspaper the Onion will for the first time sell Onion products in brick-and-mortar stores by partnering with Raygun. The retailer, which started in downtown Des Moines, is a clothing and home goods store that …

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ABI’s Connecting Statewide Leaders series comes to Ames Dec. 1

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry, Leadership Iowa alumni and the current Leadership Iowa class will join community leaders on Dec. 1 in Ames to discuss innovation and technology.

The meeting is part of …