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Trucking company Old Dominion adds seven service centers, including Clear Lake

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. announced an expansion of its service centers in seven cities across the country, among them a new 32-door facility in Clear Lake, Iowa, at the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 …
By BPC Staff | Mar 29, 2022
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Principal releases data from ‘check-in’ survey of owners of small to medium-sized businesses

In response to the ever-changing operating environment for small and midsize businesses, Principal Financial Group recently conducted a “check-in” with business owners across the United States. The survey, which polled more than 1,000 business owners …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Mar 29, 2022
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Marshall County’s unemployment rate highest in Iowa

The map produced by Iowa Workforce Development shows unemployment rates by county. Marshall County has the state’s highest unemployment rate at 8.9%. For more detailed information, click here.

Marshall County has Iowa’s highest unemployment rate with …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Mar 29, 2022
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: AI and human enhancement: Americans’ openness is tempered by a range of concerns

A new survey from Pew Research Center found that on the topic of artificial intelligence and the way it has and could become part of our society, the American public sees the promise of new technology for …
By BPC Staff | Mar 29, 2022
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UnityPoint Health-Des Moines hospitals named LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leaders

All four of UnityPoint Health-Des Moines’ hospitals — Blank Children’s Hospital, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Iowa Lutheran Hospital and Methodist West Hospital — received the top ranking of 100 in a national ranking of hospitals’ …
By BPC Staff | Mar 29, 2022
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Urbandale moves forward with community recreation complex plans

The Urbandale City Council last week directed city staff to prepare preliminary plans for a community recreation complex on the southeast corner of Meredith Drive and 152nd Street in Walnut Creek Regional Park. “The Recreation Complex will …
By BPC Staff | Mar 29, 2022
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Business Council’s Q1 outlook shows optimism tempered by supply chain disruptions

Continued concerns with workforce shortages, supply chain disruptions and inflation have tempered expectations for the next six months, but business leaders remain optimistic, according to the Iowa Business Council’s first-quarter economic outlook released Monday.

The …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Mar 29, 2022
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Supreme Court to hear pork producers’ challenge to California animal anti-cruelty law

Los Angeles Times: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a constitutional challenge to a California ballot measure that would force pork producers across the country to end “extreme methods” of confining breeding pigs. The justices …
By BPC Staff | Mar 28, 2022
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West Bank ranks again on top-performing list; site work to start on new headquarters

West Bank was recognized for a second consecutive year as one of the 50 top-performing large community banks in the country in 2021, as ranked by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The West Des Moines-based bank was ranked …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Mar 28, 2022
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Wellmark Foundation, Drake establish employee health care scholarships for Bright College

The Wellmark Foundation and Drake University announced today they will fund two-year scholarships for local health care employees or their family members through the new John Dee Bright Wellmark Health Care Appreciation Scholarship. The organizations …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Mar 28, 2022