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Bankers Trust announces commercial lending leadership changes

Bankers Trust has announced leadership updates within the bank’s Commercial Lending division. Mike Wilson (upper photo), chief lending officer, will retire at the end of the month, after five years with the bank and more than 30 …

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10th annual One Iowa LGBTQ Health and Wellness Conference to focus on holistic health

Ten years ago, affirming health care for LGBTQ Iowans could be hard to come by. Since then, several clinics focused on serving the LGBTQ population have opened across the state.

While there is now an …

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North Liberty Leader newspaper shuts down

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The final edition of the weekly North Liberty Leader was published today. Bob Woodward of Woodward Communications, which publishes the paper, said some of the factors that led to the decision was the …

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Layoffs announced as Iowa’s last greyhound track prepares to close in May

Des Moines Register: Iowa’s last surviving greyhound racing track gave the state notice this month that it intends to lay off 58 employees by May 15 — marking the end of an era after a final, …

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United Way of Central Iowa raising awareness of 211 Iowa referral service on Friday

The United Way of Central Iowa will recognize the free 211 Iowa information and referral service on Friday by celebrating 211 Day, to coincide with the date, Feb. 11. The United Way is asking people to help …

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2022 Inspiring Women of Iowa award finalists announced

The 16 finalists for the annual Inspiring Women of Iowa awards have been announced. The event, whose proceeds benefit the Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa, honors women of courage, confidence and character, as well as …

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Tax reform bills advance in the Legislature

The Iowa House Ways and Means Committee has approved the House GOP tax reform plan, setting the stage for the bill to go to the House floor for debate. The committee approved House Study Bill 626 late …

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Introducing: The Drake Business Clinic

Drake University is busy taking its entrepreneurial education program to the next level, under the leadership of a serial entrepreneur and change-maker, Bill Adamowski.

Adamowski was recruited to Drake in early 2020 — shortly before the…
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: A top researcher says it’s time to rethink our entire approach to preschool

A researcher at Vanderbilt University who has been studying early childhood education for decades recently made some discoveries that have caused her to question everything she thought she knew, as this story by NPR details. The study, …

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Iowa poultry producers closely watching flocks after Indiana bird flu outbreak

Des Moines Register: With avian influenza creeping closer to Iowa, poultry producers are closely watching flocks for signs of the highly contagious disease that swept through the state’s commercial and backyard flocks nearly seven years ago, …

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