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Hubbell sells Bridge District apartment buildings for $51.8 million

Verve, left, a 128-unit apartment high rise at 225 E. Center St. in Des Moines, and Velocity, a 115-unit apartment building at 200 Des Moines St., have been sold to out-of-state investors. Photos courtesy Polk County …

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Linn County pays more than half a million to former deputy in harassment case

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Linn County and its sheriff’s office are paying a former deputy and his lawyers over half a million dollars to settle his assertions that fellow deputies belittled him for taking leave to help …

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D.M. surgeon accused of inflicting vulgar insults, crude sex talk on women in office

Des Moines Register: Des Moines plastic surgeon Ronald Bergman has routinely subjected female employees and a colleague to vulgar insults and sexual boasts, according to three lawsuits filed in the past two years. Bergman, 72, has …

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Ames Economic Development Commission to conduct laborshed employment survey

The Ames Economic Development Commission is conducting a laborshed employment survey for Story and Boone counties to better define where the area’s workforce lives. The study, being done in partnership with Iowa Workforce Development and …

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Judge rejects Reynolds’ request to toss wrongful termination lawsuit

Des Moines Register: A wrongful termination lawsuit filed against Gov. Kim Reynolds can continue, a district judge ruled. Former Iowa Department of Public Health spokesperson Polly Carver-Kimm sued Reynolds and several other current and former state …

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Report: 10 largest global weather events of 2021 caused $170B in damage

Ten of this year’s most destructive weather events cost a combined $170 billion globally in damage, Digital Insurance reported. According to a new study by Christian Aid, a London-based relief agency, Hurricane Ida, a tropical storm that pummeled much …

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Iowa GDP slows in Q3

Iowa’s gross domestic product grew by just 0.5% in the third quarter, a much slower rate of growth than in the second quarter when Iowa’s GDP grew by 7.7%, one of the strongest performances in …

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Amazon reaches labor deal, giving workers more power to organize

New York Times: Amazon, which faces mounting scrutiny over worker rights, agreed to let its warehouse employees more easily organize in the workplace as part of a nationwide settlement with the National Labor Relations Board this …

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Iowa House Democrats to offer tax-cutting plan of their own

Radio Iowa: The top Democrat in the Iowa House says it would be an extreme step to eliminate the state income tax — a move Gov. Kim Reynolds and Republican legislators have said is their long-term …

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Hy-Vee launching ship-to-home services

Hy-Vee Inc., the West Des Moines-based grocer with more than 285 retail stores in eight states, has launched two websites with ship-to-home services: Hy-VeeDeals.com and ShopPetShip.com. The websites will make a variety of bulk grocery products, home goods …