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Palmer Group seeks responses for annual salary guide

Palmer Group is gathering data for its upcoming 2022 Salary Guide and would like Greater Des Moines employers to participate. The company conducts the survey annually in collaboration with the Greater Des Moines Partnership. Individual …

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Polk County to hold forums for public input on spending of federal COVID-19 relief funds

Polk County will seek public input on how it should spend federal COVID-19 relief funds, with a series of public forums scheduled for the next several months. The county will receive $95 million as part …

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Advancing Women in Leadership event will feature SpaceX flight pilot

Sian Proctor, a geoscientist and the pilot of SpaceX’s all-civilian Inspiration4 flight, will speak at the Advancing Women in Leadership event to be hosted by the Greater Des Moines Partnership on Nov. 2. Proctor became …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Offices’ biggest advantage

The debate about offices — that is, returning to an office versus continuing to work remotely — isn’t always really a debate about offices, writes Derek Thompson of the Atlantic. “In many cases, it’s a …

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University of Iowa will pay $400,000 in Title IX athletics settlement

Cedar Rapids Gazette: As part of the University of Iowa’s deal to settle a lawsuit accusing it of federal gender equity violations, the institution has agreed to pay “reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs” of nearly $400,000 …

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Iowa Black Wall Street Investment Group forms to assist small businesses

Corridor Business Journal: A community venture capital group that invests in Black-owned businesses is being formed in eastern Iowa, called the Iowa Black Wall Street Investment Group. Chad Simmons, chairman of the Iowa Soul Food Co. …

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EMC unveils design for downtown’s newest park

Des Moines Register: EMC Insurance Cos. unveiled its initial plans for a downtown park at the corner of Seventh and Walnut streets at a public meeting Wednesday hosted by the Downtown Neighborhood Association. The park will …

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Adel restaurants to merge as River to River Bakery and Pizza

Two Adel food establishments, Brick Street Books and Cafe and River to River Bakery and Pizza, will merge this month and expand their offerings. Both restaurants are Raccoon Forks microbusinesses owned and operated by Optimae …

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Iowa agriculture department receives $8M for habitat, water quality projects

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has received $8 million to expand habitat and water quality projects in the state. The funding came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service …

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Terrace Hills Golf Course in Altoona reopens on Saturday

Terrace Hills Golf Course, located at 8700 N.E. 46th Ave. in Altoona, reopens on Saturday after being closed for the season while a new clubhouse was constructed. The new $3.7 million, 17,092-square-foot clubhouse was designed …