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What are the top challenges facing Iowa manufacturers?

Ahead of our upcoming Made In Iowa: Manufacturing Forecast forum, we asked the panelists to provide a glimpse of some of the issues on their minds in the current operating climate. Here are the responses that a …

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Iowa GOP chairman to lead national calendar committee in a coup for caucuses

Des Moines Register: An Iowan will lead the committee tasked with recommending the dates and order of 2024’s Republican presidential primary — a coup for Iowa as the state looks to solidify its hold on first-in-the-nation …

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Behn named director of development and outreach for Above + Beyond Cancer

Above + Beyond Cancer announced it has hired Melinda Behn as its director of development and outreach. The Des Moines-area nonprofit organization is dedicated to elevating the lives of those touched by cancer to create a healthier world. …

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Meredith ends fiscal year on high note; digital delivers record performance

Meredith Corp. on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that topped expectations, amid strength in digital advertising revenue — which exceeded magazine revenue for the year for the first time, MarketWatch reported. The Des Moines-based media company swung …

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Labor Department makes millions in grants available to states for unemployment insurance reform

The U.S. Department of Labor this week announced a series of actions to modernize and reform the unemployment insurance system. The American Rescue Plan Act provided $2 billion in funding that will be available to states as …

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Grand View University President Kent Henning to retire

Kent Henning, Grand View University’s 13th president, announced today that he will retire at the end of the upcoming academic year after serving 22 years as president.

“I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve …

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Des Moines Renaissance Faire to move to new venue at Adventureland Resort

The Des Moines Renaissance Faire announced that its 2022 event will be held at the Meadow Lands, a new venue on the grounds of Adventureland Resort in Altoona. For the past three years the event has …

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Shomo-Madsen Insurance enters partnership with Keystone Insurers Group

Keystone Insurers Group, a 17-state insurance agency group based in Pennsylvania, announced it has partnered with Shomo-Madsen Insurance, an agency in Marshalltown. Founded by Bobby Shomo and Steve Madsen in 2010, the agency also has regional …

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Home listings rise, but sales drop slightly in Des Moines area

The number of residences listed for sale in the Des Moines area inched upward in July, surpassing 2,000 for the first time since December 2020, data from the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors shows.…

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Iowa Transportation Commission approves rules for driverless cars and trucks

Radio Iowa: Iowa is getting closer to having driverless vehicles cruising on its roads. The state Transportation Commission approved rules for automated vehicles at its meeting Tuesday. Daniel Yeh, a bureau director at the DOT, says …