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Applications for Women’s Foundation child care solutions fund now open

The Iowa Women’s Foundation is accepting letters of interest for the Building Community Child Care Solutions Fund. The fund is designed to improve the lives of Iowa women and girls through creating solutions to the …

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Principal, Edelman Financial Engines partner to expand access to financial advice

Principal Financial Group has selected Edelman Financial Engines, an independent financial planning and investment adviser with more than 150 offices nationwide, to offer personalized retirement advice and financial well-being guidance to select large employers on Principal’s …

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Survey of supply chain managers shows Iowa’s economy slowed in June

Iowa’s economy slowed slightly in June with weaker inventories and delivery lead times than the previous month, according to a survey of supply chain managers released last week.

Creighton University’s Mid American Business Conditions Index showed the …

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D.M. bonobos soon will get experimental COVID-19 vaccine

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Des Moines’ famed bonobos soon will get free COVID-19 vaccinations. Zoetis, a New Jersey-based global animal health company, is donating more than 11,000 doses of the experimental vaccine to zoos and sanctuaries around …

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Printing of Cedar Rapids Gazette to move to Des Moines

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Cedar Rapids Gazette will transition nightly printing of its newspaper to Des Moines next month following a decision to cease newspaper printing operations at Color Web Printers in Cedar Rapids. The closure …

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July 17 bike ride event to benefit Children’s Cancer Connection

The Children’s Cancer Connection will benefit from a local bike ride event organized in honor of Jenna Falbo, who passed away in 2010 from medulloblastoma, a cancerous brain tumor. Jenna’s Jam 2.1, scheduled Saturday, July 17, …

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Genie Maybanks named executive director at Iowa solar association

Genie Maybanks is joining the Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association as the organization’s first executive director, ISETA announced this week. Maybanks spent 18 years at New Pioneer Food Co-op in marketing, outreach, education and staff …

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State tourism office encourages family travel during weeklong activities pause

The Iowa Tourism Office is encouraging families to use a weeklong moratorium on high school sports and activities from July 25 to Aug. 1 to explore the state or plan an end-of-summer family vacation. The …

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Polk County Housing Trust Fund urges reallocation of unused federal funds to stem evictions

With no formal fundraising campaign to spur them, a number of prominent Greater Des Moines companies and residents have nonetheless donated more than a half-million dollars to the Polk County Housing Trust Fund in recent …

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State: Company illegally storing hundreds of old wind turbine blades at three Iowa sites

Iowa Capital Dispatch: State environmental regulators say an out-of-state firm has illegally stored hundreds of wind turbine blades in three Iowa towns and should be investigated by the attorney general’s office. Global Fiberglass Solutions Inc. has …