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Iowa receives federal assistance to expand IPS employment program

The U.S. Department of Labor has selected seven states, including Iowa, to participate in its Advancing State Policy Integration for Recovery and Employment (ASPIRE) initiative, the Iowa Department of Human Services announced. The program aims to align …

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Hightshoe joins Community State Bank holding company as diversity officer

Kate Hightshoe has joined QCR Holdings Inc., the parent company of Community State Bank, as assistant vice president and diversity officer. She will be based at Community State Bank’s Johnston branch. For several years, Hightshoe has …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Workers are ‘rage-quitting’ jobs as employers deal with tightening labor market

A new trend is beginning to be seen as the world continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic: rage quitting. According to this story from Business Insider, more and more people, mostly in low-paying hourly jobs …

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Ousted Iowa human services director Foxhoven sues governor

Des Moines Register: Former Iowa Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven is suing Gov. Kim Reynolds, contending she and her staff fired him for questioning the legality of paying one of her aides with federal …

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BHE Renewables acquires eastern Iowa wind energy project

BHE Renewables has acquired the Independence wind energy project from RPM Access LLC. According to a release from Businesswire, the project is located near Ryan, in eastern Iowa’s Delaware County. It consists of 18 2.8-megawatt turbines and two …

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HBT Financial to acquire NXT Bancorporation to enter Iowa market

HBT Financial Inc., the holding company for Heartland Bank and Trust Co. in Illinois, will expand its footprint into Iowa with the acquisition of NXT Bancorporation Inc., the Corridor Business Journal reported. Based in Bloomington, Ill., HBT …

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SBA holds funding competition for providers of veterans’ federal procurement training

Nonprofit organizations and private sector firms are now eligible to compete for funding of up to $500,000 to deliver federal procurement training to veteran and service-disabled veteran entrepreneurs. Applications are open through July 12. Awardees …

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Des Moines-area homebuilding continues to slow

Homebuilding continued to slow in the Des Moines area in May with nearly 13% fewer residential building permits issued than in April, a review of communities’ building permit records shows.

The slowdown follows a trend …

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New state law targeting lessons on race and sexism still ambiguous for classrooms

Axios Des Moines: Iowa schools are awaiting guidance over how a new state law targeting lessons on race and sexism will influence classrooms. Gov. Kim Reynolds this week signed into law a bill that bans …

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Beaverdale businesses offer discounts with vaccination card program

The Beaverdale business community has launched the Beaverdale Community Immunity Cards program, an effort to encourage COVID-19 vaccination within the Beaverdale neighborhood. From now through September, anyone who gets their final COVID-19 vaccine shot at one of …