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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 …

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Jacobs-Young named to World Food Prize Foundation’s Council of Advisors

Chavonda Jacobs-Young, acting under secretary for the Research, Education and Economics mission area and acting chief scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture has joined the World Food Prize Foundation’s Council of Advisors. According to …

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Lauridsens donate $2M to help kick-off DMMO’s 50th season with Mozart’s The Magic Flute

Nix and Virginia Lauridsen have donated $2 million to the Des Moines Metro Opera to support a groundbreaking production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, the opera announced today. The production will kick off the organization’s …

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Iowa civil rights advocate Mia Peterson has died, family announces

Des Moines resident Mia Peterson, 47, known for her pioneering work in the self-advocacy civil rights movement for people with disabilities, died on June 8 from Alzheimer’s disease at home, according to an obituary published this …

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VIDEO: Project515 – Retail and services outlook

The retail and services industries have seen major changes in the past decade, arguably none more abrupt than those brought on by the global pandemic in the past year. This has been true from small …

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19 migrant children had a layover in an Iowa airport. Gov. Kim Reynolds wants Congress to get answers

Des Moines Register: With no notice to the state, at least 19 unaccompanied children were transported in an overnight flight through Des Moines from California in April, Gov. Kim Reynolds confirmed Thursday, saying she wants …

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Election 2021: Who’s running for Des Moines City Council?

Des Moines Register: So far, seven candidates have announced they plan to run for various seats on Des Moines’ City Council in November’s election. Seats up for re-election include councilors representing the city’s first and …

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Iowa Craft Brew Festival returns Aug. 7 at Water Works Park

Visitors will have the choice of more than 300 craft beers, ciders and meads at the Iowa Craft Brew Festival, scheduled for Aug. 7 from 1-4 p.m. at the Lauridsen Amphitheater in Water Works Park. …

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OSHA issues emergency temporary standard guidance for health care workers

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday released the details of its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard, which the agency said will only apply to health care workers, Business Insurance reported. OSHA said it will follow up …

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American Equity, Brookfield extend completion deadline for strategic investment

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. on Thursday reported that it entered into an amendment to its investment agreement with its strategic partner, Brookfield Asset Management Inc. In its original agreement with Brookfield reached on Oct. 17, …

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