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Low HPV vaccination rates for Iowa teens concern Wellmark health experts

While vaccination rates for Iowa teens for human papillomavirus (HPV) are above the national average, there remains significant room for getting more teens vaccinated and preventing more HPV-related cancer cases, according to new data released …

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FBL, Farm Bureau P&C sweeten merger deal to $61 per share

Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and FBL Financial Group, Inc. today announced that they have agreed to amend their previously announced definitive merger agreement, sweetening the deal for unaffiliated shareholders by another $47 million. The …

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Barbara Wilson chosen as new University of Iowa president

A seven-month journey to recruit, evaluate and select the next leader of the University of Iowa ended Friday when Barbara Wilson, a longtime administrator at the University of Illinois, was named the institution’s 22nd president, the Iowa City …

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Meredith sells broadcasting arm Local Media Group for $2.7B; National Media Group to spin off as publicly traded company

Meredith Corp. today announced that it has agreed to sell its Local Media Group to Gray Television Inc. for $2.7 billion in cash and will focus exclusively on its National Media Group portfolio.

Under the …

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D.M. official: Dico site expected to be cleaned up by end of year

Cleanup of the contaminated Dico site at 200 S.W. 16th St. in Des Moines is expected to be completed by the end of the year, a city official said. Photo by Duane Tinkey

Cleanup is expected …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Take a tour through a Des Moines barber’s basement video store

I saw it first through TikTok: Erin Hogan’s short digital tour through the basement video store her husband, Brian, built mid-pandemic to display around 5,000 DVDs, 1,500 VHS tapes and 400 laser discs collected over …

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Almost 62,000 Iowans skipped their second COVID vaccine shot

Axios Des Moines: At least 61,773 Iowans have skipped, missed or delayed getting their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to IDPH data Axios obtained this week through a records request. Data is limited on the …

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Iowa Supreme Court says UI must disclose investors in utilities partnership

Cedar Rapids Gazette: All seven Iowa Supreme Court justices have agreed the University of Iowa and the Board of Regents must hand over extensive financial details and documents about their $1.165 billion public-private partnership with a …

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Deadline for Central Iowa broadband survey extended

The deadline to submit input on the Central Iowa Broadband Internet Survey has been extended to May 14, the Greater Des Moines Partnership announced this week. Residents and businesses in Polk, Story, Warren, Dallas, Guthrie, …

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Sellers to return as United Way of Central Iowa president

A familiar face has been named the new president of the United Way of Central Iowa.

Mary Sellers has been named to the post, succeeding Elisabeth Buck when she retires in July, the United Way of …