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First female NFL official to headline Women Lead Change Conference

Sarah Thomas, who officiated the Super Bowl last month, will headline the 2021 Women Lead Change Quad Cities Conference on Oct. 13. Thomas officiated her first NFL game in 2015 and was the first female …

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FDA offers free online curriculum on food agriculture and biotechnology

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is offering teachers a new free, online supplemental curriculum for middle and high school students on the science behind genetically engineered plants. The curriculum, “Science and Our Food Supply: Exploring …

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VIDEO: Watch the replay of the Fearless Friday event

 

Re-watch our conversations on a variety of topics that fall under the umbrella of health care, including the COVID-19 pandemic, sexual assault and the Black maternal mortality crisis.

Featuring:
Lydia Wolken, Marshall and Tama …

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Iowa banks’ loans and deposits up in 2020, but net income dips

Loan volume at Iowa-chartered banks increased by 5.8% in 2020 over 2019, according to the latest data filed with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Iowa banks recorded nearly $68.1 billion in active loans on their…
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ISU among top universities for producing Fulbright U.S. Scholars

Iowa State University is among the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2020-21, as announced by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright …

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F&G annuity sales top $1.3 billion in fourth quarter, up 23% year over year

F&G, a leading provider of annuities and life insurance based in Des Moines, reported operating results for the fourth quarter of 2020 as part of the quarterly earnings report of its parent company, Fidelity National …

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Des Moines men’s clothing store Badowers closing after 71 years in business

Des Moines Register: After 71 years in business, Badowers, the men’s haberdashery on Ingersoll Avenue, is closing its doors. The coronavirus pandemic has had lasting effects on retail stores nationwide, and the longtime clothier is no …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Broken windows, ‘cuddling breaks’ and interrupted video calls: Parents share realities of juggling work while home-schooling kids

There are lots of pandemic experiences I will always remember, but there are some experiences that I, a non-parent, will never truly understand — such as having a nearly naked toddler show up yelling in …

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Demolition of former Sears department store begins


Work has begun on tearing down the former Sears department store building at Merle Hay Mall. The building was among the first constructed on the mall site in the late 1950s. The store closed in …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Go ahead and fail

Perfectionism can make you miserable, Arthur C. Brooks writes in the Atlantic, so you have to muster up the courage to mess up. Brooks writes about it in the context of being a classical musician and …