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BAE Systems awarded $247 million contract from Space Force for work in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Gazette: BAE Systems received a $247 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to build GPS chips and receivers in Cedar Rapids, the company said in a news release. The United Kingdom-based company will …

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FDIC names first chief innovation officer

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced it has named Sultan Meghji as the agency’s first chief innovation officer, charged with leading the FDIC’s efforts to promote the adoption of innovative technologies across the financial services sector. Meghji …

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Slate of speakers announced for virtual Business Analytics Symposium

The annual Business Analytics Symposium, hosted by the Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business at Iowa State University, will return this year as a virtual event on April 6 and 7 (half-day each day). Now in …

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Johnston vying for state funding program with $123.7 million redevelopment project

A 212,400-square-foot athletic facility would be the centerpiece of a recreational complex planned in Johnston, west of Merle Hay Road. Architectural rendering provided by city of Johnston

The city of Johnston has joined the growing list …

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Partnership’s policy forum focuses on child care challenges

The struggles of child care in Iowa and bills circulating through the Legislature to address those challenges were the focus of the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s first public policy forum Tuesday.

The discussion, the first …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: New York man sees problem, finds solution

The proverb “necessity is the mother of invention” has been bandied about for centuries. When there’s a need, the saying goes, someone usually finds a solution.  There’s been a lot of need this past year, …

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Unemployment back pay faces further delays for some

Des Moines Register: Some Iowans will not immediately get all of the unemployment benefits owed to them when long-delayed federal jobless funds begin reaching recipients next week, Iowa Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend said Tuesday. After …

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Iowa electric co-ops report service disruptions affecting 1,805 Tuesday morning

Local electric cooperatives in western and north-central Iowa reported temporary service disruptions affecting 1,805 residents this week to protect the electric grid, after one regional transmission organization issued emergency energy orders to utilities across several …

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American Equity strikes deal with Adams Street Partners to enter private credit market

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co, a leading issuer of annuities based in West Des Moines, and Adams Street Partners, a global leader in private markets investments, announced they have reached an agreement to form …

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Hyper Energy Bar planned for Waukee


A drive-thru/walk-up coffee and energy drink shop is planned at 1025 S.E. Laurel St. in Waukee. Rendering included in council packet.

 

The Waukee City Council this week approved a site plan for a Hyper Energy …