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Campaign underway to raise $3 million to renovate historic Drake-area theater

Jon Petersen and Tim Reinders, members of the Des Moines Film Society, put up new letters on the marquee of a historic movie house in the Drake neighborhood. The nonprofit group is buying the theater …

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March 30: Grant Writing 101 Workshop

Host: ISU Extension and Outreach
About: Grant Writing 101 will be presented by Jane Nolan Goeken and Eric Christianson, Community and Economic Development Specialists with ISU Extension and Outreach. Both have extensive experience writing and …

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Iowa universities getting more federal aid from second stimulus package

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s three public universities are getting between 50% and 60% more federal aid from a second COVID-compelled stimulus package than from the original Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act passed in March. …

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CEO outlines bold financial recovery plan for YMCA of Greater Des Moines

The YMCA of Greater Des Moines wants to “get out of the business of owning real estate,” and is moving forward with a strategic sale-leaseback plan to eliminate its multimillion-dollar debt load and free its …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Has the electric car’s moment arrived at last?

President Joe Biden is pitching a host of ways to steer the country toward electric vehicles as part of a broad plan to address climate change, National Geographic reports. Electric and hybrid vehicle sales have been …

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Lawmakers say Iowa schools must give students in-person option

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Legislation requiring K-12 school districts to offer all students a 100% in-person learning option gained final approval Thursday from Republican majorities in the Iowa Capitol, sending the measure to a governor who said …

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Hiccup with new debit cards delays some state unemployment funds

Des Moines Register: Some out-of-work Iowans aren’t getting their unemployment insurance benefits this week because the state could not get new debit cards to them, Iowa Workforce Development announced Thursday. While the agency said in a …

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Limited additional ACA enrollment period to open Feb. 15

Iowans will have a new window to enroll for health insurance for 2021 on HealthCare.gov, but only for a limited time. On Thursday President Joe Biden signed an executive order for the U.S. Department of …

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Principal reports higher fourth-quarter, full-year earnings

Principal Financial Group posted solid fourth-quarter and full-year earnings on Thursday, with fourth-quarter net income of $472.6 million, compared with $300.9 million in the previous fourth quarter. For the 12 months ending Dec. 31, 2020, …

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NOTEBOOK – Six takeaways: Business Record’s 2021 Economic Forecast

 

COVID-19 recovery highlighted the Business Record’s 2021 Economic Forecast panel on Thursday. 

For the first time in its nearly two-decade history, the Business Record’s annual Economic Forecast event was held virtually on Zoom. For …