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Kemin launches digital platform for animal nutrition sales in China

Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer with headquarters in Des Moines, has partnered with Zhuyi Mall to launch its e-commerce business for millions of pig farmers in China. Introducing an online business platform is part of …
By BPC Staff | Jan 11, 2021
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Maria Corona named executive director of the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence

The Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence has named Maria Corona as its new executive director. Before joining ICADV, Corona was awarded the Mid-Iowa Health Foundation HealthConnect Fellowship to support her dissertation project. Corona worked as a research …
By BPC Staff | Jan 11, 2021
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Court papers: Des Moines offers to buy parking garage property in foreclosure

The parking garage at Fifth Avenue and Walnut Street in September 2020. Business Record file photo.

 

The city of Des Moines would buy a recently completed parking garage at Fifth Avenue and Walnut Street for about …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jan 11, 2021
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$284B second round of PPP lending to begin next week

The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Treasury Department, announced today that the Paycheck Protection Program will reopen the week of Jan. 11 for new borrowers and certain existing PPP borrowers. To promote …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jan 8, 2021
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Iowa packaging firm partners with Pfizer to create band for vaccine distribution

Distribution workers use the central clear, ultrasonic band to package and transport Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses. Photo contributed by RMH Systems Inc./Felins.

A Waukee-based packaging design firm is watching its own product deliver Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine …
By KATE HAYDEN | Jan 8, 2021
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Pleasant Hill issues record number of building permits in 2020

The city of Pleasant Hill in 2020 issued 218 buildings permits valued at $60.5 million, both records for the eastern Polk County community. Previous records were set in 2006 when 196 permits were issued and …
By BPC Staff | Jan 8, 2021
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DMARC Food Pantry Network assists 13,000 first-time pantry users in 2020

In 2020, the DMARC Food Pantry Network assisted more than 13,000 people who used a DMARC food pantry for the first time ever, nearly 1 in 4 of all unique individuals assisted by the DMARC Food Pantry …
By BPC Staff | Jan 8, 2021
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Family Video closing all remaining stores

Des Moines Register: The last behemoth of the video store age has fallen. Family Video, an Illinois-based company that operated 800 video rental stores at its peak, announced on Twitter this week that it would be …
By BPC Staff | Jan 8, 2021
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UI Health Care participating in new COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial

Corridor Business Journal: University of Iowa Health Care announced today that it will be participating in a large, Phase 3 clinical trial for a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax Inc. The multi-site clinical trial, which …
By BPC Staff | Jan 8, 2021
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Iowa budget chief Roederer to retire

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s budget chief will retire Jan. 31 after 38 years in state government, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today. Dave Roederer has led the Iowa Department of Management, the state’s planning, finance and …
By BPC Staff | Jan 8, 2021