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Winnebago refreshes brand under diversified portfolio

Forest City-based Winnebago Industries is refreshing its brand after expanding its portfolio of nameplates and the products it manufactures. Image from the Winnebago website

While the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we work and play, …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD VIDEO: Catch Des Moines reflects on 2020 in holiday video

The staff at Catch Des Moines is celebrating this holiday season with a recap of the good, bad and ugly of 2020 with a video of President and CEO Greg Edwards reading a convention and …

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Feds: Iowa likely violated residents’ rights at Glenwood

Des Moines Register: Federal investigators say an Iowa state institution for people with severe disabilities likely violated their constitutional rights by providing them with insufficient medical care and exposing them to unethical experimentation. The conclusion comes …

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Financial assistance to help pay energy bills is available, Alliant Energy announces

Alliant Energy customers can apply for assistance if they need financial support to help pay energy bills, the company announced this week. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 1 in 3 households have struggled to …

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State announces Arts & Recovery Program grants

A total of $7 million in grants that was made available earlier this month to help arts and cultural organizations recover from the coronavirus pandemic will be divvied up among 267 organizations and 118 artists …

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PROJECT UPDATE: Paws & Pints

Paws & Pints, an indoor and outdoor dog park and bar, is proposed to be located in a two-story, 29,800-square-foot facility at 6128 Willowmere Drive in Des Moines. Architectural rendering by Slingshot Architecture

What: Paws & Pints…

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NOTEBOOK: Merle Hay Mall becoming ‘a mix of uses,’ its owner says

Elizabeth Holland didn’t mince words recently when she spoke to a Des Moines board about her vision for Merle Hay Mall, a shopping center developed in 1959 by her grandfather and another man.

Des Moines, …

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2020 CRE stories most popular with Business Record readers

The Greater Des Moines area was abuzz with activity related to commercial real estate in 2020, from the redevelopment of the Financial Center and opening of the Surety Hotel in what once was known as …

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Hart cites excluded ballots in petition asking U.S. House to review 2nd District results

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Democrat Rita Hart today announced she will ask the U.S. House to investigate and overturn the results in Iowa’s incredibly close 2nd Congressional District race, arguing that 22 ballots were wrongly excluded and …

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DMACC receives donation from Mercedes-Benz for automotive technology center

Mercedes-Benz USA donated a 2015 C300 vehicle and a Xentry diagnosis kit to the Des Moines Area Community College Automotive Technology program, the first donation by Mercedes-Benz, DMACC announced this week. Students will use the …