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Lely North America breaks ground for headquarters ‘park’ in Pella

Rendering of new Lely North America headquarters by Substance Architecture.

Lely North America Inc., part of a global manufacturer of automated dairy equipment based in the Netherlands, on Thursday celebrated the start of construction of …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Getting serious about diversity: Enough already with the business case

As diversity issues within business have become paramount while movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter have swept the country, underrepresented people have brought to light the need to not just be represented, but to …

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Quad Cities telemarketers must pay $820,000 for fraud

Quad-City Times: A Scott County judge has ordered a Quad Cities-based telemarketing operation to pay a judgment of more than $820,000 for defrauding small business owners in at least 13 states, according to a release by …

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Teddy Maroons becomes D.M.’s first Whiskey River

Des Moines Register: Opened to much anticipation on Des Moines’ Ingersoll Avenue business strip in late 2018, Teddy Maroons is no more. Founded under the auspices of the Orchestrate Hospitality group, the pub and bistro is …

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GreenState pledges $125,000 to African-American Credit Union Coalition campaign

GreenState Credit Union, Iowa’s largest credit union, announced a $25,000 per year pledge for five years totaling $125,000 in support of the “I’ve Got Five on It” campaign, a financial inclusion campaign of the African-American Credit …

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TAI to host virtual 2020 Iowa High School Tech Summit

This year’s Iowa High School Tech Summit will be hosted virtually on Nov. 17, hosted by the Technology Association of Iowa and the Principal Foundation. The summit is open to all Iowa high school students …

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Bravo, partners use art to bring social issues out of the shadows

Kub Stevens, left, talks to DaVossi Wisdom, in front of stacks of pillows, as they plan for the Dream Cube project, which will be revealed next week in downtown Des Moines. Stevens and DaVossi worked …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Editorial from Sarasota newspaper points to inadequacies in long-term care system

The John A. Hartford Foundation reprinted an editorial from my hometown newspaper, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, about how the pandemic is shining a light on the inadequacies in the current way that elder care is funded …

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Iowa colleges awarded $4.4M to increase internet connectivity

Corridor Business Journal: The state of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Education today announced 43 Iowa colleges and universities have been awarded nearly $4.4 million to increase internet connectivity for students in the 2020-21 school …

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Iowa’s newest solar garden can power 400 homes

KCCI-TV: More than 9,500 solar panels are generating clean energy at Alliant Energy’s new Marshalltown Solar Garden. The company said the pilot project combines solar power and a battery to generate, store and deliver electricity …