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Townsend appointed to VA Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans

Iowa Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend has been appointed to serve as a member of the Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans. The appointment is effective immediately and will continue through June 2022. Townsend …

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Iowa credit unions provided millions in loans, relief during pandemic

The Iowa Credit Union League has released new data quantifying the economic impact that Iowa credit unions have generated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March, Iowa credit unions have provided millions of dollars in loans, …

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Milligan to receive North Star Award from Mid-Iowa Council of BSA

The Mid-Iowa Council of the Boy Scouts of America will be honoring George Milligan, president and a director of the Graham Group Inc., with the North Star Award. The award is the highest BSA-sanctioned award to nonregistered …

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Rural Iowa economy grows in October

A combine empties corn into a grain wagon during this fall’s harvest. Photo contributed by Iowa Corn

Iowa’s rural economy grew in October, despite losses in nonfarm employment, according to a survey of Main Street bankers …

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Senior housing eyed at Merle Hay office towers, owner says

Merle Hay Investors LLC has reached an agreement to buy the vacant Merle Hay Mall building that had been home to Sears department store for $2.8 million. Photo by Joe Crimmings

The owners of Merle Hay …

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City officials in Cedar Rapids expect the cost to fix damage from the Aug. 10 derecho’s hurricane-force winds will range from $60 million to $80 million — not including the cost to replenish the city’s lost tree canopy.

Des Moines Register: The Glenwood Resource Center, which has been rocked by scandals twice in the past four years, is once again under investigation for a case of possible abuse of a severely disabled resident. Kelly …

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Cedar Rapids estimates derecho recovery will cost at least $60 million

Cedar Rapids Gazette: City officials in Cedar Rapids expect the cost to fix damage from the Aug. 10 derecho’s hurricane-force winds will range from $60 million to $80 million — not including the cost to replenish …

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The Iowa Department of Revenue this week released its finalized individual income tax brackets and standard income tax deduction amounts for the 2021 tax year.

Fourteen Iowa communities have been awarded a total of $925,000 in Main Street Iowa Challenge grants from the Iowa Economic Development Authority for local improvement projects. The projects include building rehabilitations, upper-story renovations and facade …

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Final 2021 tax brackets, standard deductions released

The Iowa Department of Revenue this week released its finalized individual income tax brackets and standard income tax deduction amounts for the 2021 tax year. It also released the 2021 interest charged to those who …

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Searchlight spotlights opening of new interstate interchanges in Urbandale

New interchanges at Meredith Drive and Iowa Highway 141 opened today along Interstate Highway 80 in Urbandale, providing access to 700 acres of commercial and industrial ground. To commemorate the openings, the Urbandale City Council …