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Alden hedge fund appeals to investors in news publisher Lee

Associated Press: The Alden Global Capital hedge fund is sending its own appeal to shareholders of newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises as part of its campaign to acquire the company. The New York-based hedge fund, which is …

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Iowans urged to plan their vacation days for 2022

Take some time today to plan your vacation days for the year. That’s the message from the Iowa Tourism Office as it marks National Plan for Vacation Day today, the annual call for people to …

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Des Moines Arts Festival announces lineup for ‘A Seat at the Table’ series

The Des Moines Arts Festival will launch the organization’s second season of “A Seat at the Table” by featuring the Black Lives Matter movement. The conversation, to be held virtually on Thursday, Feb. 3, from …

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Lee Enterprises asks investors to help fight off hedge fund

Associated Press: Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is asking its shareholders to help it fight off a hostile takeover offer from “vulture hedge fund” Alden Global Capital. The publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Buffalo News …

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Red Bull brings Soapbox Race to Des Moines

Red Bull has announced it is bringing its Soapbox Race to Des Moines on Saturday, June 18. According to a news release, the Red Bull Soapbox Race is described as one of the world’s wildest …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Child care providers face a variety of challenges heading into 2022

Fearless Editor Emily Kestel recently published a two-partseries looking at child care issues across the state. So it wasn’t a surprise to me to see the Marshalltown Times-Republican reporting that local providers are facing challenges this year. “It’s kind …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Feeling burned out by the pandemic? How parents in other countries are handling it differently

As we begin our third year of navigating the coronavirus pandemic, stress for working parents remains high as variant after variant leaves them in a perpetual state of uncertainty. While it’s been stressful for parents …

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Local music promoter buys Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines

The Val Air Ballroom, which has hosted scores of events featuring nearly every genre of music over the past 82 years, has been purchased by a local music promoter who plans a historical renovation of …

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Fall in love in the produce aisle: Hy-Vee is filming a dating show set in grocery stores

Des Moines Register: Which is more romantic: the produce aisle or the meat counter? Hy-Vee wants to find out. In February, the West Des Moines-based grocery store chain plans to start filming a dating show series …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Palo Alto schools stay open, thanks to parent volunteers

Keeping school doors open at Palo Alto Unified School District in California has required the assistance of more than 700 parent volunteers, Zusha Elinson reports for the Wall Street Journal. Elinson reports more than 170 teachers …

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