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Food Bank of Iowa still not meeting needs, despite record-breaking year

Despite distributing and “rescuing” a record-breaking amount of food in 2019, Food Bank of Iowa is still working to fill pantries and fully meet the needs of Iowans struggling with food insecurity, the organization announced. …

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2020 Top 25 Influential Boards announced

The board of the Greater Des Moines Partnership has been voted by Business Record readers as the most influential board in Greater Des Moines for the sixth year in a row.

The Partnership topped the …

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Affiliates Management donates $250,000 to Iowa Credit Union Foundation

Affiliates Management Co., the holding company of the Iowa Credit Union League, this week helped the Iowa Credit Union Foundation kick off its 25th anniversary year with a donation of $250,000 in support of ICUF’s …

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Sutherland organic farmer receives sustainable agriculture award

Practical Farmers of Iowa has chosen Paul Mugge, an organic farmer and longtime on-farm research participant from Sutherland, Iowa, to receive the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Achievement Award. The award is given each year by PFI …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: President Obama finds a partner in Nike for the ball court of his dreams

President Barack Obama found a teammate in the Nike Foundation during the planning of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago – with visions of a new kind of presidential library with a public athletic facility, …

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Ankeny’s Firetrucker Brewery announces death of founder, brewmaster Heiderscheit

Des Moines Register: Firetrucker Brewery founder and brewmaster Dan Heiderscheit died this week, the brewery announced Thursday. In a Facebook post, the brewery said “no words can adequately express our sadness at Dan’s passing or capture …

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Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs awards $1M in Iowa Great Places grants

The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs awarded $1 million for five Iowa Great Places projects in Adel, Redfield, Clinton, Guttenberg, Marion and Winterset, the department announced this week. The funding supports development of new and existing …

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Master beekeeping classes take flight in Johnston

Iowa beekeepers now have a local pathway for attaining “Master Beekeeping” certification through a program called Great Plains Master Beekeeping. Housed at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Sheldon Brummel, Master Beekeeping Project coordinator, will …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: For some baseball card collectors, the hobby is now an online hunt

Anyone who grew up in the ’70s can remember how baseball cards were a thing for a lot of kids, even those of us who were only casually interested in the game and the players. …

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1460 KXNO restores jobs lost during Tuesday layoff; shows returning to air

Des Moines Register: After laying off six employees and canceling two shows at 1460 KXNO radio on Tuesday, iHeartMedia will restore all those jobs and the “Morning Rush” and “Sports Fanatics” shows — which were canceled …