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World Food Prize Foundation to host free webinar on child tax credit effects

The World Food Prize Foundation will host a webinar this week to discuss the effects of the expanded child tax credit as part of its Iowa Hunger Summit initiative. The webinar, titled “What we know …

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July/August dsm magazine unveiled

The July/August dsm magazine was unveiled Thursday at Warners’ Stellian in Ankeny.

You can read the full issue here.

Here are three of our favorite articles:

Taking the Cake: “If a picture can paint a thousand words, recipes …

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State approves Sports Tourism Grants to events in Des Moines, Bettendorf

The Enhance Iowa Board has awarded Sports Tourism Grants to a professional swim meet in Des Moines and a youth softball tournament in Bettendorf. According to a news release, the Enhance Iowa Board, which is …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Working parents are having a rough summer. Some co-workers don’t want to hear about it.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a column for our Fearless initiative, which focuses on women’s and gender issues, about the need to recognize all life journeys when offering workplace flexibility. While the column specifically focused …

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Principal to sponsor two PGA, two LPGA athletes

Principal Financial Group announced it has struck a deal to become the official financial services sponsor of four PGA and LPGA athletes: Daniel Berger (U.S.), Tyrrell Hatton (England), Jennifer Kupcho (U.S.) and Celine Boutier (France). …

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In search of the big catch

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The Dew Tour. The Bio World Congress International Fuel Ethanol Workshop. The Ironman competition. The U.S./Canada Lions Leadership Forum.

Those are just a few of the big events that have …

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Grumpy Goat owner claims defamation in lawsuits

Des Moines Register: Des Moines restaurateur Steve McFadden is no stranger to controversy, or to the inside of a courtroom. Now he’s in court again, this time to accuse online critics of defaming him. The businessman, …

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Mainframe Studios meets deadline to receive $1M matching funds

Mainframe Studios announced that it has raised enough money to qualify for $1 million in matching funds pledged by Nix and Virginia Lauridsen for continued renovations to its building. Photo by Ryan Damman Photography

Mainframe Studios …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Black women will get no-strings-attached monthly checks in this new guaranteed income experiment

In Georgia, Black women make 63 cents for every dollar white men make. And nearly half of the remaining Black households in the neighborhood live on less than $25,000 a year, Adele Peters reports for Fast Company. The …

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Polk County Housing Trust Fund awards $597,000 for self-sufficiency programs

The Polk County Housing Trust Fund has approved nearly $600,000 in grants to 11 organizations to help bridge the gap between affordable housing and families in the community. According to a  news release, the grants, from the …