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Iowa Women’s Foundation accepting applications for child care grant program

The Iowa Women’s Foundation is now accepting letters of interest for its upcoming Building Community Child Care Solutions grant cycle. The fund is in its sixth year and to date has awarded $190,000 to child …

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Iowa Hall of Pride museum will close this month, but will transition to online platform

Des Moines Register: The Iowa High School Athletic Association announced Wednesday that the Iowa Hall of Pride will be closing its physical location later this month, but the information made available in the museum will now …

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Drake University launches initiative celebrating 50 years of Title IX

The athletics department at Drake University announced its launching an effort to celebrate Title IX and its nine women’s athletics programs. The two-year initiative, called “Elevate the IX Era” is meant to reflect on the …

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American Heart Association, Helmsley Charitable Trust announce $9.3M in grants to enhance stroke care in Iowa

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association this morning announced a statewide commitment to Iowa of $7.5 million for its Mission: Lifeline Stroke initiative to strengthen stroke care across the state. The foundation of this new …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: What’s in a name? It depends a lot on when you were born

Here’s a fun and interesting piece that I found on Time magazine’s website. It answers the question, if you were born today, what name would your parents likely have picked for you? It includes an …

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With drop in demand, Winnebago will scale back production despite record earnings

Des Moines Register: In a sign of a looming economic downturn, Winnebago Industries’ top executive said Wednesday that the company will slow production for the rest of the year — even as it reported record quarterly …

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Campaign to celebrate skateboarding will take 5-city tour ending with Dew Tour in DM

Mountain Dew announced the launch of its newest action sports campaign, Skateboarding is Unstoppable, a series of events featuring professional skaters that will end at the Dew Tour in Des Moines July 29-30. According to …

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Ferentz says he won’t restore his diversity advisory committee

Des Moines Register: Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz says there is no longer a plan to continue a formally organized personal diversity advisory group. In January, Ferentz’s decision to dissolve an advisory committee of former players …

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RipRoar Youth Triathlon to be held Saturday at Gray’s Lake

Gray’s Lake Park in Des Moines on Saturday will host the next generation of triathletes who will gather to take on a kid-sized swim, bike and run event as part of the summer RipRoar Youth …

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Cravens-Neely named CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa announced today the appointment of Bridget Cravens-Neely as CEO of the 54-year-old mentoring organization. Cravens-Neely, a community leader and local business owner, began her position with the organization on Tuesday.…