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NOTEBOOK: Giving points for good food choices

The Harkin Institute put on its Wellness Symposium April 3, and Sarai Rice, executive director of the Des Moines Area Religious Council, presented some fascinating information about how DMARC has tried to fight poor eating …

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NOTEBOOK: Israel turns to tech

The Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines hosted Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Derner for a series of events that included a Des Moines Embassy Club lunch …

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Guest Opinion: Immigrants drive economic vitality in D.M. restaurant scene

Immigration has always been an important topic, but in recent years its impact has dominated headlines, all levels of government and nearly every major American industry.


As a professional chef who has worked in the …

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The Elbert Files: Hoiberg, Ferentz trivia

My longtime colleague Dan Piller makes a tongue-in-cheek argument that he put the idea in Fred Hoiberg’s head of coaching basketball at the University of Nebraska. He could be right.


Dan is a month older …

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McLellan: The power of the people

This past weekend, I was in Phoenix for the Diamondbacks’ home opener against the world champion Boston Red Sox.


I have never been to a baseball game where the visiting team had more fans in …

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CRE Update: Question for the ages

The generations are moving us in all kinds of directions, and commercial real estate is showing the effects in office design, residential development, even the surge of warehouses and their multipurpose uses.


One question panelists …

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A Closer Look: Nicole Cook

Now that the 2019 Global Insurance Accelerator is under her belt, managing director Nicole Cook is looking forward to imprinting her own vision on the insurtech accelerator. Cook started with the GIA in early February, …

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Report couples healthy global diet, sustainable food supply

The way the world is producing the food we eat today is undermining the resources that future populations will need to feed an increasingly crowded world, according to a panel of experts who gathered recently …

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A social enterprise, not just a handout

Melissa O’Neil says you are likely to see more programs like those of Central Iowa Shelter & Services, where homeless people come to get a meal, training, a job and a bed.


The nonprofit runs …

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Q&A David Spalding

The home of the Ivy College of Business on the Iowa State University campus, the Gerdin Business Building, has become one of the most heavily used and overcrowded facilities at ISU, and David Spalding really …