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NOTEBOOK: Iowa Falls’ losses show struggle of rural Iowa

I recently spoke with Sara Konrad Baranowski, editor at the Iowa Falls Times Citizen and advocate of small communities and local news. 

Iowa Falls had two community struggles come to a head in one week …

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NOTEBOOK: Putting STEM to work at Iowa’s first medical cannabis operation

The state’s first legal medical cannabis operation in Des Moines is providing some serious scientific work for young professionals, I found during a tour of MedPharm Iowa’s production facility last week.

Coaxing optimal growth from …

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MPO receives just 2 proposals on transload facility RFP

The Des Moines Metropolitan Area Planning Organization has received proposals from two companies seeking to win a contract to operate a proposed rail transloading facility in Des Moines, including a leading national firm with rail,…
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Mapp: Get out
Tomorrow Plan speaker Rue Mapp grew up playing outdoors and wants others to do the same. 
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Mall-side living?
The owners of Merle Hay Mall, Anawim Housing and the city of …

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Politics 101 on full display at DART meeting

If you ever wondered how truly leery state lawmakers and local elected officials are over raising taxes, you should have been at today’s meeting of the board of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority. …

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Mapping out a better connection to the outdoors

Rue Mapp grew up playing outdoors on an acreage her parents owned north of Oakland, Calif.

“We hunted and fished. We had cows and pigs, we tended fruit trees. My dad made wine,” Mapp said…
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Everett honored
Nora Everett, president of Retirement and Income Solutions and chairman of Principal Funds with Principal Financial Group, has been honored with the 2018 Tocqueville Society Award. 
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Walmart town center
Walmart Inc. …

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More than cosmetics

If you’re one of the 300 or so employees of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, bring a sense of wanderlust to the office.

A stroll through the specialized lender’s new offices can …

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Guest opinion: Honoree’s life shows what a helping hand can mean

Each year in October, when the Iowa countryside transforms from gorgeous summer greens to harvest-season hues of tan, some of the world’s top agricultural scientists and anti-hunger activists gather in Des Moines to compare notes.…

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Insurtech investment firm builds up portfolio

In early 2017, Des Moines investment professionals David Miles and Matthew Kinley partnered to launch ManchesterStory Group. The new venture capital firm has established a foothold with initial investments in the insurance technology sector, along …