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NOTEBOOK: New calls to action on water quality

There was a different tone at this year’s Farm Progress Show. Oh, sure, I saw the big display of “sale” farm equipment before I even got to Boone, parked side-by-side at Iowa Highway 17 and…
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NOTEBOOK: Ralston recalls how ABI used ABC to fix “mess”

Mike Ralston has been running the Iowa Association of Business and Industry for about 11 years.


In a note included in his weekly Monday Morning Memo, he recalls arriving to what he called “mess,” an…
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Wellmark, other insurers see earnings dips in spite of increasing premium costs

Iowa’s dominant health insurer is taking a hit this year on earnings for its health plans in Iowa, despite double-digit premium increases on individual health plans approved last year by state regulators.   Wellmark’s health…
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On The Move: Week of Aug. 22

Kayla Egli Mercy Family Medicine Ankeny North Hired as physician kegli@mercydesmoines.org


Emily Biedenfeld The Des Moines Embassy Club Hired as director of sales and membership e.biedenfeld@embassyclub.com


Austin Fisher RBC Wealth Management Hired as financial advisor…
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NOTEBOOK: Community Foundation helps firms be more purposeful in giving

With the launch in 2014 of a new endowment for the Telligen Community Foundation and the recent round of grant giving announced by the Storey Kenworthy Foundation, Editor Chris Conetzkey wondered whether there’s a trend…
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McLellan: Now can we get to work?

The trifecta of the Iowa State Fair, back to school and Labor Day is upon us. Summer is officially winding down and in theory, now we’re all ramping up.

I’ve had so many people say …

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The Elbert Files: Judge is no threat to Grassley

Democrat Patty Judge’s campaign to defeat Iowa’s long-time incumbent U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley is built around the slogan that she is “the Judge Grassley can’t ignore.”

It’s a memorable phrase, particularly in light of Grassley’s …

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A Closer Look: Cade Lambert

Cade Lambert began as superintendent of Des Moines Christian School in Urbandale on July 1, after being selected by the school’s board in a national search. A Kansas native, Lambert developed a strong work ethic …

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Innovative Companies: iEmergent pivots focus from consulting to software

You could call iEmergent a startup company that’s been 16 years in the making.

Originally launched as a family-owned consulting business, the company pivoted in recent years into a fast-growing software product company that’s building …

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Innovative Companies: Hubbell Realty Co.

The problem: Hubbell Realty traces its roots to patriarch F.M. Hubbell’s first land purchase in Iowa, a 256-acre piece of farmland that set him on a path that would lead to development of Des Moines …