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Students to get hands-on manufacturing experience

A dozen Greater Des Moines junior high students will get an intense introduction to the world of manufacturing early next month, through a hands-on, on-site program developed by Albert Marasco, CEO of Summit Products Inc.…

By JOE GARDYASZ | May 19, 2016

Downtown to get more than 1,000 high-tech jobs in major lease and construction deal for Des Moines

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., a multinational corporation that is based in New Jersey with a presence in Des Moines, plans to hire more than 1,000 people and occupy office space in Two Ruan Center as…

By KENT DARR | May 19, 2016

At this convention, it’s better when what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas

Listen closely and you might hear the buckles being cinched on travel bags as an annual pilgrimage gets underway to a Las Vegas convention that can lead to retail development in Greater Des Moines.

The…

By KENT DARR | May 18, 2016

NOTEBOOK: An 8 a.m. train hack and some extra 5th Street safety

For any of those commuters who use Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to enter the downtown core from the south (me), you know there’s one risk that can blow up your morning schedule — the …

By CHRIS CONETZKEY | May 18, 2016

NOTEBOOK: When Harry Met Sally … on the bus

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority has compiled a humorous video that explores the growth of the relationship between the mass transit agency and its member communities. The video, with a “When Harry Met …

By PERRY BEEMAN | May 18, 2016

State panel moves to save communities cash — or ‘weaken’ water quality protection

A trio of business and government groups has asked the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission to change state rules in an effort to overturn environmentalists’ March court victory in a water quality case.

Depending on the…

By PERRY BEEMAN | May 18, 2016

New Waukee school to sprout development; here’s who owns the land

The city of Waukee will pay $39,000 an acre for 160 acres of land that will be part of a joint project with the Waukee Community School District.

The majority of the land will be…

By KENT DARR | May 17, 2016

Partnership D.C. trip recap

I tagged along as the Greater Des Moines Partnership logged its 37th annual lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., with nearly 200 community leaders. The trip May 11-13 was my second.

The sessions hit hot …

By PERRY BEEMAN | May 17, 2016