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End of an era

Iowa Realty Co. Inc. has always been a Knapp thing.

Founded in 1952 by Bill Knapp, headed by his brother, Paul, for two decades, and for another 23 years by Paul’s son Mike, the family …

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Business Record 2-19-16

End of an era
For first time, Knapps are not running Iowa Realty.

Focus: Building & Construction

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Takeaways from our education Power Breakfast

What can Iowa do to regain its leadership position in the nation in education to best prepare students for life and challenging careers?


Four Iowa education leaders sat down this morning to discuss K-12 education…
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On The Move: Week of Feb. 8

Darrell Reeves Graham Construction Co. Hired as project manager dreeves@grahamconstruction.com


Daniel Cox LWBJ Hired as audit professional dcox@lwbj.com


Mark Cronin LWBJ Hired as tax professional mcronin@lwbj.com


Brianna Ricklefs LWBJ Hired as audit professional bricklefs@lwbj.com


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EVENT PREVIEW: Feb. 17 Power breakfast

Iowa has long had a reputation of leading the nation in public education. Yet in the midst of a hotly contested school funding debate in the Legislature, Iowa was just given a C grade and …

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The Elbert Files: United Way’s Des Moines roots

United Way of Central Iowa marks its 100th anniversary this year, making now a good time to begin a yearlong look at how it became one of the most consistently successful nonprofits in the country, …

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McLellan: Who are you?

It’s vital to all businesses that they have a clear idea of who they are and what they’re all about. Few owners have taken the time to distill it down or made the effort to …

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Lessons learned from the accelerator

As head of the Global Insurance Accelerator in Des Moines, Brian Hemesath fosters connections between technology startups from around the world that have great ideas for insurance applications with industry mentors interested in partnering with …

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A Closer Look: Antoinette Stevens

Antoinette Stevens isn’t your average Des Moines computer professional. She’s a somewhat insecure yet driven 22-year-old Georgian who moved to Des Moines to take a job with Principal Financial Group Inc., founded Black Urban Professionals …

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Steady STEM

Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds expects efforts to boost education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to continue to grow this year, even though her own administration declined to increase spending for state efforts …