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Retired Pittsburgh Steeler Lynn Swann to keynote West Des Moines Chamber’s Annual Dinner

Former professional football player Lynn Swann is the scheduled keynote speaker for the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce annual dinner on March 11. The event, being conducted virtually, is scheduled for 5:30-7 p.m. Registration …

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Iowa Workforce Development to begin offering in-person meetings with jobless Iowans

Iowa Workforce Development announced that beginning March 8 IowaWorks centers and satellite offices will begin providing limited in-person assistance to unemployed Iowans. Services will include assistance with job searches, applications, resume preparation and other services …

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Greater Des Moines Partnership seeking community input through survey

The Greater Des Moines Partnership is seeking input from business leaders and community members to gain insight into their planning for 2021. According to officials with the Partnership, the survey will ask questions about current …

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Construction to begin next week on Des Moines industrial transloading facility

Construction is set to begin Monday on a long-awaited rail-based industrial transloading facility in Des Moines, the project’s developer and owner-operator, Des Moines Industrial, announced today.

Ryan Cos. will begin work at the 31-acre site…
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5 things you need to know from the Capital Crossroads quarterly meeting on Wednesday

Here’s what you may have missed from Wednesday’s meeting of Capital Crossroads:

1. Launching of the new DSM USA 4 Equity Task Force: The task force is led by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa CEO …

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Iowa Republicans push bill cutting unemployment benefits through committee

Des Moines Register: A Republican proposal to cut unemployment insurance benefits won approval from the Iowa House Committee early today after a contentious, 5 1/2-hour hearing. Committee Chair Rep. Dave Deyoe, R-Nevada, said he is pushing …

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Business leaders tout tax credit benefits following Common Good report

Iowa companies received nearly $70 million in state Research Activities Tax Credits in 2020, according to a report from the Iowa Department of Revenue. That’s an increase of 43% since 2010.

Common Good, a nonprofit, …

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$500,000 donated to proposed downtown Des Moines soccer stadium

The Catalyst Circle, a division of the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, is donating $500,000 to the proposed development of a professional soccer stadium south of downtown. The Catalyst Circle, whose members include high-profile …

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Eastern Iowa meat processors awarded tax benefits for planned expansions

The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board has awarded tax benefits to two Iowa meat processing companies that plan to expand to help meet increasing demand for locally sourced products.

The board voted Friday to award …

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Rural economy continues to see growth in February as hiring, farmland prices increase

Increased hiring and higher farmland prices drove the state’s rural economy further into growth territory in February, according to a monthly survey of Main Street bankers released Thursday.

According to Creighton University’s Rural Main Street Index, …