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Event March 1: Hospitality industry career fair

The Iowa Restaurant Association is hosting a hospitality industry career fair, March 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Iowa Events Center in downtown Des Moines. The Iowa restaurant and hospitality industry employs …

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Facebook’s Altoona data center awards $100,000 in grants

Facebook Inc.’s Altoona data center has awarded just over $100,000 to 13 nonprofits and schools in the area. Recipients included the Altoona and Pleasant Hill public libraries, which which will hold STEM programs for the …

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Millennials ‘a new driving force’ for businesses

Millennials are entering the workforce in record numbers and are changing the way businesses are run, according to new research from Principal Financial Group Inc.


Millennial business owners have an overall healthier outlook on their…
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Businessolver recognized for mentoring, team building programs

Businessolver.com Inc., a leading benefits administration technology company, has been named among the top 10 of 100 companies in the “Best Mentoring Program” category and among the top 20 of 200 companies in the “Best …

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Event Feb. 9: Education Celebration at Iowa Energy game

More than 5,000 students from schools across Central Iowa will fill Wells Fargo Arena on Feb. 9 to watch the Iowa Energy take on the Westchester Knicks for the seventh annual Education Celebration. Sponsored by …

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Kemin, Workiva among Iowa firms struggling to find workers

Workiva Inc.’s Ames campus features an indoor basketball court, foosball tables and a fireside lounge, but also a large prize wheel that can only be used by employees who refer new hires, The New York Times …

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Chesnut named dean of Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

  Renae Chesnut

Renae Chesnut, professor of pharmacy practice, has been named dean of the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, effective immediately. She has been interim dean since June 2015. Chesnut earned …

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Chesnut named dean of Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

  Renae Chesnut

Renae Chesnut, professor of pharmacy practice, has been named dean of the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, effective immediately. She has been interim dean since June 2015. Chesnut earned …

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U-C study: Most areas could feed themselves with food from a 50-mile radius

A University of California, Merced environmental engineering professor recently published a study that found that most of the country could grow enough food within 50 miles to feed nearly all of the local population.


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PR: GOP lawmakers want sales tax to pay for schools, not water quality

Statehouse Republicans are attempting to short-circuit a proposal by GOP colleague Gov. Terry Branstad to extend a sales tax intended for education so part of the money could be used to clean up Iowa’s waterways, Iowa …