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Hy-Vee to donate $500,000 for campus improvements at community college

West Des Moines-based grocer Hy-Vee Inc. plans to donate $500,000 to help pay for improvements to Indian Hills Community College’s campuses in Ottumwa and Centerville. The announcement of the donation comes after voters this month …
By BPC Staff | Nov 10, 2021
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UI Institute for International Business to train Saudi women to be entrepreneurs

Fifty Saudi Arabian women will learn how to become entrepreneurs, with the help of an educational program from the University of Iowa that will also connect them with mentors throughout the state. The university’s Institute …
By BPC Staff | Nov 8, 2021
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Parents, students invited to explore manufacturing careers during Creators Wanted Tour

To highlight career opportunities in the manufacturing industry, the National Association of Manufacturers and the Manufacturing Institute, the workforce development and education partner of the NAM, are bringing the industry’s Creators Wanted campaign to the …
By BPC Staff | Nov 8, 2021
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New STEM BEST HD program offers schools money for high-demand career education

Iowa schools have a new source of funding to expand or develop a STEM BEST program, through a special appropriation made earlier this year by the Legislature to the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

The Iowa …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Nov 3, 2021
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Des Moines Public Schools will be governed by an all-female board

Des Moines Register: Jackie Norris — a newcomer to school board politics who broke fundraising records in the Des Moines metro area — has been elected to the Des Moines school board. Her victory helps cement …
By BPC Staff | Nov 3, 2021
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Iowa ABI opposes bill allowing unemployment payments after refusing vaccine

The state’s largest employer association is voicing its opposition to the Iowa Legislature’s passage of a bill that would allow Iowans who are discharged from employment for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine to collect …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Oct 29, 2021
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Drake University launches $225M fundraising campaign

With a vision for propelling the university into its “next great era,” Drake University officials on Thursday evening officially launched “The Ones: Drake’s Campaign for the Brave and the Bold,” a $225 million fundraising campaign.…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Oct 28, 2021
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Iowa Caregivers survey shows mixed attitudes on vaccine mandates

Nearly half of Iowa direct care workers surveyed say that they are more likely to remain working in health care settings because of vaccine mandates, yet more than a half of workers say they oppose …
By BPC Staff | Oct 28, 2021
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Iowa ranks No. 2 in U.S. for best ACT scores

Axios Des Moines: Iowa’s 2021 high school graduating class earned the second-highest ACT score in the U.S., averaging a composite score around 21.5 out of 36, said Rose Babington, ACT’s director of state partnerships. The state’s …
By BPC Staff | Oct 26, 2021
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Polk County judge rejects Deere’s request for injunction against Ankeny plant strikers

Des Moines Register: A Polk County judge today denied Deere & Co.’s request to restrict picketing of its Des Moines Works in Ankeny, saying Deere had failed to prove its contention that United Auto Workers members …
By BPC Staff | Oct 26, 2021
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