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DOT eyes land in Four Mile greenbelt

The Iowa Department of Transportation wants to buy land for highway right-of- way in Polk County’s Four Mile Creek greenbelt between Northeast 54th Place and Northeast 46th Street near Altoona. The land is north and …

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Iowa farmland values down again; credit is tightening

Iowa farmland prices dropped 3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2104 and 5 percent over the year, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said. In the five states that make up the Chicago Fed’s …

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Iowa Corn extends sponsorship of Iowa Corn 300 through ’18

Iowa Corn will remain the title sponsor of the Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300 through 2018. Iowa Corn is in its 10th year of the partnership. The race cars burn ethanol as a way …

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Rooftop solar array companies face dark horizons

The Market One building in the East Village has a high-visibility solar array on top. A parking garage planned east of Des Moines City Hall will have panels too.


But CNNMoney reports that companies providing rooftop solar arrays have…
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Event Feb. 29: Next steps in water quality

Leaders of the Iowa Soil and Water Future Task Force will lay out key recommendations and plans for this legislative session at an event beginning 11:30 a.m. Feb. 29 at the Greater Des Moines Partnership, …

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Event Feb. 8 : ISU holds seminars for women

Iowa State University will hold a series of seminars for women interested in marketing grain. The sessions will be Feb. 8, 15, 22, and 29 at Marshalltown Community College. Each session runs 6 to 9:30 …

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Newsmaker Q&A

Let’s just say Mary Skopec is used to paddling upstream, at least on the job. She is one of those public servants who are doing crucial work on an important and controversial topic — in …

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Pork producers name Wulfekuhle new president

Hog producer Al Wulfekuhle of Quasqueton has begun his one-year term as president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association. He has been member of the IPPA board since 2012 and has raised pigs for more …

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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 …