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Iowa missed its lofty biofuels goal

Axios Des Moines: Iowa’s longtime goal to replace 25% of petroleum used in gasoline with biofuels by 2020 fell far short, a new report from the Iowa Department of Revenue shows. The state reached a record …

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Aquaculture researcher named 2021 World Food Prize laureate

The goal of global food production should not just be feeding the world’s growing population, but nourishing “all people and all nations as well as sustaining the health of the planet in the long term,” …

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Athene Charitable Foundation pledges $1M to Central Iowa Water Trails project

The Great Outdoors Foundation, the fiscal agent of the Central Iowa Water Trails Consortium, today announced a $1 million commitment from the Athene Charitable Foundation. With this pledge, total private funding raised for the water …

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Board member of Ames-based bioscience company accused of fraud by firm’s treasurer

Two governing members of Ames-based biosciences company AgCertain Industries Inc. — one its treasurer and another a board member — are also adversaries in a Polk County lawsuit in which one has accused the other …

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Board member of Ames-based bioscience company accused of fraud by firm’s treasurer

Two governing members of Ames-based biosciences company AgCertain Industries Inc. — one its treasurer and another a board member — are also adversaries in a Polk County lawsuit in which one has accused the other …

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EPA official: Contaminated site will remain in Superfund program

“We are standing today at the doorstep of growth in greatness for the city of Des Moines,” Mayor Frank Cownie said during a news conference in which cleanup plans for the former Dico site were …

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Proposed Des Moines soccer stadium project ‘at risk’ without state funding

A 6,300-seat stadium that would primarily be used for soccer is proposed to be built on 43 acres on the southwest edge of downtown Des Moines. Rendering courtesy of Krause Group

An ambitious plan to redevelop …

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D.M.’s Abel is likely to be Warren Buffett’s successor at Berkshire Hathaway

New York Times: For years, perhaps the biggest question that Warren Buffett has faced is who is in line to replace him as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate he built into a $631 billion …

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D.M. official: Dico site expected to be cleaned up by end of year

Cleanup of the contaminated Dico site at 200 S.W. 16th St. in Des Moines is expected to be completed by the end of the year, a city official said. Photo by Duane Tinkey

Cleanup is expected …

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Iowa Supreme Court says UI must disclose investors in utilities partnership

Cedar Rapids Gazette: All seven Iowa Supreme Court justices have agreed the University of Iowa and the Board of Regents must hand over extensive financial details and documents about their $1.165 billion public-private partnership with a …