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Elevate women’s group to feature former police chief Judy Bradshaw

Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Director Judy Bradshaw will speak at the next Elevate Women’s Group breakfast meeting Oct. 1. Bradshaw, the former chief of the Des Moines Police Department, will discuss how she found success in a …

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Ernst, Campbell express support for bipartisan effort

Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and former Iowa Attorney General Bonnie Campbell praised 50-50 in 2020’s bipartisan initiative to empower Iowa women politically. The two women were honored by 50-50 in 2020 on Sept. 20 …

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Baker begins communications job in Ankeny

Amy Baker began work this week as the city of Ankeny’s communications manager. She will lead strategic communications and marketing efforts. Baker, who worked for the Greater Des Moines Partnership for nearly a decade, will…
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Newton named a People’s All-Star Community

The Iowa League of Cities has recognized Newton as the 2015 People’s All-Star Community at the League’s Annual Conference and Exhibit. In August, judging began on Facebook. Newton was chosen to be among 10 communities …

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Event Oct. 1: Iowa Caucus Consortium plans federal issues series

The Iowa Caucus Consortium will host a series on federal issues in October. In the first session former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Paul Stebbins, chairman emeritus of World Fuel Services Corp., will discuss the national…
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Lawsuit over diesel Volkswagens filed in Iowa

A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of anyone who bought diesel-engine Volkswagens in Iowa. A Missouri law firm said Thursday that it filed the lawsuit on behalf of Zachary Gall, of Independence, Mo., …

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Polk County treasurer encourages online, satellite office payments

With 21,000 taxpayers expected through the doors of the Polk County Administrative Building this month, Polk County Treasurer Mary Malone suggests paying your property taxes online.  Full or partial payments can be made with an electronic check, debit card, …

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Iowans should push candidates for research money

Mary Woolley, president and CEO of Research America, this morning urged Iowans to ask the presidential candidates for their first-year budgets for the federal government, and push for research and development money that has been…
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Feenstra eyes legislation to block Water Works lawsuit

A state senator’s proposed boycott of Des Moines businesses and events to protest a Des Moines Water Works lawsuit over nitrate pollution never materialized, The Des Moines Register reported. Now that lawmaker, Sen. Randy Feenstra, a Hull …

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Historic tax credit change jeopardizing projects say developers

   Developers involved in the renovation of historic buildings say they are losing tens of thousands of dollars a month as bankers and state officials are meeting to work out a controversy surrounding Iowa’s historic…