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Event April 10: 2016 Fight for Air Climb

More than 30 companies have already signed up to organize teams for this year’s Fight for Air Climb, scheduled on Sunday, April 10, in downtown Des Moines. Almost 90 cents of every dollar raised goes …

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Iowa City named Blue Zones Community

Iowa City has been named a certified Blue Zones Community, the 15th city in Iowa to earn the designation. A collaboration of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Healthways Inc. and Blue Zones LLC, the …

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ISU Extension to offer ServSafe classes in Spanish

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will for the first time offer ServSafe food safety classes in Spanish as well as English, to accommodate the needs of Latino employees. Iowa law requires that by 2018, …

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NewLink Genetics working on Zika virus vaccine

NewLink Genetics Corp. today announced that the company has initiated a project to develop new treatment options for the Zika virus. NewLink Genetics’ Infectious Disease Division, which is based in Devens, Mass., has evaluated various …

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2016 Economic Forecast

We wanted to change things up a bit this year in our economic forecast issue. Typically, we have our staff talk to a few economists and put together a summary story that tries to give …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Threats

So, what indicators out there are keeping our industry experts and economists sleeping with one eye open? We wanted to hear what they are watching in 2016 and beyond. Here are 13 threats to the …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Leader forecast

This is the fifth year we’ve asked the same question to the same audience, and although it’s an unscientific survey, one clear trend emerges from it: Hesitant optimism over the past four years has certainly …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Survey responses

We asked: What will the impact be of the economy on your particular industry?

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Improve dramatically

Economic development is only possible on a large scale if we invest in quality of life in order to …

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Report ranks Iowa 14th best for well-being

Iowans’ well-being relative to the rest of the nation improved slightly over last year, according to annual national index results released today by the Iowa Healthiest State Initiative. Iowa ranks 14th among the states in…
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Wellmark Foundation names new executive director

The Wellmark Foundation announced the appointment of Becky Wampler as the foundation’s new executive director.

With more than 25 years of experience at Wellmark Inc., Wampler is “uniquely qualified to take The Wellmark Foundation to …

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