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Technical Services Inc. acquires Mid-America Manufacturing

Ames-based Technical Services Inc. acquired Mid-America Manufacturing, a certified manufacturing job shop, TSI announced on Friday. Mid-America Manufacturing will maintain its commercial identity as a subsidiary of TSI; the acquisition adds equipment, expertise and the …

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Catch of the day

If you want fresh seafood, where do you go? Iowa, of course.

Iowa is best known for growing corn and soybeans and raising hogs. But there’s a new kid knocking on the barn door if …

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ISU Startup Factory names new director

Peter Hong has been named the new director of the Iowa State University Startup Factory program. According to a news release from the ISU Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship, Hong will begin his new duties on Feb. 1. He succeeds Bill Adamdowski, …

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Polk County Health Services leads mental health outreach in business, school, home care

As Polk County’s Emergency Operations Center continues assessing the county’s needs during an ongoing pandemic, representatives at Polk County Health Services were called on to lead the mental health services outreach. 

Polk County Health Services …

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ESO names new VP of customer experience, site lead for Des Moines office

ESO announced that Darrin Poole has been named its vice president of customer experience and site lead for the company’s Des Moines location. ESO, based in Austin, Texas, is a data and software company serving emergency …

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Iowa AgriTech Accelerator announces dissolution

Five years after launch, the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator is dissolving, Executive Director Nadilia Gomez announced in a statement sent to the Business Record this afternoon. 

The governing board cited the emergence of new, regional entrepreneurial …

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Roboflow raises $2.1 million in seed round

Des Moines computer visioning startup Roboflow raised $2.1 million in a new seed round led by Craft Ventures and Lachy Groom, months after graduating from the Y Combinator’s Summer 2020 batch, Roboflow announced today. The …

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Iowa packaging firm partners with Pfizer to create band for vaccine distribution

Distribution workers use the central clear, ultrasonic band to package and transport Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses. Photo contributed by RMH Systems Inc./Felins.

A Waukee-based packaging design firm is watching its own product deliver Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine …

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Tickets on sale for TEDx Des Moines in May; volunteers needed

Tickets are on sale and speakers are being finalized for the upcoming TEDx Des Moines event, scheduled for May 11 at Franklin Junior High. TEDx is an independently organized event that brings together speakers to share …

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Mediacom releases criticism following West Des Moines council vote to begin conduit network construction

Mediacom Communications released a statement Tuesday criticizing the West Des Moines City Council after the council approved starting construction on a broadband conduit network at the center of a lawsuit. 

In the suit, filed against the …