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Iowa agency explores using prison labor to build homes

KCCI-TV: An Iowa agency wants to use inmates to eventually build at least 100 homes a year for low-income individuals around the state, an unusual idea within the expansive prison labor industry. The Iowa Department of …

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Hy-Vee says Harding Hills store will reopen after knee-high floodwater inundated aisles

Des Moines Register: Hy-Vee will reopen its flood-damaged Harding Hills grocery store in about a month with a new format — but it will continue to sell groceries, company officials said. “We had planned to remodel …

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Ankeny Y remains closed for flood cleanup

The Ankeny Family YMCA will remain closed all this week while officials assess the damage caused by water that flooded into the building as a result of Saturday’s torrential rains. Dan Bertsch, executive director of …

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‘Summer Fridays’ benefit appears to grow in U.S. reports

Research firm Gartner Inc. reports that 46 percent of companies polled are planning to offer “summer Fridays” hours in 2018 — up from 42 percent in 2017, and up from the 12 percent offering some type …

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Amend Packing Co. closes its doors after 149 years in Des Moines

Des Moines Register: Just shy of its 150th anniversary in Des Moines, one of the city’s oldest businesses will close its doors today for the last time. Amend Packing Co., 410 S.E. 18th St., has processed …

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The last of Iowa’s former Dahl’s stores is headed for redevelopment

Des Moines Register: The last of the empty former Dahl’s Food Stores is about to be redeveloped with a familiar brand. Nebraska Furniture Mart is planning to buy the former grocery store at 15500 Hickman Road …

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Business Council fans across state for input on needs

The Iowa Business Council is launching a series of “Vision to Vitality” forums to collect thoughts from rural and urban residents on community needs.

Each forum will feature a leader or two. The first, beginning …

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Another store coming to Outlets of Des Moines

Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store will be among the stores at the Outlets of Des Moines in Altoona, the shopping center announced Monday. It will open this fall. Recent store openings include Michael Kors Outlet, …

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ABI names new officers

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry has elected David Bywater of Bankers Advertising/Tru Art in Iowa City as chairman. Bywater’s great-great-grandfather, Samuel Wakefield Mercer, served as ABI’s chairman in 1907 and his father, Bill …

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Old Navy coming to Outlets of Des Moines

Coming this fall to the Outlets of Des Moines: clothing retailer Old Navy, the regional outlet center announced Thursday in a news release. The new 12,000-square-foot store will include the latest trends for men, women …