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Gas prices up nearly 13 cents a gallon

Average retail gasoline prices in Des Moines rose 12.8 cents in the past week to an average of $3.90 per gallon, according to www.DesMoinesGasPrices.com. Nationally, average gasoline prices have increased by 7.1 cents per gallon …

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Kum & Go contributes to Arkansas storm victims

Kum & Go LC has made a $10,000 contribution to the American Red Cross to help Arkansas residents recover from recent storms, President and CEO Kyle Krause said.

“We believe it is important for Kum …

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Corn, soybean prices heading up

Corn and soybean prices rose today on speculation that wet, cold weather in the next 10 days will slow planting across the Midwest, Bloomberg reported.

Three storms expected through May 9 will keep soil wet …

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A Closer Look: Jason White


What were you hired to do?

What I believe they hired me to do was to provide leadership, make tough decisions, restructure the organization in some ways, for the better, and to get results. I …

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Art by Magic set to open at West Glen


Monika Agic will sell art, not magic, at a gallery and studio that opens May 6 at West Glen Town Center, but she will accept any appreciation that a mix of fine art and handmade …

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Room to grow


Measuring growth in the Iowa agritourism industry isn’t an exact science.

The Iowa Tourism Office doesn’t keep direct statistics, and the most recent statistics released were in the 2007 Census of Agriculture done by the …

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VolunteerLocal seeks to keep event workers happy, engaged


It all started with a conversation with the late Mo Dana.

Dana, who at the time was executive director of the Des Moines Arts Festival, approached Brian Hemesath one day in 2003 and told him, …

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Report: Iowa lags behind in growth rate for women-owned businesses

Iowa is among the states with the lowest rates of increase in the number of women-owned businesses between 1997 and 2011, according to the American Express OPEN State of Women-Owned Businesses report released last week.…

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Economic growth slows in first quarter; experts say it’s temporary

The growth of the U.S. economy declined more than forecast in the first quarter as government spending declined, Bloomberg reported.

Gross domestic product rose at a 1.8 percent annual rate from January through March after …

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Department of Human Rights to assist with resident applications

The Iowa Department of Human Rights’ Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs will hold a legal clinic on Saturday to assist refugees with their permanent resident applications, the department announced.

The clinic will be …