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Volunteer organizations merge

Rebuilding Together Greater Des Moines and the Des Moines Neighborhood Resource Office have agreed to merge, the organizations announced yesterday.

The merged organization will retain the Rebuilding Together name. Rebuilding Together repairs and rehabilitates houses …

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Charter school prepares to select students

The Des Moines Independent Community School District will hold a series of informational meetings for families of seventh- and eighth-grade students interested in attending the new Charter School. The first meeting will be held Oct. …

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A Closer Look: Laurie Conner


How do you view this opportunity to lead a brand-new hospital?

I think it’s a great opportunity for Mercy to meet the needs of the community. I think it has a great opportunity to define …

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Eagles’ Wings offers restful river retreat


Each time Mike Taylor has a group come to his Eagles’ Wings River Retreat, he can count on at least one participant telling him, “I want to live here.”

Located in the historic River Bend …

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Online sales pick up speed


It’s the day after Thanksgiving ¬– Black Friday, as America’s shopping fanatics call it.

Typically, this is a day when thousands of people will flock to shopping malls and other retail outlets in the wee …

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Partnership launches new marketing campaign


In case you haven’t heard, some people think the Des Moines area is an all-right place in which to live, work and play. Lauren Burt, the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s director of media and marketing, …

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Southridge Mall keeps shrinking in value


The sign near the cash register says, “line starts here,” but at Southridge Mall, it could start here, there or anywhere.

With rush-hour traffic streaming by Southridge, the only lines on a recent late afternoon …

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Pappajohn business plan winners announced

The John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition announced winners at the Iowa Department of Economic Development entrepreneurial conference.

The $25,000 grand-prize winner was West Des Moines-based Energy Control Technologies, which designs, manufactures and implements automation …

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Monsanto posts $143 million loss

Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, posted a fiscal fourth-quarter loss that exceeded analysts’ estimates, and said 2011 earnings will rise as much as 17 percent, Bloomberg reported. The net loss narrowed to $143 …

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Service industry numbers indicate economic recovery is picking up

Service companies in the United States expanded at a faster pace in September than had been projected, indicating that the economic recovery is picking up, Bloomberg reported.

The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) index of …