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Employees say Wasserbahn closure came without warning, don’t know if they’ll be paid

KCRG-TV: Staff members at an eastern Iowa water park and hotel are left with bounced paychecks, questions, and for some no place to live after the center closed suddenly last week. Ruth Wheeler and her two …

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Business Council report emphasizes need to attract more people and demonstrate Iowa is a welcoming and inclusive state

Iowa’s population growth continues to lag behind the rest of the country, further stressing an already challenged labor force that is facing ongoing shortages, according to the Iowa Business Council’s annual Competitive Dashboard released Thursday.

The dashboard…
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Restaurant owners in talks with city, festivals over effect of street closures

Dancers perform at the 2021 Iowa Latino Heritage Festival in Western Gateway Park. Photo courtesy of Iowa Latinno Heritage Festival.

Talks are continuing among some downtown Des Moines restaurant owners, the city and festival organizers about …

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New Mars Cafe location to open in downtown Des Moines

Axios Des Moines: Coffee shop Mars Cafe is expanding into a second retail location in downtown Des Moines. The new store will soon open in the skywalk inside the Greater Des Moines Partnership building at 700 …

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Registration open for SBA’s 2022 Women’s Business Summit

In honor of Women’s History Month, the U.S. Small Business Administration will hold its 2022 Women’s Business Summit on March 28-30. The summit will include virtual panels, “Ask an Expert” workshops, and fireside chats to help women-owned …

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Iowa sports equipment and apparel company joins new national brand

The Graphic Edge, a Caroll-based sports equipment and apparel company, recently joined a new national brand, Game One. The Graphic Edge is combining under the brand with seven other legacy companies, the company said in a release. …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ Why offices are still empty

At last week’s Power Breakfast on the future of downtown, there was a theme that kept coming up: There aren’t as many workers in offices as there were pre-pandemic. Panelists talked about giving employees a …

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Wakonda Club, other restaurants ask court to hold insurers liable for COVID losses

Des Moines Register: Two cases before the Iowa Supreme Court could decide whether Iowa restaurateurs are in line for millions of dollars to compensate them for business lost in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. …

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103-year-old Sherman Hill building could be home to new brewery, restaurant

Des Moines Register: A 103-year-old historic building in Des Moines’ Sherman Hill neighborhood may soon be home to a new restaurant and brewery. That would bring to three the number of breweries in the neighborhood, which …

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Iowa Supreme Court won’t weigh in on challenge to long-expired COVID-19 bar closures

Des Moines Register: The Iowa Supreme Court said today that it won’t weigh in on emergency actions Gov. Kim Reynolds took early in the pandemic, noting Reynolds has now backed away from measures she once supported. The …

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