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Virtual career and college fair to be held Sunday

The ICR Future Virtual Career and College Fair will be held Sunday, March 28, from 1 to 3 p.m., featuring more than 70 colleges, universities and career resources from across Iowa and 12 other states. …

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Varsity Cinema receives $149,808 grant from Des Moines

A campaign to raise more than $3 million to pay for renovations of the century-plus-old Varsity Cinema received a boost this week when the Des Moines City Council approved a $149,808 grant for the project. …

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Casey’s to acquire Oklahoma-based convenience stores for $39 million

Casey’s General Stores Inc. today announced that it has an agreement to purchase 49 convenience stores in Oklahoma from Circle K Stores Inc. in an all-cash transaction for $39 million. Casey’s headquarters is in Ankeny. …

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Three Iowa companies named Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award winners

What do Grinnell Mutual, Foster Group and Cedar Valley Hospice have in common? They are Iowa companies that have been recognized among just 39 world-class organizations assessed by Gallup as having some of the most …

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Outlets of Des Moines partners in student desk-building project

Outlets of Des Moines is partnering with an Ankeny nonprofit, Woodworking with a Purpose, to assemble, paint and distribute desks for students learning at home. The outlet center in Altoona is providing a socially distanced …

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Florida company gets license to sell CBD products in Iowa

Corridor Business Journal: Global Widget, based in Tampa, Fla., has announced it is one of the first CBD companies to receive the required license to distribute CBD products to retail and wholesale partners in Iowa. Although …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Leadership during the new normal: Inspiring others

President John F. Kennedy, while visiting NASA in the 1960s, reportedly asked a janitor at the facility: “What do you do here?” The employee replied: “I’m helping to put a man on the moon.” Every …

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Health club announces it is buying vacant mall building for sports facility

A Kansas-based health club announced that it is buying the former Sears building at Southridge Mall in Des Moines and converting the 105,000-square-foot structure into a fitness and athletic complex. The redevelopment of the site …

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ABI survey: Two-thirds of companies expect sales to increase in second quarter

Iowa manufacturers anticipate strong sales in the second quarter, according to results of the latest ABI Quarterly Iowa Business Survey. “This is fabulous news for Iowans, especially when you consider the pandemic and where we …

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Hy-Vee awards $15,000 to 15 Central Iowa schools

Fifteen schools across the Des Moines metro area received $1,000 each as part of Hy-Vee’s Fuel Your School sweepstakes, which distributed $75,000 to 55 schools across eight states this year, Hy-Vee announced on Friday. Held …