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Vermeer employees return to work after Pella tornado

Despite several plant buildings sustaining structural damage from an EF-3 tornado outside of Pella last week, Vermeer Corp. employees are back at work to begin limited production, the Des Moines Register reports. Two manufacturing plants have significant …
By BPC Staff | Jul 24, 2018
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White House showcases Kent Corp.

Gage and Jimmy Kent appeared at today’s “Made in America” product showcase at the White House. Muscatine-based animal nutrition firm Kent Corp. was the only Iowa company invited and the only agriculture company represented. The …
By BPC Staff | Jul 23, 2018
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Kirkwood to offer free business training program

Corridor Business Journal: Kirkwood Community College will offer a Business Professional Certificate with a free 16-week training intended to help students build technical and interpersonal skills for business careers. The program was designed in partnership with …
By BPC Staff | Jul 19, 2018
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Local, state business leaders gather in Boone to talk workforce

Ames Tribune: A group of business leaders, educators and economic developers gathered in Boone Tuesday in a forum to discuss possibly the toughest issue businesses face statewide: access to workforce. The forum, was hosted by the …
By BPC Staff | Jul 18, 2018
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Not just a vacation spot: More people calling Okoboji area home

Sioux City Journal: The Iowa Great Lakes region has long been a mecca for vacationers, with a $275 million annual tourism industry and a summer population that swells as high as 120,000 on weekends. Over the …
By BPC Staff | Jul 17, 2018
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SBA roundtable finds business owners feeling good

Corridor Business Journal: U.S. Small Business Administration head Linda McMahon stopped in central Iowa Friday for a roundtable with women business owners and state political leaders. The business owners in attendance reported equipment purchases, increased advertising …
By BPC Staff | Jul 16, 2018
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Branstad urges farmers to ‘take the long view’ in U.S.-China trade dispute

Quad-City Times: Terry Branstad, Iowa’s former governor who now serves as U.S. ambassador to China, advises farmers to take “the long view.” He said the eventual outcome will lead to increased future food exports to a …
By BPC Staff | Jul 16, 2018
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University of Iowa president in top quarter of public higher education pay

The Gazette: A new report listing America’s highest paid university and college executives has University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld ranking in the top quarter among public university and system leaders. Harreld, hired in 2015 amid …
By BPC Staff | Jul 16, 2018
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KemPharm announces promising trial results for ADHD prodrug

Corridor Business Journal:Coralville-based KemPharm announced this week that its prodrug treatment for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in patients between the ages of 6-12, called KP415, has met primary and secondary efficacy endpoints. The company said …
By BPC Staff | Jul 13, 2018
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Iowa medical board director placed on administrative leave

Des Moines Register: One of Iowa’s most prominent health care regulators — Mark Bowden, the executive director of the Iowa Board of Medicine since 2008 — has been placed on “administrative leave” since last week. The …
By BPC Staff | Jul 13, 2018