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Gray TV buys Raycom to make third-largest TV ownership group

KCRG-TV: Gray TV, the parent company of KCR and KWQC in eastern Iowa, announced plans to buy Raycom Media, creating the third-largest owner of local TV stations in the country. The $3.6 billion deal is expected …

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Buffett taps Lee Enterprises to manage many Berkshire newspapers

Reuters: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has hired Davenport-based Lee Enterprises Inc. to manage its newspaper and digital operations in 30 markets, hoping to boost readership and draw more advertisers as print circulation declines. Berkshire said …

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Pillar Technologies’ Council Bluffs project gets state aid

Pillar Technologies today won approval for state aid for its planned Forge facility in the new River’s Edge development in Council Bluffs. The software company plans a $1.3 million investment and will get tax benefits …

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Crude oil leaks into flooding river from derailed train in northwest Iowa

Sioux City Journal: Residents of several farms were evacuated early this morning after a train carrying oil derailed, spilling some of its contents into floodwaters of the Little Rock River near Doon in northwest Iowa. Firefighters …

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Quad City airport passenger numbers up from a year ago

Quad-City Times: The Quad City airport authority’s discussion of monthly passenger traffic Tuesday was vastly different than this time last year. Last May, an airport official said the Quad City International Airport’s passenger totals were “dismal,” …

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Iowa GOP leaders worry about escalating trade war, say it threatens fragile ag economy

Iowa Republican leaders voiced concern Tuesday about a trade war after President Donald Trump upped the trade ante with China, threatening to slap tariffs on another $200 billion of products, the Des Moines Register reported. “We know …

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Polk County hires PR firm to promote grants previously given to Christian schools

Des Moines Register: The Polk County Board of Supervisors has hired, at public expense, a public relations firm to promote the board’s “thoughtful leadership and commitment” in handing out grants funded with gambling revenue. The hiring …

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University of Iowa taken off AAU sanction list

Two years after the American Association of University Professors placed the University of Iowa on its ignominious list of sanctioned higher education institutions over the hiring of UI President Bruce Harreld, it changed course last …

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‘Like darts on steroids’: 3 ax-throwing venues to open this summer

Des Moines Register: Three entertainment venues opening this summer in metro Des Moines all involve throwing a bladed stick at a wooden target. The ax-throwing craze is drifting south from Canada and making its way through …

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Iowa fundraiser is basis of lawsuit against Trump Foundation

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A New York attorney general’s lawsuit filed today against the Donald J. Trump Foundation alleging unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign stems from a $2.8 million Iowa fundraiser held less than a …

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