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Hy-Vee ends sponsorship of Kansas City Royals

Des Moines Register: Hy-Vee Inc. has ended its sponsorship of the Kansas City Royals after serving as the baseball team’s official grocery store for 15 years. Officials with the West Des Moines-based grocery chain announced the …

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Branstad sparks debate over IPERS pensions

Des Moines Register: Gov. Terry Branstad opened a debate Monday over the future of public employees’ pensions in Iowa, although he says he doesn’t want to create financial hardships for government workers and he recognizes the …

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Iowa farmworkers paid more than U.S. average

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa and Missouri farm operators are paying the workers they hire more than the national average. Farms in the two states directly hired 27,000 workers during the reference week of July 10 through …

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Mega industrial park planned for Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A major industrial park under development on the southwest edge of Cedar Rapids — a first of its kind for Iowa — is expected to give the state a better shot at recruiting …

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Invasive mussels found near Council Bluffs water plant

Des Moines Register: Council Bluffs officials are trying to determine how far invasive zebra mussels have spread from one of the basins where the city draws drinking water from. The Daily Nonpareil reports the mussels were …

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Muscatine County forced to remove dying courthouse trees

Des Moines Register: Muscatine County is removing large large ash trees on the courthouse lawn after an infestation by the emerald ash borer. Damage caused by the beetle kills the trees and will leave the limbs …

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Debate over solar spreads to northeast Iowa

A northeast Iowa electric co-op plans to change its net-metering policy in a way that could hamper efforts to expand rooftop solar energy installations in several counties, Midwest Energy News reported. As of Jan. 1, the Allamakee …

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Iowa pumpkin production plentiful

Iowa Public Radio: Corn and soybeans weren’t the only bumper crops in Iowa this year. State Agriculture Department officials say pumpkin production was the best it’s been for many seasons.…

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Deere earnings down; company sees ag downturn nearing end

Cedar Valley Business Monthly: Deere & Co. quarterly earnings declined for the 11th consecutive quarter over the previous year and the company recorded its lowest year-end operating profit since 2009. However, company officials said, there are …

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Exelon agrees to new provision to keep Quad Cities nuke plant open

Quad-City Times: Exelon Corp. would keep open its financially struggling Clinton, Ill., and Quad Cities nuclear power plants for at least a decade under a forthcoming version of its proposed energy policy overhaul.…

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