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University of Iowa Health Care VP Brooks Jackson stepping down

Cedar Rapids Gazette: After four years of leading the University of Iowa’s $1.2 billion health care operation, Brooks Jackson, the UI vice president for medical affairs and dean of the nationally ranked UI Carver College of …

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Cedar Rapids broadband provider to be bought by Goldman Sachs

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Cedar Rapids-based broadband provider ImOn Communications said it has reached an agreement to be acquired by a division of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The acquisition, by Goldman Sachs’s infrastructure investing business, will support …

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Nationwide wins property tax appeal against Polk County, could receive $875,000 refund

Des Moines Register: Polk County may have to pay Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. about $875,000. In an order issued Wednesday, the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that the county’s board of assessors overvalued the insurance company’s …

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Delta, Southwest cut back service in Des Moines amid national crew staffing shortages

Des Moines Register: As travel ramps back up to near pre-pandemic levels, some airlines are cutting back service in Des Moines, in part due to staffing shortages. Delta Air Lines has discontinued its nonstop flight from …

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Quad Cities’ River Bend Food Bank announces $9.4 million expansion

Quad-City Times: The River Bend Food Bank in the Quad Cities aims to raise $9.4 million this year for an expansion that will add volunteer space and more warehouse storage, the food bank and its partners …

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Judge backs Lee Enterprises rejection of hedge fund nominees

Associated Press: Lee Enterprises’ effort to repel a hostile takeover got a boost this week when a judge ruled the newspaper publisher could ignore two board nominations from the hedge fund Alden Global Capital. But Alden …

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Aides can keep substitute teaching after Iowa lawmakers approve an emergency rule

Des Moines Register: Instructional aides may continue to substitute teach in multiple classrooms once Iowa’s emergency pandemic proclamation expires this week after lawmakers met today to approve an emergency rules change. Iowa public schools were worried …

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Proposal would transfer broadcast licenses from universities to Iowa Public Radio

Iowa Public Radio: Under a proposal going before the Board of Regents, Iowa Public Radio would take ownership of the network’s broadcast licenses, which are currently held by the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and …

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Jacobson Foundation commits $70M for new patient care tower at UI Hospitals

The University of Iowa announced today that the Richard O. Jacobson Foundation has committed a $70 million gift to the university to support a new patient care building for University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.…

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COVID-19 testing company ran unlicensed centers in Iowa

Des Moines Register: An Illinois-based company accused of mishandling hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 tests conducted around the country, as well as providing inaccurate or fraudulent negative results, operated three unlicensed testing sites in Iowa. The …