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Iowa money manager to pay six-figure fine in Texas oil well fraud scheme

Des Moines Register: A Bettendorf money manager has paid a $112,000 fine after regulators alleged that he illegally sold stakes in fraudulently represented oil well investments. According to a settlement agreement with the U.S Securities and …
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2022
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Cedar Rapids council to adopt $37M ReLeaf plan to recover from derecho tree loss

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Looking to craft the premier U.S. urban forestry model that will guide Cedar Rapids’ recovery from devastating tree loss, the city and nonprofit Trees Forever have unveiled their ambitious 10-year plan to replenish …
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2022
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Des Moines council approves $10 million bridge projects

The Des Moines City Council on Monday approved spending about $10 million to replace a bridge over Birdland Drive and make improvements and repairs to the Second Avenue bridge over the Des Moines River. Both …
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2022
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Scientists concerned about potential COVID spread from infected deer

Axios Des Moines: Widespread coronavirus infections have been detected in Iowa’s white-tailed deer, according to a peer-reviewed study published today. Scientists worry the disease could mutate in animals and spread back to humans. Scientists from Penn …
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2022
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Iowa DNR tells rangers to move out of state-owned houses at parks

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is evicting park rangers from government-owned houses in 23 state parks because it doesn’t want to pay up to $1 million on repairs. Critics of the plan …
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2022
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Waukee becomes 4th metro city to endorse moving forward with regional water utility

Des Moines Register: The Waukee City Council voted Monday evening to approve a resolution calling for progress toward the establishment of the Central Iowa Water Works, becoming the fourth metro city to agree to negotiations on …
By BPC Staff | Feb 8, 2022
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Old Creamery Theatre in Amana closing doors permanently

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The final curtain has fallen on the Old Creamery Theatre. The not-for-profit professional troupe, founded in Garrison in 1971 and relocated in the former Amana Colonies Welcome Center in 1988, intended to celebrate …
By BPC Staff | Feb 4, 2022
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Downtown Marshalltown hospital property sold to developer

Marshalltown Times-Republican: After more than a century as a hospital in downtown Marshalltown, UnityPoint Health has sold the property to a developer with plans for “office, retail, residential and live/work space” use. UnityPoint is currently in …
By BPC Staff | Feb 4, 2022
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1,800 Iowa bridges in ‘basically intolerable’ condition

Des Moines Register: The structural condition of nearly 1,800 Iowa bridges is “basically intolerable,” including more than 140 in the Des Moines metro area, according to data from federal highway officials. Among Iowa’s many bridges in …
By BPC Staff | Feb 4, 2022
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Kum & Go reimagines itself as a ‘restaurant that sells gas’

Axios Des Moines: There’s Panera, Chipotle … and then there’s Kum & Go. The Des Moines company is reimagining itself as a “restaurant that serves gas,” instead of a “gas station that serves food.” As the …
By BPC Staff | Feb 4, 2022