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33K vaccine doses are expiring in Iowa

Axios Des Moines: Around 33,000 Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine doses will expire in Iowa this month, state health officials said yesterday. Less than half of the state is vaccinated and vaccine demand has plummeted …
By BPC Staff | Jun 10, 2021
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Des Moines City Council’s plans for in-person meetings

Des Moines Register: After 15 months, the Des Moines City Council will resume in-person meetings Monday, but not without first implementing a number of new public health and security measures at City Hall. To start, …
By BPC Staff | Jun 9, 2021
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Cargill announces construction of $300M facility in joint venture with German company HELM

Cargill is joining with Germany-based HELM to build a $300 million commercial scale, renewable butanediol (BDO) facility at Cargill’s biotechnology and corn processing campus in Eddyville. According to a news release from Cargill, the joint venture, called …
By BPC Staff | Jun 9, 2021
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Reynolds signs critical race theory ban into Iowa law

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s public colleges and governmental entities are prohibited from teaching “divisive concepts” — including that moral character is determined by one’s race or sex, or that the United States and Iowa are …
By BPC Staff | Jun 9, 2021
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Wartburg, St. Ambrose hit with lawsuits seeking tuition refunds after COVID-19 shutdowns

Des Moines Register: A Wartburg College student is suing the northeast Iowa school for breach of contract and unjust enrichment, arguing the school charges tuition based in part on amenities and promises that, due to …
By BPC Staff | Jun 9, 2021
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River rentals at Captain Roy’s

Axios: You might soon be able to rent stand-up paddle boards, canoes, kayaks and bicycles at Captain Roy’s under a plan that goes before the City Council next week. Recreation is a big piece of …
By BPC Staff | Jun 8, 2021
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Stocks mixed in May, but majority of Iowa companies positive

Ten of the 17 Iowa-based companies on the Business Record’s Iowa Index posted stock price gains for the month of May. Only one company posted double-digit percentage gains. Seven Iowa-based stocks posted losses.

Renewable Energy …
By JOHN RETZLAFF | Jun 7, 2021
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Favorite automobiles in Iowa: Chevrolet overall, Ford F-150 for specific vehicle

Des Moines Register: Iowa loves Chevrolets. But the vehicle it loves most of all is the Ford F-150. Those were the findings of a Des Moines Register analysis of Iowa Department of Transportation records conducted as …
By BPC Staff | Jun 4, 2021
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New Anamosa prison warden comes from South Dakota

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Iowa Board of Corrections today named a South Dakota deputy prison warden to lead the Anamosa State Penitentiary, where two inmates are accused of killing a correctional officer and a nurse on …
By BPC Staff | Jun 4, 2021
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Polk County has aggressive plan to clean up its water. Could it work for the rest of Iowa?

Des Moines Register: Polk County could have a response to one of the biggest criticisms farmers face with Iowa’s voluntary approach to improving water quality: that they’re too slow to adopt conservation practices that can curb …
By BPC Staff | Jun 4, 2021