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Des Moines Register: Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Ahart is asking the school board to reject a round of construction bids from contractors because each exceeds the district’s budget for a planned stadium at Drake …
Des Moines Register: After 71 years in business, Badowers, the men’s haberdashery on Ingersoll Avenue, is closing its doors. The coronavirus pandemic has had lasting effects on retail stores nationwide, and the longtime clothier is no …
Iowa Capital Dispatch: Iowa Sen. Brad Zaun’s latest attempt to ban most traffic cameras advanced Thursday, but not before the Urbandale Republican got an earful from two big-city police chiefs and Democratic Sen. Tony Bisignano of …
Cedar Rapids-based UFG Insurance has entered into a program management agreement with Topsail Re that will enable the two companies to share risks on certain lines of business, UFG announced. Topsail, a reinsurance group founded in 2018, …
Iowa City Press-Citizen: Amid controversies this school year, David Johnsen, the dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Dentistry, today announced plans to step down. Last fall, the college summoned one of its students to …
Ames Tribune: The Iowa Board of Regents has given final approval for a $10 million pedestrian bridge that would span the road east of Iowa State University’s Jack Trice Stadium to move forward with construction. The …
Redevelopment of the Crossroads Mall site in Fort Dodge is proposed to include the addition of a large plaza, a medical facility a hotel and multiuse buildings that would include apartments. Rendering by Shive Hattery Architecture and …
Des Moines Register: Prompted by a fight with Des Moines Public Schools officials over in person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, Iowa Senate Republicans are advancing a bill that would expand the reasons for disciplining superintendents …
Des Moines Register: A burger-driven restaurant with a diner vibe has opened on Des Moines’ Ingersoll Avenue corridor. Lachele’s Fine Foods, featuring signature smash burgers, sandwiches and hot dogs, opened Feb. 20 at 2716 Ingersoll. It’s …
Washington Post: The Senate voted 92-7 today to approve President Joe Biden’s nomination of Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary. Vilsack had been expected to have a smooth path to confirmation after the Senate Agriculture Committee voted …
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