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Des Moines gun stores see sales surge

Des Moines Register: The Polk County Sheriff’s Office issued 9,145 concealed carry permits in 2020, an 80% increase over the prior year. Across the country, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the FBI conducted 21 …

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Iowa AgriTech Accelerator announces dissolution

Five years after launch, the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator is dissolving, Executive Director Nadilia Gomez announced in a statement sent to the Business Record this afternoon. 

The governing board cited the emergence of new, regional entrepreneurial …

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Cut from MLB’s minor league, Clinton and Burlington join Prospect League

Radio Iowa: The Burlington Bees and the Clinton LumberKings will play ball this spring as part of the Prospect League, which features college baseball players. In December, Major League Baseball cut ties with 42 of its …

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$3 million state grant will improve access for new BAE facility in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Iowa Transportation Commission on Wednesday awarded a $3 million RISE grant to a Cedar Rapids street project that will improve access to the $139 million BAE Systems aerospace facility being built in …

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University of Iowa hospital workers demand 5% raise amid pandemic conditions

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Since the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ thousands of unionized health care workers last bargained with the state Board of Regents for better compensation and workplace conditions, they’ve endured unparalleled demands of …

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D.M. sets ambitious targets to lower greenhouse gas emissions, go carbon-free by 2035

Des Moines Register: Des Moines now boasts some of the most ambitious city-level sustainability goals in the country, climate advocates and elected officials agree. In a unanimous vote Monday night, the Des Moines City Council passed …

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Employment growth to continue, Leading Indicators Index shows

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased to 103.8 in November 2020 from 103.5 in October, according to the Iowa Department of Revenue. November is the fourth month that the index has increased since the COVID-19 …

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Farm Bureau, FBL Financial Group reach $528M deal to take company private

Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and FBL Financial Group today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement under which Farm Bureau Property & Casualty (FBPCIC) will acquire all of the outstanding shares …

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Family Video closing all remaining stores

Des Moines Register: The last behemoth of the video store age has fallen. Family Video, an Illinois-based company that operated 800 video rental stores at its peak, announced on Twitter this week that it would be …

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UI Health Care participating in new COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial

Corridor Business Journal: University of Iowa Health Care announced today that it will be participating in a large, Phase 3 clinical trial for a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Novavax Inc. The multi-site clinical trial, which …