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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week.

Ames’ development
Ames is adding a major industrial park expected to compliment the innovation at Iowa State University Research Park. …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the February 16 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the February 16 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: Art therapy wall provides healing for young clients

Last month I got a tour of the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center from its director, Jim Hayes, when I visited to interview him for a Closer Look story. One side of the center in …

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NOTEBOOK: KHOI, Iowa State Daily Media Group create audio lab

KHOI Community Radio and the Iowa State Daily Media Group have started a pilot program to train Iowa State University students in audio production, including podcast and radio broadcast creation and engineering. 

Lawrence Cunningham, general …

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NOTEBOOK: A few nuggets from Iowa’s Condition of Education Report

For the sixth consecutive year, total enrollment has increased in Iowa’s public schools, following a 17-year decline, according to the recently released Annual Condition of Education Report by the Iowa Department of Education. There were …

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NOTEBOOK: Womply claims Valentine’s Day isn’t a big deal for restaurants

The folks at Womply say Valentine’s Day is the 109th-best sales day of the year for restaurants. It’s a paltry 12 percent boost in transactions and 10 percent jump in revenue compared with any average …

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NOTEBOOK: Ankling for a story

The Business Record newsroom employs no fashion plates, other than Newsroom Operations Manager John Retzlaff (but that’s a story for another day).


But we are observant journalists enough to know that when we recently interviewed …

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NOTEBOOK: Health care now top U.S. employer, but manufacturing still tops Iowa

The Atlantic’s January issue had an interesting thought piece about how the demographics of aging and the growth in medical spending have combined to propel jobs growth in the U.S. health care industry past the …

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NOTEBOOK: Ankling for a story

The Business Record newsroom employs no fashion plates, other than News Operations Manager John Retzlaff (but that’s a story for another day).

But we are observant journalists enough to know that when we recently interviewed …

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NOTEBOOK: Art by three women in Statehouse display

Works by three female Iowa artists focusing on the beauty and balance of nature are featured in a new exhibition in Gov. Kim Reynolds’ formal office. The Iowa Women’s Art Exhibition includes pieces from Alexandra …