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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Digital scan of Notre Dame offers hope for restoration after fire

After all that heartbreak for Parisians, Christians and history lovers around the world, some hope: An exact digital replica of the Notre Dame Cathedral, captured in 2015, provides a precise road map that the restoration …

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NOTEBOOK: Stowe gives us one more look at his character, invokes ‘Free Bird’


Bill Stowe, the silver-haired, highly educated, articulate character whose career included a high-profile runs as Des Moines public works director and as chief of the local water utility, made sure we got one more message …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Here’s a *#@*&^ interesting case

The U.S. Supreme Court wades into trademark issues Monday, considering a case in which a streetwear company’s name that sounds like a form of the “F” word was denied a trademark by the U.S. Patent …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the April. 12 issue?

Aubrey Alvarez, 8
Jay Byers, 4
Jake Christensen, 34
Angela Connolly, 8
Nicole Cook, 6
Niki DePhillips, 34
Joseph Jones, 8
Adam Kaduce, 34
Nick Kuhn, 8
Jeff Mark, 5
Melissa O’Neil, 8
Sarai Rice, …

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NOTEBOOK: Facebook sticks with Altoona

If you owned a piece of land large enough to accommodate a 1 million-square-foot data center, chances are your heart raced a tad a few months ago when word spread that Facebook was planning to …

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NOTEBOOK: Giving points for good food choices

The Harkin Institute put on its Wellness Symposium April 3, and Sarai Rice, executive director of the Des Moines Area Religious Council, presented some fascinating information about how DMARC has tried to fight poor eating …

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NOTEBOOK: Israel turns to tech

The Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines hosted Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Derner for a series of events that included a Des Moines Embassy Club lunch …

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Principal CEO: No ‘speed bumps’ anticipated in Wells Fargo deal

Principal Financial Group’s CEO says he doesn’t anticipate any regulatory issues that would prevent the proposed $1.2 billion acquisition of Wells Fargo’s retirement businesses from being approved. 

In an agreement announced this morning, Principal plans …

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Checking in on legislation

I walked over to the Greater Des Moines Partnership this morning to ask Joe Murphy how the Partnership’s legislative priorities fared on Friday, the day many bills “died” in the second funnel. Nothing is really …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: UPS makes the first revenue-generating drone delivery

One of the big challenges we hear all the time is the quest to solve “the last mile.” In other words, as logistics have continued to improve and demand has increased for sending packages, the …