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DSM International Airport awarded $4.7 million infrastructure grant

Des Moines International Airport will receive $4.7 million in federal funding to reconstruct an aircraft parking apron and a taxiway. The funding is part of $477 million in Airport Improvement Fund infrastructure grants announced today …

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NOTEBOOK: Back in black?

For those of you who are into the retro squad-car look, the Iowa Department of Transportation is offering new specialty license plates that are all black with white lettering. State lawmakers thought this was a …

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Iowa airplane maintenance company to open Kansas facility, hire up to 450

Salina (Kan.) Journal: An airplane maintenance company based in Sioux City plans to open a facility in Salina, Kan., with immediate plans to employ 50 workers by this fall and up to 450 employees within three …

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CRST, Ruan, Heartland among top trucking companies by revenue

Corridor Business Journal: The strong economy kept the nation’s top trucking companies growing in the past year, including Cedar Rapids-based CRST International, Transport Topics reports. The trade magazine ranked CRST 24th in its newly released 2019 Top …

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Railcar refurbishing plant will bring 263 jobs to Clarksville

Radio Iowa: A Dallas-based company specializing in railcar renovation and manufacturing plans to build a new plant near the Butler County town of Clarksville in northeast Iowa. The plant will start with 263 jobs, and the …

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Airport passenger traffic jumps 9.9 percent

Passenger traffic at Des Moines International Airport rose by 9.9% in May, hitting the second-highest level on record at 259,601. 

American Airlines accounted for 32% of the market, with Delta Air Lines at 25% and …

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Iowa City plans for automated vehicles

A University of Iowa report on behalf of Iowa City suggests the city will need fewer parking spaces and a revamped bus system as automated vehicles develop, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. Students in the University of …

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Illinois capital bill dedicates $225M to Moline-to-Chicago passenger rail project

Quad-City Times: A decades-long effort to bring passenger rail service from Chicago to the Quad-Cities had been derailed for years. But proponents hope the passage of a capital appropriations bill by the Illinois legislature on Sunday …

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Interstate 29 is closed — again — due to flooding in Iowa, Missouri

Des Moines Register: Portions of Interstate Highway 29 in Iowa and Missouri, as well as other major highways in the southwest corner of the state, have closed for the second time this year because of flooding. …

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Allegiant to kick off new flight tomorrow

Allegiant Airlines’ previously announced flights between Des Moines and the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport in Florida begin Friday. The flights from Des Moines will be twice weekly, and were listed as Sunday and Thursday on …