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Simpson and Indianola organizations launch business incubator

Simpson College students will be invited to make their business dreams a reality under a new collaborative venture launched by the college, the Indianola Development Association and Indianola Municipal Utilities. The working title of the project …

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Iowa State joins effort to lift reading proficiency

Iowa State University is a part of “Collaborating for Kids,” a new partnership between the Iowa Department of Education, area education agencies and school districts aimed at getting all Iowa students reading on grade level …

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Day of service is Monday in recognition of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday


Thousands of Iowa residents will join hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country who will serve as volunteers on the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday. Opportunities for getting involved are posted …

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Iowa receives third health-insurance exchange grant

Iowa will receive an additional $6.8 million from the federal government to help it establish an online health-insurance exchange, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday.<o:p></o:p>

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The grant is part of …

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Iowa unemployment holds steady at 4.9 percent

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was unchanged from November at 4.9 percent, Iowa Workforce Development announced this morning. A year earlier, the state’s unemployment rate stood at 5.6 percent. The U.S. jobless rate …

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Waukee hires Moerman as city administrator

The city of Waukee announced that it has appointed Tim Moerman, currently the assistant city manager of Ankeny, as its city administrator. Moerman has more than 25 years of city administration experience and was involved …

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3M plans upgrade of its Ames plant

St. Paul-based 3M is weighing plans to spend $29 million to upgrade its Ames plant with new equipment and added manufacturing capacity, The Des Moines Register reported. The company is seeking approximately $1.3 million in …

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S&P 500 up to five-year high

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index hit a five-year high today, amid better-than-forecast initial jobless claims and housing data, Bloomberg reported. 

The S&P 500 had risen 0.6 percent to 1,481.53 as of 12:15 p.m. Central …

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Weight, BMI play a larger role in executive promotion than you may realize

Try this one on for size: New research suggests that a few extra pounds or slightly larger waistline affects an executive’s perceived leadership ability, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Leadership experts and executive recruiters say …

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Partnership legislative day set for Feb. 14

The Greater Des Moines Partnership will host its legislative day at the Iowa Statehouse on Feb. 14.

Partnership investors and regional members will have the chance to meet with individual state senators and representatives.

Remarks …