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Tapping Regional Cooperation

Urbandale’s decision to consider building its own water-treatment plant has set off a lively metrowide debate over forming a regional water utility.

It’s a high-stakes discussion that could mean lower water rates for some area …

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The tracks of a city

When boring through centuries of debris in downtown Des Moines, it helps to hold your breath and have a strong stomach.

Who knows what those 6-foot auger bits will unearth as they plummet through the …

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Business Record 2-13-15

Building Entrepreneurship
Simpson, Drake, DMACC launch new initiatives

Focus: STEM

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Resurgent ape center looks to expand, allow visitors

When scientist Jared Taglialatela arrived at Des Moines’ great ape facility near Easter Lake on a bit of a rescue mission, he was taken aback at what he found.

The language and cognition research center …

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Business Record 2-6-15

Untangling the Web
Greater Des Moines nonprofits look for solutions to overcome technology challenges.

Focus: Nonprofits

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The Elbert Files: Newspapers: Lee vs. Gannett

The quarterly financial reports released by Gannett Co. Inc. and Lee Enterprises Inc. last week provide a contrast on how the two media heavyweights are confronting the historic pressures facing the nation’s newspaper industry. 

The …

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Gitomer: Take action for a great year

I’m challenging you NOT to have your BEST year ever. Rather, have a GREAT year. A great family year. A great achievement year. A great money year. A great health year.

The secret of “great” …

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McLellan: A lesson from Nationwide

Who would have ever thought that an insurance company would have the most controversial TV commercial of the 2015 Super Bowl?

If you somehow missed it, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. unveiled a TV spot where …

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A Closer Look: Rebecca Ryan

West Des Moines City Manager Tom Hadden was at a city managers’ meeting not long ago looking for the next seminar to attend. He walked by a room so crowded that people were standing in …

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3 Questions for Troy Caraway

A year ago, West Des Moines-based UnityPoint Health acquired Physicians Plus Insurance Corp., a Madison, Wis.-based health insurance company that it plans to use as a platform for developing a regional health insurance division. Six …