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Home Rule: What bills from 2024 session will have direct effect on Iowa’s local governments

By Michael Crumb | Senior Staff Writer and Mike Mendenhall | Associate Editor

For Iowa cities, the 2024 legislative session was “pretty typical” when compared to the past few years, according to Alan Kemp, executive …

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Trilix Studio: A new video, audio production facility in Des Moines rivals those in Nashville, elsewhere

Ron Maahs stood in a small room at Trilix Studio and clapped his hands. The sound of the clap was clear and crisp. 

Maahs smiled. “There’s nothing,” he said. “No echoes. Just the sound of …

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Business Record 5-17-24

Cover Story: Creating a recording studio

Focus: Municipal Governments

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Meet Lincoln Savings Bank’s new CEO Sean Willett

Sean Willett took over the helm of Waterloo-based Lincoln Savings Bank just before the start of the year. 

Before he joined Lincoln Savings Bank, he was the chief administrative officer for a community bank in …

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Panelists discuss economic health of downtown Des Moines

Nearly 17% of office space in downtown Des Moines is vacant, the highest vacancy rate since 2007, according to JLL market reports.

But, even with the higher-than-normal-office vacancy rate, downtown’s economy is strong, Carrie Kruse, …

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Business Record 5-10-24

Cover Story: Meet Lincoln Savings Bank’s new CEO Sean Willett

Focus: Banking, Finance and Investments

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Better data for better decisions

As planting season gets underway for farms around Iowa, an early-stage research effort out of Iowa State University is focused on giving farmers better data and tools to make decisions that will affect their operations …

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Business Record 5-3-24

Cover Story: Better data for better decisions

Focus: University Research

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Get to know Jeff Harpole at Ruan Transportation Management Systems

Jeff Harpole joined Ruan Transportation Management Systems in March 2020 after launching his career in transportation and logistics with Schneider National in 1990. He spent 17 years with Schneider, moving 10 times, with the last …

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Tourism industry working to balance DEI challenges while selling Des Moines as welcoming destination

The evolution of what it means to be diverse and inclusive has caused convention and visitor bureaus across the country to refocus the ways they are supporting groups while working to attract events and visitors …

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