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Ideas for Central Iowa waterways are percolating

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s task force on water trails has launched an interactive map that lists the existing conditions along Central Iowa rivers.


The plan now is to ask the public to help come…
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Event March 2: Heartland AEA Education Career Fair

Heartland Area Education Agency is hosting a free education career fair on March 2 from 2 to 6 p.m. at its main office in Johnston. Teachers and other education professionals can meet with representatives from …

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Registration opens for Future Ready Iowa Summit

Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will host the Governor’s 2016 Future Ready Iowa Summit on April 19, at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines. The purpose of the summit is to create a …

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Event Feb. 11: Public hearing on unified workforce plan

Iowa Workforce Development, the lead agency in Iowa’s implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), will lead two public meetings on Feb. 11 to review and discuss the second draft of the Unified …

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SBA backs 15 loans for Central Iowa businesses

The U.S. Small Business Administration backed 15 private loans for Central Iowa businesses in January. The loans were for a combined $2.8 million.


That was more than double the seven loans backed in January 2015,…
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Partnership opens D.C. trip registration

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has opened registration for its May 11-13 lobbying trip to Washington, D.C. Typically, about 200 people make the trip and network between meetings with Iowa’s congressional delegation and staff members. The full trip …

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Planned layoffs up 42 percent from year ago; unemployment rate drops to 4.9 percent

Planned layoffs are up, yet the unemployment rate is down. Confused? Here’s a look at the two latest job reports.   Heavy downsizing in the retail and energy sectors pushed monthly job cut announcements to…
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Three potential economic threats for Iowa

So, what indicators out there are keeping our industry experts and economists sleeping with one eye open? We wanted to hear what they are watching in 2016 and beyond. Below are three of the 13 threats…
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Event March 30: Biotech Innovation Showcase

Twelve biotechnology companies will network and compete in the Biotech Innovation Showcase which will be held Monday, March 30, at the FFA Enrichment Center at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny. Matt Bell, principal …

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How will Iowa be affected by market turmoil in China?

To shake things up this year, our newsroom brainstormed a list of key questions that we thought business people should know the answers to in order to do business better in 2016. Then we went…