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Hair braiding regulations to ease this week

Des Moines Register: A new law that takes effect Friday will allow people to do natural hair braiding in Iowa without a cosmetology license, which requires 2,100 hours of training that is mostly unrelated to braiding. …

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New casino opens amid celebrities, freebies

Quad-City Times: Hundreds of Isle Casino Hotel regulars lined up around the company’s south hotel tower this morning in Bettendorf, waiting for the doors to open to the new $60 million land-based casino.…

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Food prices dropping in Iowa

RadioIowa: A federal report finds Iowans are paying less at the grocery store for a variety of products, including: pork, poultry, eggs, dairy products and fresh vegetables. Food prices overall have fallen five out of the …

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Millstream Brewing buys Colony Inn in Amana

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Late evening dining will be coming to the Amana Colonies in the fall. Millstream Brewing Co. has purchased the Colony Inn Restaurant in Amana with plans to open Millstream Brau Haus.

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Minimum wage hike recommended for Linn County

Corridor Business Journal: Linn County could have a decision on a study committee’s recommendation to create a new county minimum wage of $8.25 an hour before fall. The study committee recommended the minimum wage be set…
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University of Iowa unveils ATV simulator

Cedar Rapids Gazette: University of Iowa scientists have created a virtual-reality simulator to study how and why hundreds of people a year lose control of ATVs and become injured or die. The work is a collaboration…
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University of Iowa unveils ATV simulator

Cedar Rapids Gazette: University of Iowa scientists have created a virtual-reality simulator to study how and why hundreds of people a year lose control of ATVs and become injured or die. The work is a collaboration…
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Grocery chic: Hy-Vee opening in-store clothing boutiques

Des Moines Register: If Hy-Vee has its way, your next grocery list won’t just include bread and milk, but shirts and dresses as well. The West Des Moines-based grocery chain now is selling clothes. It opened …

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Illinois commits to Chicago-to-Quad Cities rail project

Quad-City Times: The state of Illinois has told the Federal Railroad Administration that it is moving forward with the Chicago to Quad-Cities passenger rail project.…

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Inclusionary housing ordinance clears first vote

Iowa City Press-Citizen: Iowa City on Tuesday took its first major step toward enacting the state’s first inclusionary housing ordinance aimed at increasing the affordable housing stock in the Riverfront Crossings District.  …