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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK: Parking changes in Court Ave. area

Parking ramps’ hourly rates in the Court Avenue area (Second Street to Fifth Avenue and Vine Street to Walnut Street) changed to $1 an hour on Jan. 17 to encourage employees and long-term parkers to …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the January 26 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the January 26 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week.

Index falls
Iowa’s Rural Mainstreet Index falls amid continued low commodity prices and concerns that NAFTA will be scrapped. http://bit.ly/2DvW9qo …

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NOTEBOOK: Need a drink? Like the environment? Looking for a good read?

The excuses to drink in this town get hard to track, what with TechBrew sessions by Technology Association of Iowa, dsm Magazine unveilings, the Greater Des Moines Partnership annual dinner, and now the trek toward …

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NOTEBOOK: Wellman postpones gig, welcomes baby

I arrived to services at West Des Moines United Methodist Church Sunday fully pumped that the afternoon would bring a concert in our sanctuary featuring jazz great and Noce guru Max Wellman, and two other …

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NOTEBOOK: Apple HQ for Iowa? Nah, it’s too darn cold

Waukee Community and Economic Development Director Dan Dutcher made a quick call Wednesday to a real estate contact at Apple Inc. after reading that the company planned a second U.S. headquarters. He thought he knew …

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NOTEBOOK: More growth ahead at JLL Des Moines

They aren’t working out of broom closets yet at the Des Moines office of JLL, but recent growth makes the firm’s headquarters at 801 Grand Ave. a little shy of space. The recent addition of …

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NOTEBOOK: Services help with college application

Tuition and room/board at a top Ivy League university now run about $65,000 a year. Add in books, travel back to Iowa a few times a year, a mom-and-dad-funded spring break trip — and your …

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NOTEBOOK: Iowa hospitals brace for double-digit cut in Medicare drug program

At least three dozen Iowa hospitals, among them Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, face losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments they receive through a longtime drug purchasing program this year. It’s a …

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NOTEBOOK: Wine, beer app improves with age

The newest Iowa Wine and Beer directory includes listings for 86 wineries, 79 breweries and 11 distilleries across the state, and you can use the Iowa Wine and Beer App to find these with its …