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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the May 17 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the May 17 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 on BusinessRecord.com

Water trails incubator launched
Capital Crossroads has formed the Central Iowa Water Trails Incubator to guide planning and …

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NOTEBOOK: Here’s a rich idea: A caucus-themed restaurant

I chuckled a bit to myself and thought of former Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich when a fresh press release popped into my inbox. The release detailed plans for an Iowa caucus-themed wine bar/bistro to …

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NOTEBOOK: Clive Behavioral Health to offer first-of-its-kind treatment approach

When it opens in the summer of 2020, Clive Behavioral Health will offer a first-of-its-kind approach in Iowa for inpatient mental health treatment, says Dr. Sasha Khosravi, chair of the Psychiatry Department at MercyOne Des …

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NOTEBOOK: It’s actually Elizabeth Warren calling

The voice coming through Teree Caldwell-Johnson’s cellphone said it was Elizabeth Warren calling.Caldwell-Johnson, CEO of Oakridge Neighborhood and a Des Moines school board member, thought it was a robocall and briefly contemplated disconnecting. But the …

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Proposed federal courthouse still raising some local ire

Though just a relative handful of people have seen preliminary designs for a $137 million federal courthouse proposed on prime riverfront property in downtown Des Moines, an image of an eyesore and an abomination is …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the May 10 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the May 10 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: Sweet and helpful news

The Food Bank of Iowa and the Wallace Centers of Iowa have a recipe for helping food-insecure Iowans. 

The two nonprofits have partnered up to grow and distribute sweet potatoes this year on land at …

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NOTEBOOK: New series LLC ‘a common-sense thing,’ Pate says

Iowa business owners, particularly those who are organized as limited liability companies, may want to take a closer look at a new state law that was recently signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds. 

The legislation, Senate …

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NOTEBOOK: UnityPoint adds a Hy-Vee grocery locker

Not long after I wrote up a little Insider Notebook item for the April 19 issue about a Sioux City hospital installing a Hy-Vee Aisles grocery locker on-site https://bit.ly/2GVS4fV, I got word from Senior Marketing …