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Ruan seeks to hire LME workers

Ruan has offered a signing bonus of sorts and help with applications to any qualified employees of LME, which has announced it is going out of business. Ruan offered to pay the three weeks of …

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Cargill hopes for approval for new proposed site for rail yard in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Agricultural giant Cargill is proposing a new site on private land in Cedar Rapids to build a rail yard for its corn-milling operation, but neighbors continue to raise concerns about noise, property values …

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Employees left without pay after trucking company’s abrupt closure

A Midwest trucking company abruptly shut down on Friday, leaving employees in Des Moines and multiple states without pay, KCCI-TV reported. A statement on LME Trucking’s website said the Roseville, Minn.-based company ceased operations due to …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: UI professor: Here’s how the legal system squeezed out alternatives to the automobile

University of Iowa College of Law Associate Professor Gregory H. Shill wrote an interesting piece for The Atlantic that looks at how lawmakers essentially made America car-dependant by law. Here’s a short excerpt from his piece, which …

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DSM International Airport awarded $4.7 million infrastructure grant

Des Moines International Airport will receive $4.7 million in federal funding to reconstruct an aircraft parking apron and a taxiway. The funding is part of $477 million in Airport Improvement Fund infrastructure grants announced today …

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NOTEBOOK: Back in black?

For those of you who are into the retro squad-car look, the Iowa Department of Transportation is offering new specialty license plates that are all black with white lettering. State lawmakers thought this was a …

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Iowa airplane maintenance company to open Kansas facility, hire up to 450

Salina (Kan.) Journal: An airplane maintenance company based in Sioux City plans to open a facility in Salina, Kan., with immediate plans to employ 50 workers by this fall and up to 450 employees within three …

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CRST, Ruan, Heartland among top trucking companies by revenue

Corridor Business Journal: The strong economy kept the nation’s top trucking companies growing in the past year, including Cedar Rapids-based CRST International, Transport Topics reports. The trade magazine ranked CRST 24th in its newly released 2019 Top …

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Railcar refurbishing plant will bring 263 jobs to Clarksville

Radio Iowa: A Dallas-based company specializing in railcar renovation and manufacturing plans to build a new plant near the Butler County town of Clarksville in northeast Iowa. The plant will start with 263 jobs, and the …

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Airport passenger traffic jumps 9.9 percent

Passenger traffic at Des Moines International Airport rose by 9.9% in May, hitting the second-highest level on record at 259,601. 

American Airlines accounted for 32% of the market, with Delta Air Lines at 25% and …