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Mobile art festival hits Des Moines

With the latest Des Moines Arts Festival in the books, this seems like a good time to pass along that the Des Moines Public Art Foundation and DART transportation agency have unveiled the eighth art …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jun 25, 2018
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Crude oil leaks into flooding river from derailed train in northwest Iowa

Sioux City Journal: Residents of several farms were evacuated early this morning after a train carrying oil derailed, spilling some of its contents into floodwaters of the Little Rock River near Doon in northwest Iowa. Firefighters …
By BPC Staff | Jun 22, 2018
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Iowa seeks public input on highway rest areas, proposes closing 11 rest stops

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Iowa Department of Transportation is seeking public input on a plan scrutinizing the 37 full-service rest areas that line Iowa’s interstate system and recommending some be closed. The Iowa Statewide Rest Area Management …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jun 22, 2018
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DART names Harris to partnerships post

Matthew Harris of Des Moines has been named business and community partnerships manager at the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority, starting July 16. He will work to expand DART’s partnerships program to diversify revenue …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jun 22, 2018
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Quad City airport passenger numbers up from a year ago

Quad-City Times: The Quad City airport authority’s discussion of monthly passenger traffic Tuesday was vastly different than this time last year. Last May, an airport official said the Quad City International Airport’s passenger totals were “dismal,” …
By BPC Staff | Jun 20, 2018
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Commuters, watch out for speed cameras June 25

Workers who commute to and from downtown, pay attention. This may be the most important news you get today: Speed cameras will be back on Interstate 235 starting next Monday (June 25), according to a …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Jun 19, 2018
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Airport traffic up 2.9 percent in May

Passenger traffic at Des Moines International Airport rose 2.9 percent in May over the same month last year. That brought the year-to-day increase to 3.9 percent over the same period last year. The biggest carrier, …
By BPC Staff | Jun 14, 2018
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Des Moines airport traffic rises 6.9 percent


Passenger traffic at Des Moines International Airport rose an unusually high 6.9 percent in April, double the growth of some recent months. Executive Director and General Manager Kevin Foley said it was simply a busy …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | May 14, 2018
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Guest Opinion: Pilot program helps firms fill empty shipping containers

The pilot website ContainerLocator.com has demonstrated proof of concept and is drawing praise from the tech community.

The website empowers companies to track down international shipping containers that are arriving in Iowa full of goods …
By TODD ASH | May 10, 2018
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State transportation plan includes interstate work north of Ankeny

Radio Iowa: The Iowa Transportation Commission unveiled a draft five-year Transportation Improvement Plan this week that would spend $3.4 billion on the state’s highways, including interstates. “Probably the most significant projects on the interstates right now …
By BPC Staff | May 10, 2018