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INSIDE LOOK: DSM airport terminal executive update meeting

I dropped by a Thursday airport briefing for local executives regarding the proposed new terminal building at Des Moines International Airport. This was the most recent of several such briefings held by consultant David Fisher, …

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DOT: Traffic deaths rise slightly in 2014

Iowa had 321 traffic-related deaths in 2014, four more than the year before, Iowa Public Radio reported, based on Iowa Department of Transportation statistics. November 2014 had the most fatalities since 2010, but December 2014 …

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15 Industry Trends for 2015

My environment is about to get a whole lot better. 

Sorry, Doug. As much as I want to give you credit, your prediction on real estate trends came a bit late for us. But I …

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Is this the year for a transportation funding increase?

There was some optimism for a transportation funding bill at the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s legislative luncheon in December. But that optimism seems to have dissipated as the 2014 session starts. 

Georgia Van Gundy, chair …

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Ruan IV named Ruan Inc. president and chief operating officer

Ruan Inc. has promoted John Ruan IV to the position of president and chief operating officer, the Des Moines-based company announced today. 
 
All subsidiaries and divisions of Ruan Inc. will report directly to Ruan, …

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Smithey to retire as Des Moines airport leader

Don Smithey, executive director of Des Moines International Airport, announced today that he will retire from the airport effective Feb. 14.

 

The former director at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield, came out of retirement to take …

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Executive director Don Smithey to retire from airport

Don Smithey, executive director of the Des Moines International Airport, announced today that he will retire from the airport effective Feb. 14.

Smithey, the former director at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield, came out of retirement to …

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Storm causes flight delays, cancellations at DSM

Several flights in and out of Des Moines have been canceled or delayed in the aftermath of a winter storm that swept the Midwest, The Des Moines Register reported. Five morning arrivals and three departures had …

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Optimistic rail supporters tout benefits of line through Des Moines

Having a passenger rail line extend from Chicago to Omaha with a stop in Des Moines is just good business, advocates said this morning.

Geoff Fruin, assistant city manager in Iowa City, and Patricia Quinn, …

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Electrical power woes still causing Dreamliner nightmares

U.S. safety investigators have ruled out excess voltage as the cause of a battery fire this month on a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner jet operated by Japan Airlines Co. Ltd. and said they were expanding the probe to …