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Dr. Jill Urich spotlights purpose-driven leadership through coaching and education
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Dr. Jill Urich, a longtime Iowa education leader and executive coach, is being featured by Influential Women for her work helping people build strengths, lead with curiosity, and create stronger teams.
ISL launches no-cosigner graduate loans for Iowa health, law and business students
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ISL Education Lending has introduced two no-cosigner graduate loan programs to help Iowa students cover funding gaps after federal PLUS loans for new graduate and professional borrowers ended.
Goodguys brings Heartland Nationals to Des Moines for July 3-5 show
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Goodguys Rod & Custom Association is taking over the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines July 3-5 for the 35th Speedway Motors Heartland Nationals presented by FiTech Fuel Injection.
Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel adds immersive event programming with Strayboots
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Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel has partnered with Strayboots to give corporate planners in Des Moines access to team-building, CSR and experiential event programming.
Iowa State featured in America 250 series for land-grant impact
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Iowa State University is being highlighted in USA TODAY’s America 250 documentary series for using accessible education, research and entrepreneurship to drive innovation.
La’ James International College and iJAG launch beauty career camp for Iowa students
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La’ James International College and iJAG are teaming up for a five-day summer camp in Fort Dodge, Iowa, that will give high school students hands-on exposure to cosmetology, esthetics and nail technology.
Bee Line expands into Iowa, Missouri and New York
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Bee Line is expanding operations into Iowa, Missouri and New York to meet rising demand for higher cleaning standards across healthcare, education and commercial facilities.
Elevator opens largest co-warehousing site in St. Louis
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Elevator Co-Warehousing cut the ribbon on its 67,300-square-foot St. Louis facility Aug. 20, filling roughly half the building with about 70 businesses on opening day. The company says the Macklind Avenue site is its largest to date and a key…
Discovery Living reports 37% drop in urgent care and ER visits after IntellectAbility training
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Discovery Living says emergency and urgent care visits fell 37% in the year after it rolled out IntellectAbility’s Fatal Five Training for all staff.
NOCC launches nationwide ovarian cancer walk series for fall 2026
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The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition is bringing back its Together in TEAL run/walk series from September through November with 11 in-person events and a virtual option nationwide.
Dr. J. David Holcomb marks 25 years of facial plastic surgery in Sarasota
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Holcomb–Kreithen Plastic Surgery & MedSpa is celebrating Dr. J. David Holcomb’s 25 years practicing in Sarasota, highlighting his work in rhinoplasty, facelift surgery and aesthetic technology.
Levels Family Chiropractic offers $25 July new-patient special in Urbandale
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Levels Family Chiropractic in Urbandale is promoting a $25 new-patient visit for July that includes a consultation, neurological exam and, when needed, full-spine digital X-rays.
Comfort Keepers explains the difference between in-home care and home health care in Council Bluffs
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Comfort Keepers of Council Bluffs is outlining how non-medical in-home care differs from clinical home health care as families weigh support options for aging parents.
Danielle Dinville launches Friday Afternoons Co. to make planning more flexible
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Danielle Dinville has launched and is growing Friday Afternoons Co., a stationery brand built around simple planning tools for people dealing with burnout, ADHD and unpredictable schedules.
CER ranks Florida, Arizona and Indiana atop 2026 charter school law scorecard
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The Center for Education Reform released its 2026 National Charter School Law Rankings and Scorecard, showing which states are expanding charter school opportunity and which still block growth.
Paragon Interiors buys All Makes Office Equipment Co
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Paragon Interiors said Tuesday it acquired All Makes Office Equipment Co., expanding the Iowa-based design firm into seven Midwest markets and roughly doubling its size.
Tinsel Magazine publishes second Talent First installment on performer burnout
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Tinsel Magazine has released “What It Costs,” the second part of its four-article “Talent First” series on the economics and health toll of live performance.
Dr. Celina Peerman urges employers to build leadership pipelines now
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As back-to-school season returns, organizational psychologist Dr. Celina Peerman says employers should treat it as a reminder to keep developing future leaders before openings appear.
WCUSD students win national speech and debate honors
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West Covina Unified School District sent 28 students to the NSDA National Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, where the district earned a national championship, multiple top-10 finishes and Edgewood Middle School’s third straight School of Excellence…
Muscatine launches sponsorship push for parks, sports tourism and wellness
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The City of Muscatine has launched its first formal community sponsorship initiative to support parks, recreation, sports tourism, public wellness and economic development.
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