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More than 20 Iowa communities will benefit from rural small business grant
Minden, Perry, West Branch and a collection of towns in southeast Iowa have been selected as pilot projects for the Rural Business Initiative, a project from Iowa Rural Development Council. The project will support existing small businesses in rural Iowa as they build back from disasters, forge regional collaboration and spiff up business districts. The […]
Latest CDC Numbers Show Iowa’s Suicide Rate Higher Than Illinois & Wisconsin
I'm no stranger to this cause of death. Few things are harder than watching a loved one slip away after a failed suicide attempt. The emotional toll a suicide can produce for those left behind can create a spiral of devastation. As an individual with unwanted experience in this area,...
Month of September in Iowa One for the Record Books
(Des Moines) State Climatologist Dr. Justin Glisan has reported that Iowa received an average of eight-tenths of an inch of rainfall for September, making it the driest September on record preliminarily in the 152 years of recorded data. Dr. Glisan noted that the state’s southwest region received only 30 percent...
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