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FirstLight Home Care opens West Des Moines office
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FirstLight Home Care of West Des Moines is now serving families across the Des Moines metro with personalized, non-medical in-home care.
TPC adds three health systems and expands to 10 members
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TPC is adding Valley Medical Center & Clinics, Nebraska Methodist Health System and Salina Regional Health Center, bringing its membership to 10 independent health systems across the Pacific Northwest and Central Plains.
Huub Lelieveld honored as 2026 World Food Prize laureate
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Dutch food scientist Huub Lelieveld received the 2026 World Food Prize in Des Moines as the prize marked its 40th anniversary.
ILRI launches Livestock Futures at Borlaug Dialogue
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The International Livestock Research Institute unveiled Livestock Futures at the 2026 Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines to help low- and middle-income countries use livestock systems for sustainable development.
Radix Recovery opens addiction treatment statewide in Iowa
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Radix Recovery says it is now admitting clients from every part of Iowa as demand grows for addiction and dual-diagnosis care in Cedar Rapids.
Real Time Medical Systems to highlight post-acute analytics at IHCA convention
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Real Time Medical Systems will present two education sessions at the Iowa Health Care Association Annual Convention in Des Moines on Sept. 15, 2026. The company will focus on using live analytics to improve discharge planning, identify clinical…
Arsenal Credit Union and FHLB Des Moines grant $20,000 to The Kaufman Fund
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Arsenal Credit Union and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines awarded a $20,000 Member Impact Fund grant to The Kaufman Fund in St. Louis on Aug. 10, 2026. The money will support services for veterans, military families and at-risk children…
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.
Medical Associates Health Plans goes live on Elligint Health’s Helios platform
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Iowa-based Medical Associates Health Plans has launched Helios Care Management and Disease Management to consolidate clinical operations on one cloud-native system.
Johnson Fitness & Wellness adds Nike Strength Equipment to U.S. lineup
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Johnson Fitness & Wellness is expanding its strength-training assortment with Nike Strength Equipment, starting this month at 25 U.S. stores and online.
Wertz Law Firm issues Iowa workers’ comp rate guide for 2026
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Wertz Law Firm P.C. has released guidance on Iowa’s 2026 workers’ compensation benefit rates and scheduled member calculations.
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.
Soy use expands far beyond food in shoes, tires and firefighting foam
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Soy now appears in more than 1,000 nonfood uses, from footwear and tires to artificial turf and firefighting foam.
Iowa adopts SICPA secure temporary tags to curb counterfeits
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Iowa has launched a statewide secure temporary tag system with SICPA to make vehicle tags harder to fake and easier for police to verify.
Iowa DOT adopts SICPA temporary tag system to curb fraud
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Iowa’s Department of Transportation has launched a statewide temporary-tag system with SICPA to make vehicle tags harder to counterfeit and easier for police to verify.
Iowa DOT rolls out secure temporary vehicle tags with SICPA
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Iowa launched a statewide system for secure, verifiable temporary vehicle tags on January 1 in partnership with SICPA. The change is meant to make counterfeiting harder, help officers identify fake or expired tags faster, and reduce safety risks…
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.
Kathy Anne Jones expands wellness coaching for women over 40
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Kathy Anne Jones, a bio-scientist, wellness coach, natural chef and author, is broadening her work to help women over 40 navigate weight loss, metabolic changes and GLP-1 use. Her new science-based framework focuses on the signals behind eating…
La' James International College sets Open House Week for Oct. 27-31
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La’ James International College will host Open House Week Oct. 27-31 across its Iowa campuses, with hands-on beauty classes, a career fair and one-on-one planning sessions.
TMF gives $250,000 to fund rural hospital research in Texas
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TMF Health Quality Institute donated $250,000 to the TORCH Foundation to study how hospital access affects health outcomes in rural Texas.
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