Madeleine Charis King
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Iowa Public Radio
President Donald Trump announced an $18 billion investment in a fully integrated American steel system, including a major steel plant coming to southeast Iowa's Lee County. Supporters say it will benefit the American economy and national security.
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While across the country first-time home buying is still down since the recession, it appears millennials are starting to move out of apartments or their… -
The golf clubs may be stored away until next spring, but some of Iowa’s 400 golf courses are still buzzing with activity, especially in a suburb of Des… -
Manufacturing continues to be the lead sector of the economy in Dickinson County, thanks, in part, to Polaris Industries. The company has been turning out…
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Exactly six months after they were unveiled at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Polaris Industries cannot keep up with the demand for Indian motorcycles. The… -
A popular Central Iowa restaurant is closing this weekend. (Saturday night; November 16th) Iowa Public Radio’s Dean Borg reports the Suburban Restaurant,… -
A young company from upstate New York, that manufactures packaging materials with agricultural waste is moving into an empty facility in Cedar Rapids.…
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Nationally, unemployment rates for veterans are in decline, but the highest rates of joblessness are suffered by soldiers most recently returned from… -
The Mississippi Belle II ended 16 years of riverboat gambling in Iowa, with an historic trip on Oct. 10th, 2007 from Clinton. Iowa Public Radio was there,…
