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Lily Lawson is competing in the 2026 Baby of the Year competition, and her Iowa family says a win would help fund her future while sending 10% of any prize money to a Des Moines-area nonprofit.

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Wertz Law Firm P.C. has released guidance on Iowa’s 2026 workers’ compensation benefit rates and scheduled member calculations.

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GoSun has introduced an all-electric solar tractor built with Moonrider and aimed at farms, homesteads, and property maintenance.

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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.

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Women in Ag Tech will return July 20 as part of Tech Hub LIVE 2026 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, bringing together ag tech leaders for sessions on leadership, innovation and career growth.

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Girls Soccer Network will premiere the fifth season of The BIG LIFE on Aug. 6, featuring new hosts Paige Thompson of Alabama and Jaiden Rodriguez of USC. The college soccer podcast will follow the duo through the 2026 season with weekly episodes,…

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Iowa Egg Cartons, a division of Heartland Packaging, opened iowaeggcartons.com on July 15, 2026, giving egg producers a way to buy cartons, boxes and trays in half-pallet and full-pallet quantities with live freight quotes.

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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.

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Iowa Summer Jam 9 is set for July 11-12 in Wildwood, bringing two days of live performances, awards and multi-genre independent talent to the Midwest.

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Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo will bring more than 60 speakers and 50 exhibitors to Des Moines, Iowa, July 20-22, 2026, as ag retailers and growers look for technology that can hold up under thin margins and trade uncertainty.

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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.

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Alloy Labs said seven community and mid-size banks joined its consortium in the first half of 2026, expanding the network to 90-plus institutions across 46 states.

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First-time buyers fell to 21% of U.S. home purchases, the lowest share since 1981, even as metros like Pittsburgh, Detroit and St. Louis remain within reach for households earning local median incomes.

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Raconteur Press says Dave Freer’s Storm-Dragon has won the first-ever Special Prometheus Award for Young Adult Fiction from the Libertarian Futurist Society.

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Wavelogix is spotlighting how outdated concrete testing can slow road and bridge reopenings as Iowa DOT updates its standards to accept acoustical resonance sensing.

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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.

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The World Food Prize Foundation announced three major awards at DialogueNEXT in Nairobi, recognizing African leaders advancing food security, youth development and crop innovation.

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PR Consultants Group added Des Moines-based Wixted & Company as its newest member and Iowa representative, expanding access to senior communications expertise across more than 50 U.S. markets.

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The Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association is investing $165,000 in University of Iowa research aimed at improving treatment timing, biomarker development and clinical trial design for CMT1A and CMT1E. The work could help determine when therapies…

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Scarano Marine attended the 2026 North American John Deere Marine Dealer Meeting in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where the authorized dealer trained on John Deere’s JD14 and JD18 marine engines.