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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – MyEntre.Net, Iowa’s online community for Iowa entrepreneurs and small business, has announced the launch of the new ‘Dream Big Grow Here’ contest for entrepreneurs and small businesses in Iowa. Starting in June, businesses statewide can compete monthly to win $1,000 to help bring their business concept to reality or help their business to grow here in Iowa.

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Letter From the Editor:
Counting Down to 100
By: Robert SafianJune 1, 2010

My grandfather used to paint. He wasn't particularly good at it, but he found it calming. He would also make collages with found objects. I look at his work sometimes and try to figure out the stories he was trying to tell (he's been gone for 35 years). I see something different every time.

My grandfather wasn't an artist. He had a dressmaking business. If you looked at him, you wouldn't have guessed he was a creative person. He was conservative in his bearing, his style. But he did design most of the clothing his firm produced.

That's the way creativity is: plainly obvious or visible only from the right vantage point.

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New company will bring more than 80 jobs to Mount Pleasant.
By REX L. TROUTE
rtroute@thehawkeye.com

MOUNT PLEASANT IOWA — Thursday afternoon's glad-handing at the Howe Student Activity Center was a community's business version of victory as Mount Pleasant officially welcomed Biomedical Synergies to its friendly borders. The goal of bringing 87 jobs to the city in the next five years was received with open arms.

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Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:51 AM by Steve Veres
Filed Under: Celebs

Looks like you've got a fan in a high place, Willard.

During a stop at Jerry's Family Restaurant in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, President Barack Obama greeted Frances Asher, 107.

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Farm-fresh opportunity President tours Mount Pleasant organic farm
By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES ccrippes@thehawkeye.com

MOUNT PLEASANT IOWA — Morgan Hoenig never thought she would wind up back in her hometown after college. A graduate of Luther College who studied history, Spanish and international studies, Hoenig didn't anticipate going into the organic farming business, either. Mostly, though, she couldn't have expected her unlikely career path would someday earn her a presidential visit.

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Make Plans To Attend The Heartland GreenUp Symposium and Expo – May 5 in Des Moines or Virtually

All the buzz from both coasts is landing in Iowa through a ground breaking event. Please help spread the word and also register to attend!

The Heartland GreenUp Symposium and Expo will take the discussion of sustainability from America’s coasts to its Midwest, as over a dozen nationally known experts converge in Iowa on May 5.  Thought-leaders from HP, Google, and the EPA will headline the symposium on Sustainable IT, Datacenter Re-Engineering and Green Energy.

Who's Attending? Who Should Attend?

CEOs, CFOs, Sustainability Czars and high-level business strategists, tasked with leading organizations through the upcoming economic and regulatory minefield, spawned by a troubled world economy and fast-changing regulatory postures towards carbon, power, fuels and waste.

CIOs and IT decision-makers – especially those with a mandate to rein in rising power, compute, networking, storage and facilities costs.

Government officials, regulators, public-utility decision makers and others tasked with understanding business needs, incentivizing progress, evolving regulatory regimes and aligning government practice with sustainable energy goals.

Investors and Entrepreneurs, looking to aim capital, innovation and energy at 'sweet spots' in the new economy.

Academics, Scientists, Researchers, Engineers, Business-Process specialists, Teachers and other professionals looking to mark trends, fathom cross-disciplinary connections and network with top thinkers leading the Green Tech revolution.

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