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New proton therapy center will serve five-state region in Midwest

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Construction has commenced in Kansas City, Kan., on the country’s latest proton therapy center, which upon its scheduled completion in December will be the first of its kind to offer specialized radiation treatment to patients in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, and Arkansas.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

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Iowa consistently earns high marks for its education climate. For many years, Iowa’s public high schools have had the nation’s highest graduation rate. Iowa ranks fifth in the nation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees conferred per 1,000 residents. In addition, Iowa is second in the U.S.

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US Department of Labor's OSHA Continues Outreach Campaign in Midwest to Protect Workers from Struck-By Vehicle Incidents on Job Sites

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In the past five years, 15 percent of all workplace fatalities investigated by the Kansas City Regional Office of the U.S. Because of this, OSHA is continuing its regional outreach initiative in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska to educate workers and their employers about preventing such accidents.

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Construction Workers to Pause for Safety Stand Down on Fall Hazards

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The U.S. 3 at construction sites throughout Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is partnering with more than 300 employers and labor organizations to sponsor a safety stand-down beginning at 11 a.m. frontpage'

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Silicon Prairie

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The tech-startup activity is so brisk in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri that there’s an online newsletter devoted to covering the new startups in the region. The primary focus of siliconprairienews.com is the Omaha-Kansas City-Des Moines triangle. The states in the middle of the U.S.,

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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds… With Larry V. Parman, Secretary, Oklahoma Department Of Commerce

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billion project by MidAmerican Energy, an Iowa-based utility, and the long-awaited Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound. Siemens AG will supply 448 giant turbines (with the capacity to generate 1,050 megawatts of power) as part of largest economic development project in Iowa’s history. runways; one with a 7,800 ft.

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CAD Shack: Central States Revit Workshop 2012 - Registration is.

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America where Nebraska and Iowa meet. P articipants from the Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines, Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Kansas City and beyond will be coming to see presentations like; Steve Stafford - Shared Coordinates. Central States Revit Workshop 2012 - Registration is Open. 22 nd 2012.

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