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Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• Aurelia Greenig, 88, Kansas City (pencitycurrent.com) — Family and friends in the Des Moines area are mourning Aurelia "Raylee" Greenig, whose grandchildren include a Des Moines resident and relatives in Ankeny and Grimes. The 88-year-old Kansas City resident, originally from Iowa, leaves a close-knit family spanning Iowa, Missouri, and Alaska, and her loved ones will remember her privately at a family service.
• Woman Goes To Popular Iowa Grocery Store. Then She Sees It Selling 'Unknown Meat': 'Call The Health Department' (brobible.com) — A Hy-Vee shopper in Des Moines recently spotted a package of meat labeled only as "Unknown – New Scale Item," showing what looked like a scaly claw and sparking viral TikTok concern. Hy-Vee later confirmed it was alligator and said the product had been mislabeled, prompting fresh questions about how clearly unusual foods are identified for local customers.
• 10 Real Biotech Jobs Thriving Outside the Usual Tech Hubs (discoverwildscience.com) — Des Moines gets a spotlight as a growing biotech hub, especially for agricultural innovation jobs with strong salaries and lower living costs. The piece profiles roles like agricultural biotechnology specialists here and compares them with similar opportunities in other emerging biotech cities, arguing that scientists can build serious careers without moving to coastal tech centers.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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