Simpson College announced Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and educator Nikole Hannah-Jones will visit campus on Thursday, Jan. 29, to receive the George Washington Carver Medal for the 2025–2026 ...

Merchants Bonding Co. announced that Melissa Harden has joined the company as chief marketing and communications officer, succeeding Therese Wielage, who will retire in January. Harden most recently ...

Temple Real Estate has entered into a development agreement with the city of Urbandale to build a 9,886-square-foot mixed-use building on Plum Drive. The Urbandale City Council approved the ...

Top Trumps, a company that produces Monopoly boards specific to cities and states, was at the Ruan Center on Tuesday to unveil the latest Des Moines version. The company visited Des Moines earlier in ...

Des Moines will host the U.S. Navy Blue Angels as part of the 2027 Iowa Air Show: Fields of Thunder, marking the return of a large-scale air show to Central Iowa for the first time since 1991.

A recent review of Business Record archives found at least 552 executive leadership changes have happened in the Des Moines area since 2020. One-third of those changes, 211, occurred between 2024 and ...

CQ Medical, formerly CIVCO Radiotherapy, of Orange City is closing, according to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act data. According to the notification, Medtec, doing business as CQ ...

The Altoona City Council has taken another step toward bringing a Wisconsin company to the metro and expanding the growing industrial area on the city’s north side. The city council on Monday approved ...

WesleyLife announced President and CEO Rob Kretzinger will retire June 1, 2026, concluding a 22-year tenure as chief executive and nearly 30 years with the Midwestern nonprofit aging-services provider ...

EMC Insurance Cos. announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement to sell EMC’s ownership interest in EMC National Life Insurance Co., also known as EMC Life, to Avocet Partners. EMC ...

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Architectural firms saw an increase in inquiries, but still saw a decline in billings as business conditions remained soft at the start of the fourth quarter, an industry survey showed. Building ...