A petition to bring a Buc-ee’s travel center to Norwalk has attracted more than 3,500 signatures and will soon be sent to the Texas-based company in what Norwalk Mayor Tom Phillips said is an example ...

The West Des Moines City Council has approved an Urban Renewal Plan for the Valley West Mall site, allowing for an agreement for the redevelopment of the site to move forward. File photo The West Des ...

Iowa Donor Network has announced Philip Blumberg as the organization’s new CEO. Blumberg will take over in mid-October, following Suzanne Conrad’s 28 years in the role. Blumberg’s most recent role was ...

The final design and proposed financial terms for the Falcon, a seven-story, 202-unit building proposed at 1435 Mulberry St., were approved this week by Des Moines’ Urban Design Review Board. The $62 ...

The Des Moines Menace announced it has appointed Kyle Davy as the club’s new general manager as it prepares for the 2026 United Soccer League League Two season. Davy will step into the full-time role ...

Meals from the Heartland announced its 18th Annual Hunger Fight packaged 1.47 million meals to support hungry children and families, enough to feed approximately 5,680 children for an entire year. The ...

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry is holding an RV tour of manufacturers across Iowa Oct. 3-14 as part of its manufacturing careers awareness initiative Elevate Iowa. The Elevate Iowa ...

The University of Northern Iowa Foundation announced it raised $29.28 million during the 2024-25 fiscal year as part of its “Our Tomorrow” campaign, which aims to reach $300 million in total support.

Emily Wood is special projects editor at Business Record. She covers nonprofits and philanthropy, HR and leadership, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Molecules are the building blocks of life and are the foundation of a multigenerational Iowa manufacturing business. Des Moines-based Kemin Industries is a $1.4 billion ingredient supplier run by the ...

The first tenants of the newly reimagined Atlas Building were recently announced, taking the first steps in turning the former Wells Fargo office building in West Des Moines into a multi-tenant ...

After becoming one of the early adopters of a farming practice that would forever change animal agriculture, the Faaborg family in Radcliffe is swapping its concentrated animal feeding operation for ...