Drake University has named Jessica Vanden Berg the new executive director of the Ron and Jane Olson Institute for Public Democracy, a role aimed at expanding the institute’s efforts in civic ...

T12 Distillery, which is continuing to develop plans for a location in Bondurant’s Grain District Downtown Redevelopment project, will open its first public location inside The Foundry in Historic ...

A longtime southwestern Iowa shoe wholesaler has relocated its headquarters to Dallas Center, where its management team hopes the company will be able to find employees and other resources to help it ...

CREW Iowa is hosting NXT 515: The No Excuses Tour, a one-day leadership conference focused on advancing women and community leaders in November, featuring WNBA star and West Des Moines native Caitlin ...

Jay Byers is being remembered as a man who helped shape Des Moines’ future through his innovation and who was the special ingredient in the “secret sauce” that he often said made the Des Moines metro ...

Woodruff Construction, an employee-owned commercial general contractor, has promoted longtime executive Jason Rechkemmer from chief operating officer to CEO. Rechkemmer, who has been with the company ...

The Iowa Economic Development Authority today approved awards for two companies that will create and retain 65 jobs and result in more than $51 million in new investment in the state.

Zuli Garcia, the founder of food pantry Knock and Drop Iowa, was diagnosed in November 2023 with having HPV cells, which can cause cancer. “It’s really hard, dark times when you hear the word cancer,” ...

EveryStep has received a $40,000 Community Development Grant from the Polk County Board of Supervisors to support its transition to a new electronic health record system, Careficient. The funding, ...

Cole McClelland, vice president and senior commercial real estate relationship manager at Bankers Trust Co., has been named to Independent Banker magazine’s 2026 40 Under 40 Emerging Community Bank ...

Oskaloosa-based Musco Lighting has purchased Insane Impact of Des Moines. Musco Lighting is one of Iowa’s keystone manufacturers, founded in 1976 by Joe Crookham and Myron Gordin, who modernized ...

From a small city in Southeast Iowa, Musco Lighting helps illuminate some of the world’s biggest stages. The company manufactures customized lighting systems for venues ranging from neighborhood ball ...