Connie Wimer was born in Merrill, Iowa, a small town in northwest Iowa and attended Morningside College. Connie is the owner and Chairman of Business Publications Corporation. In addition to ...

According to data filed through the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, a construction company based in Ankeny has closed. Solgen Power, doing business as Purelight Power, located at ...

The Polk County Health Department and Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement are partnering with the Iowa Cancer Registry to host Cancer in Polk County, a public data presentation ...

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 ...

Business Publications Corp. announced and awarded its inaugural News Changemaker Awards for 2023 on Wednesday evening at the company’s 20|40 event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of dsm magazine and ...

The 80/35 Music Festival is canceled for this year following the dissolution last year of the Des Moines Music Coalition, which organized the two-day event. File photo The 80/35 music festival, the ...

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 ...

Just over 3,100 building permits for single-family houses and townhome units are expected to be issued in the Greater Des Moines area in 2025, the fewest since 2021, data from the Home Builders ...

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board voted today to award $23.5 million from the Iowa Reinvestment Act for a pro soccer stadium and global plaza on the former Dico Inc. site near downtown Des ...

Nate Schelhaas, head of the business owner segment at Principal Financial Group, analyzed the company’s latest Well-Being Index during the fourth episode of the Iowa Economy Podcast recorded Dec. 3.

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co. plans to move into the Nationwide building at 1100 Locust St. in downtown Des Moines. The Des Moines City Council on Monday will consider an agreement ...

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa has started the second phase of its facility expansion with construction underway on the state’s first rescue intake and rehabilitation center. The $1 million project ...