In a recent interview, the Business Record sat down with Andrea Woodard, executive director of the Iowa State Association of Counties. Among other topics, we asked her about the Iowa DOGE Task Force’s ...

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 ...

When Jim Lewis was preparing to interview for the job of executive director of the Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business, he did what ...

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 ...

Photos above: An $80 million Innovative Hub would be built in the Ankeny school district if voters approve a $130 million bond referendum on Tuesday. The Hub, which is estimated to cost $80 million, ...

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.

Lexi Vazquez, who graduated from GMG Community Schools in May, plans to work in the marketing big leagues. In the fall, she will be a freshman at the University of Iowa, where she will study marketing ...

When Shannon Lerda’s e-commerce business took over her family’s home in Omaha, she began looking for warehouse space where she could store supplies and package goods bought by customers. Lerda wanted ...

Blank Park Zoo recently broke ground on the Ruan Foundation Wild Iowa exhibit, part of the zoo’s $18 million “Expand the Impact” capital campaign. The exhibit will create immersive habitats showcasing ...

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 ...

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 Anthem development in Huxley includes apartments designed for young professionals. It is a 120-acre mixed-use development that will also include a senior living campus, retail, space for light ...