Urbandale’s plan to redevelop its downtown district — that area between Merle Hay Road to 75th Street along Douglas Avenue — is moving forward with the next steps focused on branding and zoning to ...

Drake University’s Zimpleman College of Business has announced four recipients of its 2026 Social Impact Awards for Research and Outreach, recognizing faculty whose work advances the college’s mission ...

The developer behind the Ignit Johnston LLC youth sports and recreation facility is being accused of breach of contract in a lawsuit filed by the city of Johnston. Business Record file photo The city ...

Drake University has appointed Professor Natalie Bayer as the interim dean of the College of Arts & Sciences for a one-year term, succeeding Dean Gesine Gerhard, who will step down after eight years ...

Southridge Mall, an aged retail center on Des Moines’ south side, continues to be revitalized, this time with the addition of a multifamily project and expansion of an auction company in space once ...

Mom’s Meals announced it doubled its original 2025 Hunger Challenge goal by donating 59,863 medically tailored meals to individuals experiencing nutrition insecurity throughout the year, according to ...

An increase in inside-same-store sales boosted Casey’s General Stores Inc.’s third-quarter earnings and profit margins, prompting the Ankeny-based retailer to revise its fiscal 2026 outlook for the ...

Amanda Zwanziger has been named the new director of business development at Kraus-Anderson’s Des Moines office. Kraus-Anderson is a commercial general contractor and construction manager with ...

New renderings of the Ignit Sports and Fitness complex in Johnston were recently released by Emergent Architecture, the project’s architect. Construction of the $55 million project is underway on ...

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

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 ...

The Technology Association of Iowa recently hosted the Iowa Data Center Summit, which was meant in part to ask how Iowa can balance demand for data centers and environmental responsibility. While ...