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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Last week, Principal Financial Group told its employees that most would be required to begin working in the office at least three days a week starting in November. The mandate was welcome news to ...

In the 2013 Book of Lists, we began a new tradition. While the book has traditionally focused on businesses, we wanted to add some new lists that highlighted the vast array of business people in our ...

Officials at the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority are beginning to prepare for changes to its system following the approval of its redesigned network this week. The DART commission voted ...

The University of Northern Iowa has received approval from the Iowa Board of Regents to launch an Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, set to begin in fall 2026 pending accreditation.

Businessman William “Bill” Knapp is being remembered as a visionary leader whose legacy touched the city’s landscape, both as a businessman and philanthropist, and sought to lift up others and make ...

Fairway Frank’s Bar & Grill has opened in Norwalk, at 729 Main St., in the former Pyra Pizzeria space. The locally owned restaurant is named after southside Des Moines native Frank Cataldo, who passed ...

Construction is expected to begin in the next two years on multifamily projects that would add over 4,600 apartment units to the Des Moines area, according to CBRE Inc.’s recent market report.