High attendance rates and naming rights changes made for a busy 2025 at the Iowa Events Center. Announcements for this year’s headlining events will start in the coming weeks, adding to ...

West Des Moines-based communications company Strategic America has announced that its CEO and president will retire. John Schreurs will retire this year, after his successor has been named. Schreurs’ ...

The organizers of the 2026 Global Insurance Symposium have announced this year’s agenda. With the theme of “Insurance in an Era of Possibilities,” this year’s symposium will recognize the convergence ...

The city of Waukee is moving forward with projects to revitalize its downtown, often referred to as the Triangle, and create opportunities for more gatherings and events as well as commercial ...

Bresson Real Estate Holdings LLC, located in Ankeny, paid R&W Schonhorst Inc. $2.4 million for farmland in northeast Polk County, real estate records show. The property, located east of Interstate ...

Paragon IT Professionals, an IT staffing and project solutions firm in Des Moines, announced the promotion of Jessica Grant to president. Grant steps in for co-founder, Craig Jackman, who served as ...

In fall 2023, a joint venture was announced between Ruan Inc., Block Real Estate Services and Foutch Brothers to convert Two Ruan Center from office to residential. In December, more than two years ...

Just over 40% of the 434 teaching vacancies in Iowa’s public school districts this school year are in special education, a persistently difficult area to fill nationally and in the state. Data ...

The Des Moines International Airport saw a record number of passengers pass through its gates in 2025, the third consecutive year the airport has topped 3 million passengers. Photo courtesy Des Moines ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that Iowa has been awarded funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program, a federal initiative ...

How have you helped improve organizations you’ve been a part of? I have been on my Temple board for probably 30 years. When we had only an interim, part-time rabbi, I led Torah study and Saturday ...

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce has announced its annual West Des Moines Citizen and Emerging Citizen of the Year: Dan Houston and Kara Matheson, respectively. The two will be honored at the ...