CREW Iowa is hosting NXT 515: The No Excuses Tour, a one-day leadership conference focused on advancing women and community leaders in November, featuring WNBA star and West Des Moines native Caitlin ...

Drake University has named Jessica Vanden Berg the new executive director of the Ron and Jane Olson Institute for Public Democracy, a role aimed at expanding the institute’s efforts in civic ...

This year’s Photo Issue highlights four leaders whose interests outside of work are as varied as their professional backgrounds. An environmental leader cultivates a garden filled with native plants ...

A new developer is under contract with Valley West Mall in West Des Moines and is undertaking a shorter due diligence process with hopes of closing in about 90 days. Business Record file photo A new ...

A rendering from The Iowa Clinic shows the clinic’s proposed two-story, 27,000-square-foot medical building that is planned for 207 Jordan Creek Parkway, west of Jordan Creek Town Center. If approved ...

The second annual ICONic Riverfest raised more than $86,000 for ICON Water Trails and brought together volunteers to clean waterways at 14 sites across Central Iowa. More than 250 volunteers removed ...

Tell us a little about your hobby. I am a classically trained musician with undergraduate and master’s degrees in piano performance and literature, as well as an MBA. Playing classical music has ...

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. announced that Axel André will join the West Des Moines-based life and annuity company this month as chief financial officer.

Jeff Pomeranz was city manager in West Des Moines when the community was approached around 2008 by a consultant looking for land on which to build a data center for Microsoft Corp. At the time, ...

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

No industry is set in stone. Indianola-based Cemen Tech has been shaking up – or vibrating – the cement and concrete industry with its volumetric mixer trucks. Roads, bridges, buildings, parking lots ...

The area highlighted in yellow shows the 517 acres DRA Properties LC is annexing into Ankeny on the city’s northeast side off of 36th Street. Although plans are not definitive, a mix of development ...