As part of its 60th anniversary celebration, Blank Park Zoo is launching Roar & Explore, a statewide public art initiative. The zoo is seeking 20 Iowa artists to paint their designs on large-scale ...

This past year was a busy one for the commercial real estate sector, with some big transactions, building renovations and insights into the possible future of a once popular shopping hub, which were ...

Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Group, an Algona-based provider of commercial property and casualty insurance for pharmacies and specialty health care service providers, has announced a new ...

The city of Grimes will build a new public administration building that will combine staff who work at the current city hall and the Grimes Community Complex. The city council approved plans for the ...

Building permits for 76 new commercial and multifamily projects have been issued in the first six months of 2025 in the Greater Des Moines area, a Business Record review shows. The value of the ...

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

According to the Alliance for Lifetime Income, more than 4.1 million Americans will hit the retirement age of 65 through the year 2027. That’s over 11,200 people every day. The trend is more ...

A recent review of Business Record archives found at least 552 executive leadership changes have happened in the Des Moines area since 2020. One-third of those changes, 211, occurred between 2024 and ...

Maverik today finalized its purchase of long-time Iowa company Kum & Go, an acquisition that makes the Utah-based group the 12th-largest convenience store chain in the U.S. The Kum & Go brand name ...

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 ...