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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brent Blum, who has led name, image and likeness efforts for Iowa State Athletics since 2022, announced he is stepping down as executive director of the We Will Collective after three years, Cyclone ...

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.

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 ...

Top Trumps, a company that produces Monopoly boards specific to cities and states, was at the Ruan Center on Tuesday to unveil the latest Des Moines version. The company visited Des Moines earlier in ...

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 ...

Architectural firms saw an increase in inquiries, but still saw a decline in billings as business conditions remained soft at the start of the fourth quarter, an industry survey showed. Building ...

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BenefitMall, a leading insurance brokerage firm based in Dallas, has acquired Mutual Med, a Davenport-based insurance distributor that provides sales counseling and support for benefits agents serving ...

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