Drake University has appointed Professor Natalie Bayer as the interim dean of the College of Arts & Sciences for a one-year term, succeeding Dean Gesine Gerhard, who will step down after eight years ...

An increase in inside-same-store sales boosted Casey’s General Stores Inc.’s third-quarter earnings and profit margins, prompting the Ankeny-based retailer to revise its fiscal 2026 outlook for the ...

Bankers Trust Co. CEO Don Coffin will retire on June 30, following nearly two decades of leadership at the bank. As part of a planned succession, Samantha Mosser, who was named president last year, ...

The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement announced that its 2026 Harkin on Wellness Symposium will be held March 11 at the Olmsted Center on Drake University’s campus, focused on ...

The Iowa Board of Regents has approved a new Bachelor of Arts in Special and Inclusive Education at the University of Northern Iowa, set to begin this fall. The program approval follows a change in ...

Agriculture remains one of Iowa’s most interconnected economic sectors, affecting everything from manufacturing and energy to transportation and finance, and a new legislative proposal would reshape ...

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority has been awarded a $20 million federal grant to help fund the construction of the agency’s new operations and maintenance facility. DART purchased 35 ...

West Grand Properties LLC, based in Urbandale, has acquired 8 acres of undeveloped land south of Grand Avenue and west of Interstate Highway 35 in West Des Moines, Polk County real estate records show ...

The Stelter Co., an integrated marketing agency serving nonprofits, announced the opening of its new office in West Des Moines, located at 505 Market St., Suite 300. The company is calling the new ...

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

A local radiologist plans to develop a regional medical campus in Urbandale that provides preventive and diagnostic services as well as treatment, the Business Record has learned. The campus, which ...

After becoming one of the early adopters of a farming practice that would forever change animal agriculture, the Faaborg family in Radcliffe is swapping its concentrated animal feeding operation for ...