The Downtown Farmers’ Market will open for the 2026 season on Saturday, May 2 in the Court District of downtown Des Moines. This year’s season will feature 305 vendors representing 74 cities across 42 Iowa counties, including 43 new participants and 75 local produce and agriculture providers. The market offers food assistance programs including SNAP/EBT,…

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has announced nominations are open for the 2026 John Lewis Youth Leadership Award, honoring Iowans aged 25 or younger for outstanding civic engagement, service and leadership. This is the fifth year Iowa has participated in the program. Nominations will be accepted through April 30. Up to two recipients will…

Donna Tweeten, a longtime Hy-Vee executive and the company’s first female president, died Wednesday following a recent diagnosis of Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, the company announced in a statement.  Tweeten served in communications and marketing roles with Hy-Vee, including chief marketing officer, before being named president in 2022. She joined Hy-Vee in 2006 as assistant…

Marshalltown continues to have the highest unemployment rate among Iowa’s cities, with 10% of the community’s workforce unemployed in January, data from Iowa Workforce Development shows. In January, 1,400 people in Marshalltown’s workforce of 13,800 were unemployed. Among Iowa’s cities, Marshalltown had the highest unemployment rate in 10 of the 11 months data was released…

Business Record reporter Lisa Rossi chats with Luke Elzinga, DMARC’s policy and advocacy manager, about how policy decisions and legislation can affect people experiencing hunger — directly or indirectly. They discuss the repercussions of H.R. 1, the “Big Beautiful Bill,” and Iowa’s new regulations on SNAP purchases and the revamped Summer EBT program.