The statewide nonprofit Children’s Cancer Connection (CCC) is preparing for its annual Camping the Night Away event on Oct. 5. The eastern Iowa fundraising event for CCC’s free camp programs will take place at Cedar Ridge Distillery & Winery in Swisher. Proceeds from the event and its auction will go to CCC’s Camp Heart Connection….

As members of Congress continue to work to avert a federal government shutdown, the Business Record took a look at what a shutdown would mean to Iowans. If an agreement is not reached on the federal budget, many, but not all, federal functions would stop beginning at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 1. Here is what…

The Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System this week announced that its investment program earned a 5.41% return in the fiscal year that ended June 30, slightly exceeding its policy benchmark of 5.27%. The earnings were announced during the investment board’s quarterly meeting. IPERS is a retirement plan for Iowa’s public employees. At the end of…

Wells Fargo provided the Polk County Housing Trust Fund a $75,000 grant for its Stable Steady Strong initiative, which makes grants to local nonprofits that help people and families find safe, affordable housing. This year, 15 local nonprofits are providing services that are partially funded by Stable Steady Strong. For the year ending June 30,…

MidWestOne Financial Group announced that it executed a definitive merger agreement to reinvest the proceeds from the sale of its Florida operations into the acquisition of Denver Bankshares Inc., the parent company for the Bank of Denver. MidWestOne will pay $32.6 million in cash consideration for Denver Bankshares. The Bank of Denver has $271.5 million…