Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine has announced a $5 million gift commitment from ISU alumni Scott and Angie State that will launch an expansion of the Large Animal Hospital at the Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center. The 21,000-square-foot expansion will help extend services to horses by increasing intensive care areas, adding space for equine…

Drake University has announced the launch of a new Master of Science in Montessori Education program that is designed to support teachers within Des Moines Public Schools. The three-year agreement with DMPS is exclusive to Drake University and will serve a new cohort of at least 20 current DMPS teachers each year for the next three years,…

Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law Senate File 383, which will regulate and cut costs associated with pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. PBMs are companies that manage prescription drug benefits for health insurance plans and employers. Many refer to them as the middlemen between prescription drug manufacturers, insurers and pharmacies, and negotiate the price and rebates involved….

New Agribusiness Association of Iowa CEO Julie Kenney sat down with the Business Record this week to talk about her new position, the association and its top priorities. She spoke about Grain Indemnity Fund modernization, workforce, support for Highway 5/65 and the need for regulatory consistency. More from this conversation will be featured in an upcoming issue of the…

The World Food Prize Foundation announced it will be partnering with Meals From the Heartland to host a meal packaging service event during the the 19th annual Iowa Hunger Summit on June 16. Volunteers will work together from 2:30-3:30 p.m. to package more than 35,000 meals for Iowans experiencing food insecurity. “This meal-packaging event is a vital…

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry and MidWestOne Bank announced today the winner of the 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa competition: the CP770 cotton picker, manufactured by John Deere in Ankeny. “Dedicated employees at Des Moines Works have been assembling cotton pickers in Ankeny since 1950,” Rosalind Fox, John Deere factory manager, said in a…