Nearly $212,000 is being provided to schools and nonprofit organizations through Meta Altoona Data Center’s Community Action Grants program, the data center giant announced. The company, known more familiarly as Facebook, has a large data center complex in Altoona. The grant program was created to address needs of cities served by the Southeast Polk and…

Local artist Ramona Muse Lambert has been selected to add colorful artwork to utility boxes at 2714 Ingersoll Ave., the Avenues of Ingersoll & Grand announced. A call for local artists resulted in more than a dozen submissions. A committee representing local business and property owners selected Muse Lambert’s whimsical designs to spotlight. The art-wrapped…

An initiative called Iowa Businesses Against Trafficking is one of three finalists for the National Association of Secretaries of State’s 2023 IDEAS Award. IBAT is a member organization that raises awareness for human trafficking and promotes Safe at Home, Iowa’s address confidentiality program for victims of violent crime. The initiative “is making a difference in communities across…

The Des Moines City Council on Monday is expected to receive and consider $1.65 million in additional donations and naming agreements for the Reichardt Community Recreation Center project planned on the city’s north side. With the new round of donations, the project has reached 87% of its $6 million fundraising goal, the city said in…

TruBank will be the premier sponsor of the 2023 TruBank Des Moines Challenge presented by Discraft after the community bank made a $30,000 donation to the event. The Disc Golf Pro Tour Elite Series tournament will take place June 23-25 at Pickard Park in Indianola. Approximately 180 professional disc golf men and women will compete…

Kent Pet Group, a subsidiary of the family-owned Kent Corp., has announced plans to build a new manufacturing plant in Muscatine. The company, which sells its sustainable pet products around the world under the brands of World’s Best Cat Litter, Breeders Choice, and Back-2-Nature, will break ground on the 113,000-square-foot facility this summer. The plant…