Archive for February 2008

The city of Des Moines has agreed to pay $1.59 million to two property owners for the realignment of High Street.

Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co., which owns property between 10th and 12th streets, received …

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. will anchor a new complex in Ankeny.

The restaurant will occupy 5,500 square feet at Delaware Square, a new retail center being constructed by Denny Elwell Co.

Chris Murray, president of …

The city of Johnston held its first public hearing Feb. 19 on the annexation of more than 800 acres.

David Wilwerding, community development director for the city, said this would be one of the largest …

Windsor Heights is moving one step closer to redeveloping Hickman Ave. At their Monday meeting, City Council members voted to hold a public hearing on March 3 to consider a loan agreement and issuance of …

Seabury & Smith Inc., an insurance brokerage arm of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., is in line to receive nearly $2 million in state incentives for its expansion to a new facility in Urbandale that …

Ric Jurgens admits he favors novels and biographies over business books, but one business title he has found useful as the president and chief executive of Hy-Vee Inc. is Jim Collins’ “From Good to Great.” …

Meta Financial Group Inc. announced Friday that former bank employee may have issued “bogus” certificates of deposit for about $3.8 million that clients are now trying to cash, the Associated Press reported.

The Storm Lake …

In its latest issue, Barron’s magazine said stock in Wells Fargo & Co. is undervalued and could climb as much as 15 percent over the next 12 months, Reuters reported. The business weekly said it …