Ankeny seeks bids for comprehensive plan

Ankeny is looking for a firm to develop its comprehensive plan, which will guide the city’s development through 2050. Eric Jensen, director of planning and building, issued a request for proposals, which are due at …

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Alt to lead The First Tee of Greater Des Moines

Jamie Alt

The First Tee of Greater Des Moines has named Jamie Alt executive director. The international youth development organization, which teaches life skills and healthy habits through the game of golf, last year benefited more …

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American Enterprise Group hires new COO

Dave Keith

Des Moines-based insurance holding company American Enterprise Group Inc. has hired Dave Keith as chief operations officer. Keith was most recently senior vice president of Clinical Reference Laboratory Inc., a Kansas-based company that …

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Heading to the Partnership dinner? Use #SeizeDesMoines

The Greater Des Moines Partnership is once again asking those who are attending tonight’s Annual Dinner to tweet throughout the event with the hashtag #SeizeDesMoines. Last year, the crowd was able to get#SeizeDesMoines trending on Twitter. So, …

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Heading to the Partnership dinner? Use #SeizeDesMoines

The Greater Des Moines Partnership is once again asking those who are attending tonight’s Annual Dinner to tweet throughout the event with the hashtag #SeizeDesMoines. Last year, the crowd was able to get#SeizeDesMoines trending on Twitter. So, …

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ISU works to prevent electric grid terrorism

Two Iowa State University professors are leading studies intended to prevent terrorists from hacking and disrupting the nation’s power grids.


Doug Jacobson, a university professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Manimaran Govindarasu, the Ross…Read More

Des Moines architect Blunck found dead

Des Moines police are investigating the death Sunday of prominent Des Moines architect Kirk Blunck, whose body was found in the Teachout building at 500 E. Locust St.


Blunck’s renovation of that building and others…Read More