Archive for December 2016
Winter farmers market Friday, Saturday
The Downtown Winter Farmers’ Market will return to Capital Square on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event features home decorations, meat, jams, salsa, wine, cheese and other local products. John …
Read MoreDowntown Marriott sold to Chicago company
Historical Society seeks awards and board nominations
The State Historical Society of Iowa is accepting nominations for its Awards for Excellence in History programs and for members to serve on its 12-person board of trustees. The Awards in Excellence program recognizes individuals, …
Read MoreIowa casinos join lawsuit to keep audits secret
Des Moines Register: A group of state-regulated casinos has joined a lawsuit that would keep confidential their annual audits, which are records that have been available to the public for nearly 30 years. The audits have …
Read MoreIowa biofuels lobby rakes pick of Perry for energy secretary
Iowa biofuels supporters are burning over President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of the former governor of an oil state, Rick Perry of Texas, as energy secretary, The Des Moines Register reported. Perry has been a consistent critic of …
Read MoreMetaBank completes acquisition of Texas consumer services company
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based MetaBank has completed its acquisition of substantially all of the assets and specified liabilities of Specialty Consumer Services LP of Hurst, Texas, including the company’s trade name and proprietary underwriting model and …
Read MoreDes Moines is measuring customer satisfaction
The city of Des Moines and the ETC Institute of Olathe, Kan., will send surveys to a sampling of businesses later this month in an effort to measure their satisfaction with city services. Surveys were …
Read MoreSurvey: 45 percent of Des Moines millennials worried about outliving retirement savings
NOTEBOOK: New firm wants to keep real estate investments at home in Greater Des Moines properties