Archive for September 2020
Casey’s refreshing logo, store exteriors
Casey’s, the Ankeny-based convenience store chain, is getting a fresh new look including a new logo and new store signage. Photo special to the Business Record
For years, people identified Casey’s General Stores by their multicolored …
Read MoreVariety donates more than $130,000 to MercyOne Des Moines
MercyOne Des Moines has been awarded more than $130,000 from Variety – the Children’s Charity to enhance the care and services to Iowa children at MercyOne Children’s Hospital and MercyOne House of Mercy.
A $120,000 …
Group of Black firefighters launches DMACC scholarship fund for African-American DMPS graduates
Iowa joins push to charge metals dealers in $185M scheme targeting elderly investors
The Iowa insurance commissioner is joining the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and 29 other states to charge precious metals dealers in a $185 million scheme targeting elderly investors, Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen announced last …
Read MoreHolmes Murphy Foundation gives more than $100K to nonprofits, including six in Iowa
The Holmes Murphy Foundation is donating more than $100,000 to 29 nonprofits as part of its Giving Back Program, Holmes Murphy announced this week. The foundation allowed employees to select 501(c)(3) or nonprofit recipients that …
Read MoreAmerican Equity names Graham Day to lead Eagle Life
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co., based in West Des Moines, announced that Graham Day will become president of Eagle Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of American Equity. “We are excited to have Graham, a proven business …
Read MoreCould ‘high-profile’ foreclosure case move to an Iowa specialty court?
During a court hearing this week to appoint a receiver on a high-profile piece of downtown property going through foreclosure, the judge asked the parties involved if they wanted to move the case to Iowa’s …
Read MoreCould ‘high-profile’ foreclosure case move to an Iowa specialty court?
During a court hearing this week to appoint a receiver on a high-profile piece of downtown property going through foreclosure, the judge asked the parties involved if they wanted to move the case to Iowa’s …
Read MoreCEOs, community leaders encouraged to sign pledge for racial equity
CEOs and top-level leaders of companies, organizations and public entities are being encouraged to sign a CEO Commitment to Racial Equity as part of an initiative unveiled today by the Greater Des Moines Partnership.
The initiative was developed …
Strategies for Racial Equity
Last month I shared what I was asking myself to do with regard to what needs to be a continuing national conversation examining, validating and challenging racism. This month I share what I am doing …
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