Archive for September 2020
AmeriLife Group acquires majority stake in Des Moines-based brokerage
AmeriLife Group LLC, a Clearwater, Fla.-based life, health, annuity and retirement planning solutions company, has acquired a majority interest in The Achievement Group, an annuity and life brokerage company based in Des Moines. TAG was formed …
Read MoreUnited Way partners to launch free online resource — Powered by Purpose
Social distancing, canceled events and closed businesses have magnified everyday factors like job satisfaction, family dynamics and health. Even before the pandemic, a Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index survey showed that 2 out of …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: More on Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Over the weekend, Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio’s award-winning legal affairs correspondent, wrote about her longtime friend, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week.
Before the two were friends, Ginsburg was a …
Backers pledge $1.65M in push to save Iowa sports programs
Associated Press: Supporters lobbying to reinstate four recently eliminated University of Iowa sports programs say they have obtained $1.65 million and counting in pledges if the school decides to keep them going. Save Iowa Sports, a …
Read MoreDMARC expands mobile food pantries at Des Moines schools
The Des Moines Area Religious Council Food Pantry Network and Des Moines Public Schools have expanded their partnership to provide mobile food pantries at additional DMPS school locations. According to a news release, mobile food …
Read MoreMore than 6,000 Iowa students now part of GEAR UP program
Iowa College Aid provided an update on progress of its GEAR UP Iowa program as part of the national GEAR UP Week being celebrated Sept. 21-25. The program, which begins with students in seventh grade and assists …
Read MoreHealth philanthropy group honors UnityPoint foundation’s Tesar among ‘Forty Under 40’
Liz Tesar, a senior development specialist with the UnityPoint Health-Des Moines Foundation, has been honored by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy on its Forty Under 40 list. The program is designed to recognize the future leaders within …
Read MoreNOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: GreenState Credit Union buys land in Grimes
GreenState Credit Union paid Hope K Farms LLC $849,420 for property at 100 S.E. Gateway Drive in Grimes, Polk County real estate records show. The 1.5-acre tract is just west of where a new Hy-Vee grocery store is …
Read MoreOpus Foundation hands out $127,000 in grants to Des Moines-area nonprofits
Mrs. Clark’s Foods plans expansion of its Ankeny facility
MCF Operating LLC, which does business as Mrs. Clark’s Foods, is planning a $5 million expansion to its facility at 740 S.E. Dalbey Drive in Ankeny. In addition, the company plans to add more…Read More