Archive for August 2022
SBDC Iowa associate director receives national 40 Under 40 award
Austin Strawhacker, associate state director of America’s SBDC Iowa, has been named a recipient of the Top 40 Under 40 Young Professionals Award by the national Small Business Development Center association, America’s SBDC. The award …
Read MoreDMACC appoints Jackson to board of trustees
Angela Jackson, senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at Athene, has been appointed to the Des Moines Area Community College board of trustees by a unanimous vote to serve part of the remaining …
Read MoreRMH Systems acquires DAK Solutions
RMH Systems Inc., a Waukee-based industrial automation systems integrator, has announced the acquisition of DAK Solutions of Elmhurst, Ill. DAK Solutions is a material handling equipment distributor and industrial automation provider that has served the …
Read MoreGroups continue to navigate steps toward regional water system
An employee conducts water quality testing at Des Moines Water Works, which is involved in a proposal to create a regional water system and expand capacity to support economic development and the region’s growing workforce. Photo …
Read MoreDMACC incorporates MidAmerican training curriculum with Index AR partnership
Des Moines Area Community College students will have access to the same e-books and augmented reality mobile apps that utilities like MidAmerican Energy use to train apprentices through a new partnership with Index AR Solutions announced …
Read MoreProject515 panelists discuss today’s CRE office market
Leaders of companies that occupy office space are looking for ways to bring workers back to workplace – if not full time, then two or more days a week.
To do that, they need office space that …
25 new projects underway in Des Moines area, including new Microsoft data center, West Bank headquarters
Building permits were issued by the city of Waukee for the construction of day care facilities for children and adults. The facilities – New Creations Child Care and Learning Facility and Grace Estates Adult Day Care – will be …
Read MoreNOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Fareway buys 4.5 acres in Ankeny, plans to open new store in 2025
Boone-based grocer Fareway Inc. has purchased nearly 4.5 acres of undeveloped ground in the rapidly growing northwest section of Ankeny, Polk County real estate records show.
The site is located on the northwest corner of Northwest 18th Street …
First Iowa outbreak of deadly rabbit disease detected in Story County
Des Moines Register: Iowa has detected its first outbreak of a deadly disease that infects rabbits and for which there is no vaccine or known cure, the Iowa Department of Agriculture reported Monday. A department news …
Read MoreJohnston schools’ first equity director resigns
Des Moines Register: The Johnston school district’s first director of equity, inclusion and belonging has resigned after serving just over a year in the position. Louis Fountain, who was on the district’s administrative team and was …
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