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A presentation about a program providing high school students with work experience…

2025 innovationIOWA Magazine out now

2025 Reignite CommUNITY awards announced

Des Moines Menace selected to host first two rounds of USL League Two playoffs

Iowa Department of Education announces state partnership with National Math Stars

The Mutual Group laying off 34 people

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Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation names new executive vice president

The Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation has named Ashleigh Hackel as its new executive vice president. In her new role, Hackel will oversee daily operations, lead internal teams and manage the foundation’s fundraising and development efforts. Hackel most recently served as general counsel at the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing. She played a…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 11, 2025

2025 innovationIOWA Magazine out now

The Business Record’s 2025 innovationIOWA Magazine was unveiled at our annual innovationIOWA event Thursday in Des Moines. We posed a question to several successful Iowa innovators: How did you get there? We asked them to take us back to when innovation was still new to them. In a series of essays these innovators have shared…

By Emily Barske Wood | Jul 11, 2025

2025 Reignite CommUNITY awards announced

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce has announced the recipients of its fifth annual Reignite CommUNITY awards, recognizing nine individuals and organizations, including Mazahir Smith, Isaiah Poe, OneVoice DSM, Will Keeps, Val Veiock, Holmes Murphy, Professional Contrarian, the Beacon, and Lutheran Services in Iowa, for their outstanding contributions to the community. Selected from 39…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 11, 2025

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Des Moines Menace selected to host first two rounds of USL League Two playoffs

The Des Moines Menace have announced the team has been selected as a host team for the first two rounds of the 2025 USL League Two playoffs. Thirty-two teams have qualified for the single elimination-style playoffs out of over 140 teams nationwide. The playoff matches will be hosted at Valley Stadium July 18 and 20….

By Business Record Staff | Jul 11, 2025

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Iowa Department of Education announces state partnership with National Math Stars

The Iowa Department of Education has announced a first-in-the-nation statewide partnership with National Math Stars to support mathematically gifted students. The department invited 764 third-graders who scored in the top 2% statewide to apply for a fully funded, 10-year enrichment program. The initiative, launched after the Math Counts Act, offers selected students weekly mentoring, advanced resources, STEM…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 11, 2025

The Mutual Group laying off 34 people

The Mutual Group, located at 1111 Ashworth Road in West Des Moines, has announced that it will lay off 34 people, effective Aug. 8. The company launched in late 2023 by Bain Capital Insurance with GuideOne as its first member. The Mutual Group started with about $800 million in annual premiums serviced across 50,000 commercial policyholders by its…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 11, 2025

Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation names new executive vice president

By Business Record Staff | Jul 11, 2025

2025 innovationIOWA Magazine out now

By Emily Barske Wood | Jul 11, 2025

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Corrigan looks to begin next chapter

Ted Corrigan hates the color baby blue. It might be an obscure fact but one that staff at Des Moines Water Works will add to the list of things they remember about him after he retires. It also changed the look of the water utility for years to come. Corrigan, 61, will step aside from…

By Michael Crumb | Jul 4, 2025

Meet new Meals from the Heartland executive director Chuck Current

There is one specific sign to look for to signal that Chuck Current, executive director of Meals from the Heartland, is going to ask for money. He’s wearing long pants. Current loves to wear shorts. But when it’s money-asking time, it’s also pants time. “I’ve never asked for money for something that I didn’t feel…

By Lisa Rossi | Jul 11, 2025

Statewide nonprofit iJAG more than doubles programs, students in three years

Lexi Vazquez, who graduated from GMG Community Schools in May, plans to work in the marketing big leagues. In the fall, she will be a freshman at the University of Iowa, where she will study marketing and sports management. “iJAG really helped me find my voice and solidify my future plans,” Vazquez said at iJAG’s…

By Gigi Wood | Jul 11, 2025

On Leadership: The AI transformation: Are you leading or lagging?

Over the past week, I had candid conversations with three CEOs in different industries – insurance, agriculture and marketing – each at a different stage of AI adoption, yet all aligned on one key point: Artificial intelligence is not a future initiative. It is one of the main drivers of strategic transformation in their business…

By Suzanna de Baca | Jul 11, 2025

What they’re checking out: Week of July 11

As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des Moines Public Library’s six locations and online at dmpl.org. And find information on how to get a FREE library card…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 11, 2025

3D concrete printing poses opportunities for construction, design industries

It’s messy. It’s not glamorous. And it’s not easy. 3D concrete printing is happening in Iowa and could become a revolutionary technology for the construction industry in the next 10 years. One hub of research and practice is at Iowa State University. Since about 2022, the university has worked to develop 3D printing research and…

By Lisa Rossi | Jul 4, 2025