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Krause Group expands its holdings in Western Gateway

Krause Group has expanded its real estate holdings in downtown Des Moines’ Western Gateway with the purchase of a century-old three-story brick building immediately south of the popular John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park, Polk …

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Fareway, Dole offer Learning Garden contest for Iowa schools

Fareway and Dole Packaged Foods LLC have launched a second annual Learning Garden contest that will grant two elementary schools in Fareway’s store footprint with a Captain Planet Foundation Learning Garden. The contest began Feb. …

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Participants and mentors named for 2020 Community Connect program

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute has announced the program participants and mentors selected for the 2020 Community Connect program. The program offers a curriculum that links discovery of one’s personal purpose to intentional community …

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BEST of Iowa key finding: Iowa businesses need workforce

The 2019 Business Expansion and Strategic Trends of Iowa key findings and conclusions identified trend information from more than 800 interviews completed with companies across 66 counties in 165 communities.

One of the study’s key …

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Column: Caucus chaos should have been predicted

Here are three quick takeaways from the Democrats failure Monday night to report any caucus results after more than a year of campaigning and millions of dollars were spent by an unusually large slate of …

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Hy-Vee stores to end 24-hour schedule

Des Moines Register: Hy-Vee grocery stores are ending 24-hour service at most locations throughout the 265-store chain, including the Des Moines metro, beginning Feb. 10. “Customer traffic drops off overnight, so we made the decision …

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Reception features art created by families experiencing homelessness

Family Promise of Greater Des Moines (FPGD) is hosting an art reception to showcase art pieces created by families, mostly children, who are current or former guests of the organization, FPGD announced. Art will be …

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Survey: Employees value digital health care offerings

According to a new survey, nearly half of U.S. workers (49%) said they are excited by the prospect of a digital transformation of health care, according to the inaugural ‘Health on Demand’ survey by Mercer …

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Caucus snafu raises questions as Iowa, nation wait for results

The Iowa Democratic Party said early Tuesday the “underlying data” collected on the smartphone app used to report caucus results “was sound” but the system was only reporting out partial data, leading to an ongoing…
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Iowa schools, businesses take action as Wuhan coronavirus outbreak escalates

Des Moines Register: Public health officials said this week there were no signs in Iowa of the escalating coronavirus outbreak, which has killed hundreds in China. A person-to-person transmission between a married couple was reported …