AABP EP Awards 728x90

All Latest News

DSC 6869

Trade war said to be blocking $2.7 million investment for Iowa cancer treatment startup

Des Moines Register: An Iowa cancer treatment startup blames U.S.-China trade tensions for blocking a key investment. In a letter to the Iowa Economic Development Authority, Immortagen Inc. co-founder Kristi Thiel said a Chinese investor …

DSC 6869

Overweight loads, propane hauling provisions extended for farmers

Gov. Kim Reynolds has extended two proclamations giving Iowa farmers more time for hauling overweight loads of harvested grain and for propane delivery to mid-December. The grain hauling proclamation, originally signed on Sept. 30, allowed …

DSC 6869

HomeDitty to stage Stoner shows, forms spinoff to do public pop-up shows

HomeDitty home-concert booker Katie Byers has forged a deal with Des Moines Performing Arts to stage public concerts at Stoner Theater (part of the Des Moines Civic Center complex) in a series called “Stoner [Un]Plugged: …

DSC 6869

Gray’s Lake Park gains a couple of acres

Sioux City Brick, recently acquired by Brickworks N.A., the parent company of Glen-Gery Corp., plans to donate 2.3 acres of land at 1200 Thomas Beck Road to add to Gray’s Lake Park’s east side. Plans …

DSC 6869

Want to annoy people on Thanksgiving? Bury your face in your phone

Meyocks has a holiday tradition of serving up national survey results, and this year’s bounty includes this nugget: if you want to annoy your relatives at the Thanksgiving banquet, pay attention to your mobile phone …

DSC 6869

Iowa farmers snag $767 million so far in Trump’s 2019 bailout, the most nationally

Des Moines Register: With $767 million in payments, Iowa farmers are the biggest beneficiaries so far of President Donald Trump’s second bailout package for U.S. growers, meant to offset damage from ongoing trade disputes with China …

DSC 6869

Hy-Vee Homefront campaign raises $227,750 for veterans

Hy-Vee Inc. announced that its annual Hy-Vee Homefront Round Up and Veterans Day breakfast raised more than $227,750, provided more than 85,000 free breakfasts, and collected 100,000 letters of appreciation for current service men and …

DSC 6869

West Des Moines City Council meetings move to school district building

Three upcoming West Des Moines City Council meetings will be held at the school district’s Learning Resource Center at 3550 Mills Civic Parkway while construction is underway at City Hall. The relocated council meetings will …

DSC 6869

DART plans to move operations center to $68M east-side facility

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) will receive a $17 million grant for a proposed $68 million operations center to be located at the intersection of Southeast 25th and Maury streets, federal officials …

DSC 6869

Internationally focused intermodal service planned in Shell Rock

Corridor Business Journal: Valor Victoria, Iowa Northern Railway Co., Watco Cos. and Union Pacific will launch an internationally focused intermodal service next month through the newly developed Butler Intermodal Terminal in Shell Rock. The service provides …