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Wells Fargo Arena gets new sound system, kiosks

Wells Fargo Arena has completed a $1.7 million sound system upgrade and a system of self-serve concession kiosks. The self-serve system are at sections 103, 104, 107, 109 and 115. The Daktronics sound system, completed …

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Selling electricity doesn’t make EV charging stations a utility, state rules

The Iowa Utilities Board ruled last week that providing electric vehicle charging service does not make a business a public utility, the Energy News Network reports. The board opened a rule-making procedure a year ago to …

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Short-term rental owners weigh in on proposed regulations

Elma Sinanovich has been leasing three small condo units at the Kirkwood Hotel in downtown Des Moines as short-term rentals for about two years. 

She’s done so illegally.

Des Moines currently doesn’t allow short-term rentals …

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Online divorce website required to refund Iowans’ payments

Corridor Business Journal: About 200 Iowans are eligible to receive refunds from an online divorce website that is accused of fraudulent advertising and billing by the Iowa attorney general’s office. Delaware-based Online Divorce Technologies and its …

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Pat Grassley named new Iowa House Speaker

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Six-term Rep. Pat Grassley, a New Hartford Republican who is the grandson of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, today was selected to replace Linda Upmeyer as speaker of the Iowa House when the Legislature …

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Iowa laundromats partner with state on Safe at Home awareness

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announced his office is partnering with laundromat owners across Iowa to raise awareness for Safe at Home, an address confidentiality program for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking and stalking. …

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Des Moines manufacturing family makes $10 million gift to Ohio alma mater

A Des Moines medical manufacturer has pledged a $10 million gift to his alma mater, Cedarville University in southeastern Ohio. Mark Scharnberg, a 1997 Cedarville graduate, made the gift on behalf of his family’s businesses, …

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Wells Fargo opens new downtown bank branch

Wells Fargo today opened its newly relocated downtown bank branch in the complex of four buildings it owns on Walnut Street between Eighth and Ninth streets. The location has a full-service lobby, ATMs and safe …

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NAMI Greater Des Moines launches workplace training program

A mental health advocacy organization serving Greater Des Moines is ramping up its efforts to bring more awareness and understanding of mental health issues to Central Iowa workplaces. 

NAMI Greater Des Moines, an affiliate of…
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Missouri Valley is building a $13.5 million lineman training center in Indianola

Des Moines Register: A training program for Missouri Valley linemen in Iowa and six surrounding states is consolidating into one center in Indianola. The Missouri Valley Line Constructors Apprenticeship and Training Program is building a $13.5 …