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Polk County will provide free financial counseling for residents

Polk County and the national Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund will receive funding and technical support for financial literacy programming for county residents, according to a release. Polk County is among 18 local governments across …

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Bankers Trust names new Cedar Rapids market president

Bankers Trust Co. has named Todd Wishman, a veteran of the company’s commercial banking team, as its new president for the Cedar Rapids market, the Corridor Business Journal reported. Wishman has been part of the Des Moines-based …

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DOT division chief named to national anti-human trafficking panel

David Lorenzen, motor vehicle enforcement chief at the Iowa Department of Transportation, has been named one of 15 members of a federal Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking by U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. The committee’s …

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Four business leaders join Grand View board

Four Central Iowa business leaders have joined the Grand View University board of trustees. They are Laura Howe, community banking district manager at Wells Fargo; Mike Moore, vice president of staff sales for the western …

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Tasty Tacos building corporate offices in Pleasant Hill, introducing new products

Des Moines Register: Tasty Tacos is building new company offices in Pleasant Hill. The project won’t include a restaurant, said Linda Mosqueda-Blair, CEO. The new building will replace its current office space on East Grand Avenue …

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Clive library to close Nov. 1-8

The Clive Public Library will be closed Nov. 1-8 for remodeling. New entry flooring will be added and the front desk will be reconfigured. The staff will answer calls from 9 to 5 p.m. on …

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Just Olsson it is

Nebraska-based Olsson Associates, an employee-owned engineering and design firm with an office in West Des Moines, has launched a new corporate brand, name and website. The firm will now be known as Olsson, which better reflects …

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McCombs Boys & Girls Club marks opening

The new McCombs Boys & Girls Club at McCombs Middle School will have a grand opening with tours from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today, several days after the facility began programs. The 3,000-square-foot club is …

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Gorkow to lead hunger organizations

The Iowa Food Bank Association and the Iowa Hunger Coalition announced that Linda Gorkow, currently director of the Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP) Food Reservoir, will succeed Regenea Hurte as executive director of both the Iowa Food Bank …

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Opening things up

There have been a rash of openings in recent weeks in Greater Des Moines, with more to come.

Norwalk has what some might call an embarrassment of groundbreakings. Over one week beginning Oct. 23 officials…