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Kiel leading philanthropy, volunteerism efforts for Wells Fargo

Micah Kiel is the new community relations consultant for Wells Fargo & Co. in Iowa and western Illinois, leading philanthropy, volunteerism and team member giving initiatives. He is based in Des Moines and reports to …

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Guest Opinion: Taking time to decompress

By Angela Walker Franklin | President and CEO, Des Moines University 

In our fast-paced, overly scheduled lives, we often find ourselves running from one thing to the next with very little time in between. We work full …

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In Case You Missed It – Lift IOWA: 7-30-18

IOWA

St. Luke’s College-UnityPoint Health has announced the promotion of Cindy Duncan to department chairperson for respiratory care education. Sioux City Journal

Elyce Billany of LeClaire hopes to raise $30,000 to fund her new line of …

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On The Rise: 7-30-18

Mackenzie Hunkele (pictured) Hired as assistant branch manager Iowa State Bank

Des Moines

Angela Conrad
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – Iowa
Joined as director of clinic operations, Covenant Clinic Psychiatry
Waterloo

Nickole Dillard
Educational Opportunity Center-UNI-CUE
Promoted …

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Rockwell Collins results mixed in third quarter

Rockwell Collins reported higher third-quarter earnings today, driven primarily by stronger performance in the company’s Interior Systems business and a big tax benefit from the Tax Cut & Jobs Act, the Corridor Business Journal reported. The …

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FHLB Des Moines reports preliminary second-quarter earnings of nearly $130M

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines recorded net income of $129 million in the second quarter, down $1 million from the same quarter last year. Mortgage loans of $7.3 billion were outstanding, of …

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Student loan portfolio weakened, for now, Meta Financial profits

A $3 million provision for loan losses related to the acquisition of a student loan portfolio pulled at Meta Financial Group Inc. profits in the quarter that ended June 30. The Sioux Falls, S.D.-based parent …

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Skate park lands legacy grant; on the edge of meeting $3.5M goal

The Lauridsen Skatepark has been awarded a Prairie Meadows Legacy Grant of $400,000, the Skatepark Cabinet said today. The grant brings fundraising $3.2 million, just shy of the $3.5 million goal. With the grant, construction …

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TECNA speakers: 2 programs attempt to fill tech worker pipeline

There are two levels to the labor pipeline stagnation that business leaders are attempting to address: the students and the midcareer pivoters, speakers said this week at the 2018 TECNA Summer Conference in Des Moines.

Both groups…
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Profits up at Great Western

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Great Western Bancorp Inc. reported net income of $45.9 million, or 78 cents per share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2018, compared with $40.5 million, or 69 cents per share, in the …

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