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Alliant scraps one solar plan, proposes another

Alliant Energy’s Iowa operation has dropped a plan to ask customers to pay a premium for existing solar energy capacity after the plan was widely criticized. Instead, its Interstate Power and Light branch will come …

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Amend Packing Co. closes its doors after 149 years in Des Moines

Des Moines Register: Just shy of its 150th anniversary in Des Moines, one of the city’s oldest businesses will close its doors today for the last time. Amend Packing Co., 410 S.E. 18th St., has processed …

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July 14: Polo on the Green

Host: Variety Iowa
About: Polo on the Green is Des Moines’ ultimate summer soiree featuring a live championship polo match, dinner, auction and dancing.
When: 5 p.m.
Where: Powder River Ranch
Learn more…

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The last of Iowa’s former Dahl’s stores is headed for redevelopment

Des Moines Register: The last of the empty former Dahl’s Food Stores is about to be redeveloped with a familiar brand. Nebraska Furniture Mart is planning to buy the former grocery store at 15500 Hickman Road …

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Rolling Stone reporter to rock Des Moines

Rolling Stone contributor Jeff Goodell will speak about rising seas at the State Historical Building on July 20 as part of the Tomorrow Plan Speakers Series. Goodell, the author of “The Waters Will Rise: Rising …

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Delafield named Des Moines assistant city manager

Phil Delafield, who went to work as a building inspector 31 years ago for the city of Des Moines and served the last eight years as community development director, has been named assistant city manager. …

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Rypma project in East Village will receive state historic tax credits

A $2.2 million plan to convert an 89-year-old sliver of a building at East Fifth Street and East Grand Avenue into a restaurant, a bar and a single apartment has been awarded $393,686 in state …

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Could one of these Iowans replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kennedy?

Des Moines Register: Two Iowans are on a list of 25 people who might be nominated by President Donald Trump to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. The list — which was released by …

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SBA to host regulatory reform roundtable July 18 in West Des Moines

The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration will host a regulatory reform roundtable in West Des Moines from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 18. The event is an opportunity for small-business …

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University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital loses ground in rankings

A U.S. News & World Report ranking of the top pediatric specialties places the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital among the nation’s 50 best centers — but the pediatric hospital is down from …