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Terva.Ag rebrands as FarmlandFinder.com

An Ames-based online marketplace for ag real estate is rebranding, Clay & Milk reports. Terva.Ag is now FarmlandFinder.com, and a software update is redefining the product’s two functions for both shoppers and farmland professionals, founder Steven Brockshus …

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Airport still looking for federal help

Des Moines International Airport chief Kevin Foley told airport board members this week that the increase in passenger fees he has long sought to help pay for a new terminal fell out of a key …

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Rockwell Collins secures $27 million Air Force contract

Corridor Business Journal: Cedar Rapids-based Rockwell Collins has been awarded multiple repair contracts valued at $27 million by the U.S. Air Force to support Global Air Traffic Management components on its entire KC-135 tanker fleet. The …

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RS&H Iowa lands airport environmental assessment

In a tight competition among seven firms, RS&H Iowa PC won the $654,955 contract to perform a federally required environmental assessment on the proposed new terminal and related projects at Des Moines International Airport. The …

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Des Moines airport passenger traffic up 3.3% in first quarter

Des Moines International Airport saw a 3.1 percent gain in passenger traffic in March over the previous March. The January-through-March passenger count was 3.3 percent higher than the same period in 2017. For the year …

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Trump rewrites rules for Obamacare marketplaces

The Trump administration on Monday issued new rules for health plans sold through Affordable Care Act marketplaces, in a move that shifts much of the control over insurance standards from the federal government to states …

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Lauridsens’ $1M donation lifts skate park campaign

Greater Des Moines benefactors Nix and Virginia Lauridsen — who a year ago donated $1 million to help overhaul the headquarters of the Des Moines Metro Opera — have given the same amount toward the …

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Guest Opinion: Why hometown traditional media matters

During a recent Des Moines Advertising Federation panel discussion, a few marketers got on stage to talk about what not to do in 2018. We were examining fading trends and talking through the things we …

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What plans could rock the 83-year-old Armory?

Developer Jake Christensen waged a two-year campaign to bring global events promoter and music venue operator Live Nation Entertainment to Des Moines. The potential to book acts in an 83-year-old building may have caught the …

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The next chapter: Partnership launches succession program

The Greater Des Moines Partnership wants to help the small businesses that account for 80 percent or more of its 6,100 members plan for the next chapter in their corporate history.

It’s called succession planning, …

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