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Profits up at Great Western Bank

Great Western Bancorp Inc. reported profits of $33.8 million, or 60 cents per share, for its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 30, compared with $27.9 million, or 48 cents per share for the same …

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Mercy opens quick-care clinic at Mills Civic Hy-Vee

Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines and Hy-Vee Inc. have opened a Mercy Quick Care Clinic at the Mills Civic Parkway Hy-Vee store at 555 S. 51st St. in West Des Moines. The new clinic …

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Mason City youth services organization to merge into YSS

Ames-based Youth & Shelter Services Inc. and Francis Lauer Youth Services, based in Mason City, have entered into an agreement to merge, the organizations announced. On July 1, 2016, Francis Lauer Youth Services will become …

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Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare to join Mercy Health Network

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare announced today that its hospitals, clinics and services in Iowa will join the Mercy Health Network. The proposed transfer of facilities includes Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar …

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Event Nov. 5: Elevate hosts Sandy Hatfield Clubb

Elevate will host Sandy Hatfield Clubb on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 7:45 to 9 a.m. at Embassy Club West. Sandy Hatfield Clubb is in her 10th year as director of athletics at Drake University. Elevate’s…
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Cruse: Iowa has lost 6.8 inches of topsoil, a $1 billion-a-year economic hit

Rick Cruse, an Iowa State University agronomy professor who directs the Iowa Water Center, said new calculations show that Iowa has lost 6.8 inches of topsoil to erosion since 1850.


That means a $1 billion annual hit…
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Health care sector tops data breaches

An average of 16 online records were breached every second in the first half of 2015, according to a new global report released Wednesday.


A total of 888 data breaches occurred in the first half…
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Nominations for DuPont Pioneer innovationIOWA leader award open

Nominations are open for the DuPont Pioneer innovationIOWA Leader of the Year Award, to be announced in innovationIOWA magazine. The magazine unveiling party will be 5-7 p.m. April 5 at Workiva in the Iowa State …

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Garst family donates more land to Whiterock Conservancy

The family of the late Stephen and Mary Garst has donated another 1,200 acres of prairie, wetlands and working farmland to the Whiterock Conservancy near Coon Rapids. A total of 3,365 acres has been donated to Whiterock …

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Dwolla payments to be used by derivatives exchange

Digital payment network Dwolla Inc. has struck a deal with derivatives exchange CME Group Inc. that will allow the exchange’s users to send and receive collateral payments in real time throughout the trading day, Bloomberg reported. The …