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Des Moines innovators win $5,000 for app

Two Des Moines men, WorkHound app creators Max Farrell and Andrew Kirpalani, won the first Truck Tank competition at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas last week. The duo beat out nine other competitors …

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Brookings: Building roads not the answer; offering various alternatives would help

The Brooking Institution’s Robert Puentes writes that the days of building bigger roads to increase vehicle speeds should be over, because it doesn’t help in the long run and some people want to walk, bike…
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Sidebar officially opens in Capital Square

Sidebar, the newest shop in Capital Square, officially opened for business this morning at 7 a.m. The shop offers coffee, pastries, imported gelato, cocktails and more. Sidebar is owned by Two Rivers Hospitality Group and …

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Zebra mussels to threaten Missouri River in Iowa?

Iowa biologists fear that invasive zebra mussels that clog pipes and crowd out native species could be working their way down the Missouri River from South Dakota, the Sioux City Journal reported. In South Dakota, zebra mussels …

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Lucas County hospital affiliates with UnityPoint Health – Des Moines

The board of trustees of Lucas County Health Center announced Friday it has approved a new affiliation with UnityPoint Health – Des Moines, a senior affiliate of UnityPoint Health. The agreement, effective Sept. 1, provides …

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Iowa falling behind other bike-friendly states

Iowa, despite its plethora of recreational trails and its history with one of the country’s most popular recreational bike rides, RAGBRAI, is falling behind other states in one rating of bike-friendliness, reported the Des Moines Sunday …

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Three questions with Happy Medium’s Katie Patterson

A Des Moines advertising agency recently was ranked the fastest-growing private company in the state, and was among 24 Iowa-based companies on the newest Inc. 5000 list released earlier this month by Inc. magazine.  …
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Third health insurance cooperative to shut down

Nevada’s nonprofit, member-owned health insurer will go out of business at the end of the year, sharing the same fate as the failed Iowa-based CoOportunity Health, which went out of business early this year, LifeHealthPro reported.…
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Technology Association of Iowa to award two scholarships

Nominations are currently open for two $2,500 scholarships to be given by the Technology Association of Iowa to the 2015 winners of the Youth Innovation and Leadership and the Collegian Innovation and Leadership awards. Nominations …

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Downtown Des Moines Chamber hosting Culture Crawl

Grab your top hats, suits, pearls and dancing shoes — the Downtown Des Moines Chamber of Commerce is inviting you to get decked out for the Metro Deco-themed Culture Crawl, on Sept. 10 at the …