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The Big Grove for Good Foundation has awarded $48,000 to six nonprofit organizations, including two organizations in Polk County. Each nonprofit will receive $8,000. The nonprofits selected from Polk County were the Beacon and the …
Wells Fargo has laid off an additional 46 employees and Cedar Rapids-based BHFO has laid off 32 people, according to a state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act report. That brings to 113 the number …
The Urbandale City Council has signed off on a revised revitalization plan for Merle Hay Mall, with the amended application for funds from the state’s Iowa Reinvestment Act program now going to the Iowa Economic …
Origin Homes was awarded a 2025 Rand Fisher Rural Leadership Award at the 2025 Iowa Rural Summit. The award, given by the Iowa Rural Development Council, highlights an organization that demonstrates exceptional leadership, innovation and …
West Des Moines Mayor Russ Trimble and members of the City Council received the Leading the Way Award from ETC Institute during a presentation at the April 7 City Council meeting. This is the third …
It’s going to be a Jurassic Park summer at the Blank Park Zoo.
Fifteen animatronic dinosaurs will take over Blank Park Zoo from July to October, the zoo announced today.
The Dino Park Zoo experience …
The Iowa Pork Producers Association’s “Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon” initiative was recently named the grand champion of the National Agri-Marketing Association Awards. The associationjudged 950 award entries in more than 60 categories. The initiative …
DMACC President Rob Denson was named the recipient of the Rain Fisher Rural Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award during the Rural Iowa Summit in Ames on April 10. Under Denson’s leadership, DMACC expanded academic and technical …
Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, executive director of Children’s HealthWatch, will headline the Housing Matters Symposium, an event annually presented by the Polk County Housing Trust Fund. This year’s event will focus on housing as a …
The new Kettlestone Central Sports Complex in Waukee will host its inaugural tournament this weekend. The complex includes two 65,000-square-foot rectangular-shaped buildings with brick exteriors and gable-style roofs. Each building includes six full-size basketball courts …
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