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Iowa Medicaid to add Molina Healthcare of Iowa as third MCO

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced the intent to award Medicaid managed care contracts to Amerigroup Iowa and Molina Healthcare of Iowa. Iowa Total Care, which with Amerigroup Iowa has held the Medicaid …

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Levy to lead second Techstars accelerator

Kerty Levy, managing director of the Techstars Iowa accelerator, will also lead the new Techstars Crypto Boston accelerator starting in January 2023, she told the Business Record in an interview last week.

She said Techstars is encouraging …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Remote workers aren’t the only ones picking their own hours

An increasing number of manufacturing, warehouse and hospitality workers are having a bigger say over the schedules they work, writes Austen Hufford for the Wall Street Journal. The companies are allowing employees, especially new hires, to …

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Initiative paying farmers for conservation practices wins USDA grant

Des Moines Register: A nearly $170 million Iowa-based initiative that pays farmers for their environmental efforts will be among the first to win a grant from a new $1 billion climate-smart agriculture program, U.S. Agriculture Secretary …

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SBDC Iowa associate director receives national 40 Under 40 award

Austin Strawhacker, associate state director of America’s SBDC Iowa, has been named a recipient of the Top 40 Under 40 Young Professionals Award by the national Small Business Development Center association, America’s SBDC. The award …

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DMACC appoints Jackson to board of trustees

Angela Jackson, senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at Athene, has been appointed to the Des Moines Area Community College board of trustees by a unanimous vote to serve part of the remaining …

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RMH Systems acquires DAK Solutions

RMH Systems Inc., a Waukee-based industrial automation systems integrator, has announced the acquisition of DAK Solutions of Elmhurst, Ill. DAK Solutions is a material handling equipment distributor and industrial automation provider that has served the …

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Groups continue to navigate steps toward regional water system

An employee conducts water quality testing at Des Moines Water Works, which is involved in a proposal to create a regional water system and expand capacity to support economic development and the region’s growing workforce. Photo …

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DMACC incorporates MidAmerican training curriculum with Index AR partnership

Des Moines Area Community College students will have access to the same e-books and augmented reality mobile apps that utilities like MidAmerican Energy use to train apprentices through a new partnership with Index AR Solutions announced …

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Project515 panelists discuss today’s CRE office market

Leaders of companies that occupy office space are looking for ways to bring workers back to workplace – if not full time, then two or more days a week.

To do that, they need office space that …