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Kohlsdorf elected president-elect of National Association of Health Underwriters

Eric Kohlsdorf, owner and president of Prisma Strategies in Des Moines, was recently elected to a one-year term as president-elect of the National Association of Health Underwriters. With more than 100,000 members, NAHU is a …

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NAMI Iowa to hold kickoff event Wednesday for NAMIWalks fundraiser

NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) Iowa will host a community kickoff event on Wednesday, July 27 at 8 a.m. to officially begin the NAMIWalks season and promote awareness about mental health care for …

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5 thoughts on business leadership, corporate social responsibility

While visiting the University of Iowa for our Fearless initiative, I sat down with Beth Livingston, who is an associate professor in management and entrepreneurship at the university’s Tippie College of Business. Here are a few …

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Big Grove Brewery opens in Des Moines on Wednesday

Big Grove Brewery & Taproom will open to the public at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at its new location in Des Moines at 555 17th St. Operators of the brewery, which has locations in Iowa …

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$10.6M capital campaign kicks off for Clive’s Greenbelt Landing project

The City of Clive and the Clive Community Foundation recently kicked off the public phase of the $10.6 million Greenbelt Landing capital campaign. Greenbelt Landing is the 14-acre park east of Northwest 114th Street next …

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BR BUZZ: Iowa Stops Hunger highlighted at national USAging Conference

Business Publications Corp. initiative Iowa Stops Hunger was recently highlighted at the July 13 national USAging Annual Conference, which represents the national network of Area Agencies on Aging. Tim Conroy, national vice president of governmental and health …

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IowaWORKS site among ones affected by cyberattack

Multiple states’ unemployment websites, including Iowa’s, were taken offline following a cyberattack on Florida-based IT vendor Geographic Solutions Inc.

The IowaWORKS.gov website was restored on July 18 after a three-week outage, which caused a temporary …

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UnityPoint Health – Sioux City president and CEO abruptly departs

Sioux City Journal: Lorenzo Suter, who stepped into the role of president and CEO of UnityPoint Health – Sioux City barely a year ago, has left the organization, effective immediately. The reason for Suter’s departure was …

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ISU We Will Collective names Blum executive director

The We Will Collective, a nonprofit working to enhance Iowa State University student athletes’ name-image-likeness opportunities, announced that Brent Blum has been named executive director. Blum starts in the role Aug. 1. For the last five …

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IEDA approves awards to grain equipment maker, 4 startups

The Iowa Economic Development Authority has approved awards to a company that makes grain handling equipment in northwest Iowa’s Lyon County and four startups. It also gave final approval for a reinvestment district in Cedar …