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Wellmark selects Principal as its retirement and income plan provider

Principal Financial Group announced it has been selected by Wellmark as its retirement and income plan provider. Principal will help Wellmark to continue to provide its 1,800 employees in Iowa and South Dakota with tools …
By BPC Staff | Feb 17, 2022
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Increased hotel/motel tax revenue, calls for greater collaboration on child care, and RFPs for 3.0 among highlights of Capital Crossroads Q1 meeting

Here’s what you need to know from Capital Crossroads’ first-quarter meeting, held Wednesday at the Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families. It was held in a hybrid format with participants attending both in person …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Feb 17, 2022
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Wages for restaurant/bar workers rising at a fast rate

INTERACTIVE MAP of Iowa food service employment, wages: Click on a county in the map above to see the number of people employed in Iowa’s restaurants and bars in the third quarter of 2019 and 2021 and …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Feb 16, 2022
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Evelyn K. Davis Center, GreenState Credit Union partner on multilingual financial education events

The Evelyn K. Davis Center and GreenState Credit Union are working together on multilingual financial education opportunities and services for Des Moines’ refugee and immigrant communities. Through the partnership, the Evelyn K. Davis Center’s Polk …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Feb 16, 2022
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Krenz named CFO of Serve Credit Union

Serve Credit Union in Des Moines has appointed Wesley Krenz as chief financial officer. Krenz has more than 13 years of financial and operational experience. Before joining Serve Credit Union, he worked for 11 years at Community 1st …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Feb 16, 2022
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UnityPoint Health names Joiner chief diversity officer

UnityPoint Health has selected Daniel Joiner to lead the health system’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts as its first chief diversity officer, the Corridor Business Journal reported. Joiner, who previously was interim system DEI consultant for UnityPoint Health, led …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Feb 16, 2022
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Wells Fargo names Howe as Midwest regional banking director

Wells Fargo announced today that Laura Howe has been promoted to regional banking director for the bank’s Midwest Central region, which encompasses Iowa, western Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. She succeeds Marta Codina, who moved earlier this…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Feb 16, 2022
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Quad Cities’ River Bend Food Bank announces $9.4 million expansion

Quad-City Times: The River Bend Food Bank in the Quad Cities aims to raise $9.4 million this year for an expansion that will add volunteer space and more warehouse storage, the food bank and its partners …
By BPC Staff | Feb 16, 2022
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Judge backs Lee Enterprises rejection of hedge fund nominees

Associated Press: Lee Enterprises’ effort to repel a hostile takeover got a boost this week when a judge ruled the newspaper publisher could ignore two board nominations from the hedge fund Alden Global Capital. But Alden …
By BPC Staff | Feb 16, 2022
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Ethanol is worse for climate change than gasoline, report says

Axios Des Moines: The process to harvest and produce corn-based ethanol creates more harmful emissions than normal gasoline, according to a new report published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The five-year study, partially …
By BPC Staff | Feb 16, 2022