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Deere to open Chicago office focused on IT operations

Deere & Co. announced today it is expanding its U.S. footprint with the opening of a new Chicago office. Deere plans to add 150 information technology jobs over the next two years, with the goal of hiring …

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Casey’s donating $10,000, bottled water to tornado-ravaged states

Casey’s General Stores Inc. is donating $10,000 to the American Red Cross to support disaster relief in the six-state area hammered by tornadoes Friday night and early Saturday, the Ankeny-based company announced. In addition, through …

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Top Meredith Corp. executives out after company’s sale brings them big payday

Des Moines Register: Two weeks after the sale of Meredith Corp., the lifestyle publisher’s former downtown Des Moines headquarters has a bit of a power vacuum. Meredith has informed its employees that CEO Tom Harty retired …

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Jeremy Gosch becomes Hy-Vee’s president, COO

Jeremy Gosch, who has worked at Hy-Vee Inc. in numerous positions since 1995, has been named the West Des Moines-based grocer’s president and chief operating officer, the company announced.

Gosch is the fifth president in Hy-Vee’s …

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Veridian awards $70,000 in grants to 22 nonprofits addressing financial stability

Veridian Credit Union has awarded $70,000 in grants to 22 organizations across Iowa and eastern Nebraska aimed at increasing financial stability. The Waterloo-based credit union’s Successful Financial Future Grants program annually makes grants of up …

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Branstad, Bouwkamp to headline panel on U.S.-China relations, business opportunities

The Greater Des Moines Partnership will host Ambassador Terry Branstad and Daryl Bouwkamp, senior director of International Business Development and Government Affairs for Vermeer Corp., for a panel discussion centered on domestic and international issues …

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Iowa Farm Bureau elects new president

Brent Johnson of Calhoun County was elected president of the Iowa Farm Bureau during the organization’s meeting this week in Des Moines. Johnson will become the farm group’s 14th president, succeeding Craig Hill, who is …

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Central Iowa loans backed by SBA in November top $6.6M

The U.S. Small Business Administration backed more than $6.6 million in loans for Central Iowa businesses in November. The 11 loans are expected to create 64 new jobs and retain 21 jobs. Among the top …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Birds aren’t real, or are they? Inside a Gen Z conspiracy theory.

Get ready to think – because this good read is about a real-life reverse Uno card. This piece from the New York Times looks at the Birds Aren’t Real movement, which is a Gen Z-fueled conspiracy theory …

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Miller elected president of National Association of Attorneys General

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller was elected president of the National Association of Attorneys General during its three-day Capital Forum that concluded Wednesday. Miller has selected “Consumer Protection 2.0: Tech Threats and Tools” as his presidential initiative. …