h digitalfootprint web 728x90

All Latest News

28th st demo

Demolition of apartment building underway to clear space for 28th Street parking lot

An apartment building on 28th Street between Ingersoll and Grand avenues is being demolished to make room for a 49-stall parking lot.

The city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment gave its approval of the site last …

sold

NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Office/warehouse property sold in Des Moines for $1.8 million

Everlasting Properties LLC, located in Papillion, Neb., paid Jakers Mark 43 LLC $1.8 million for property at 600 Holcomb Ave. in Des Moines, Polk County real estate records show. The 4.3-acre parcel includes a 56,788-square-foot office/warehouse …

Greater Des Moines Partnership square logo

Greater Des Moines Partnership to host raising capital seminar for startups

The Greater Des Moines Partnership will host a Raising Capital for Startups Seminar on May 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Partnership’s office in downtown Des Moines. The seminar will include topics …

West Des Moines Chamber Logo

West Des Moines chamber announces 2025 entrepreneur of the year

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce has announced Rachelle Long, founder and executive director of Taste of the Junction, as the recipient of the 2025 Mel Essex Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award …

DART bus in downtown Des Moines

DART launches public input phase of system redesign with two concepts aimed at achieving sustainability

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority has announced a series of public input opportunities this month as it continues to move forward with its redesign of the regional transit system.

Officials with DART today …

Sukup Manufacturing logo

Sukup Manufacturing announces leadership changes

Image courtesy of Sukup Manufacturing

Sukup Manufacturing Co.’s board of directors has named Tom Mangan, the company’s chief financial officer, to serve as Sukup’s next president and CEO. Steve Sukup will begin a transition into the …

image

Ag secretary speaks about trade, tariffs at Ag Leaders Dinner

Photo by Gigi Wood

Five hundred people packed into the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny on Monday night for the 13th Annual Iowa Ag Leaders Dinner to hear U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speak …

Iowa Donor Network logo

Iowa Donor Network CEO to retire

Suzanne Conrad, CEO of the Iowa Donor Network, is retiring after nearly three decades of service. Conrad’s career began in 1981, when she served as a cardiothoracic surgery nurse at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn. …

image

Urbandale Food Pantry moves to new space

The Urbandale Food Pantry will open at its new location at 7901 Douglas Ave. on Tuesday. Rendering courtesy of Urbandale Food Pantry

The Urbandale Food Pantry, which has seen demand for food items grow, is …

image

Report: Fewer men in Iowa’s workforce could prove costly

Since 1977, the percentage of men between the ages of 16 and 24 (represented by blue dots) participating in the labor force has dropped 17.5 points, according to data from Common Sense Institute. The percentage…