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Site plan approved for building in new West Des Moines office development

The site plan for a two-story, 48,000-square-foot office building planned at 5745 Raccoon River Drive in West Des Moines was approved this week by the city’s Plan and Zoning Commission. The building is part of …

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Renovation underway on building with unique ‘sawtooth’ roof

Renovation of the building at 217 E. Second St. in Des Moines will include a new air filtration system. The interior will be lit in part from sunlight that will come through glass in the …

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‘People are ready to party’

 

Construction of Willow on Grand, a 6,029-square-foot event venue at 6011 Grand Ave., is expected to be completed by the end of 2021. The rendering above shows a courtyard with seating that will be …

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Ransomware attack prompted DMACC’s shutdown of online network; return of online-only classes delayed

A ransomware attack prompted Des Moines Area Community College to take its entire campus system offline for two weeks, according to a statement provided by DMACC officials to the Business Record today.

While in-person classes …

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Rep. Jennifer Konfrst elected as Iowa House minority leader

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Iowa House Democrats on Monday elected Rep. Jennifer Konfrst, D-Windsor Heights, as the new minority leader. Konfrst, a public relations professor at Drake University, her alma mater, is the first woman to lead …

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Big Grove Brewery expanding to D.M., in Sherman Hill area

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Big Grove, the eastern Iowa brewery with locations in Iowa City and Solon, will be expanding to Des Moines. Big Grove Brewery will be part of a development by Krause+, the real estate …

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City Council approves program to rent kayaks along Des Moines River

Des Moines Register: Rental canoes, kayaks, stand-up paddleboards and bicycles are coming to Captain Roy’s after being approved at Monday’s Des Moines City Council meeting. The plan approved by the city, which will kick off this …

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Principal to shut down RobustWealth digital advice subsidiary

Principal Financial Group has made a “strategic business decision” to close down its RobustWealth subsidiary, the digital advice startup company that it acquired in 2018, Digital Insurance journal reported. Principal made the decision after it completed its …

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CUNA Mutual Group, LPL Financial form strategic alliance

CUNA Mutual Group, a broad financial services provider based in Madison, Wis., announced a strategic alliance with LPL Financial to offer LPL’s digital platform for its wealth management business, CUNA Brokerage Services Inc. CBSI will continue to …

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MercyOne announces Dan Fink as first vice president of MercyOne Children’s Hospital

Dan Fink accepted the new role of vice president at MercyOne Children’s Hospital, according to MercyOne. Fink previously worked as executive director of Crown Point Christian Village, and has worked in operations at Cook Children’s …