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Last year, Winefest Des Moines, a non-profit organization, presented the proceeds of its inaugural event, $20,000, to the Principal Riverwalk project. A week before the 2004 festival, June 3 to 5, its leaders predicted that …

If you want to visit Prairieland Herbs at 1385 S Ave. in Woodward, don’t trust the directions of an online map and direction service, its owners warn: it will just get you lost. About 30 …

Daniel Pettit was 5 when he first held a violin under his chin in an awkward attempt to coax music from the instrument. The cherub-faced lad with a Dutch boy haircut took to it like …

Central Iowa employers battling high health-care costs will soon have another tool to encourage employees to make better choices about their medical spending, while providing an additional coverage option for their workers. But employees will …

Dear Mr. Berko:

I have more than $380,000 in a money market fund from selling my stock in December because I was afraid of the market. I’m an extremely conservative investor in the 33 percent …

You just made a great sales presentation. The probable purchaser gave you a ton of buying signals, but he wouldn’t commit. He ended the meeting by saying, “Call me on Tuesday at 10 a.m. I’ll …

We spent the 20th century becoming ever more efficient, or at least quicker, at just about everything we do: traveling long distances, entertaining one another, slaughtering our fellow human beings. Could this be the century …

Lots of questions remain to be answered before downtown Des Moines can fill up with condominium dwellers, but most of them aren’t that complicated. Tax credits, construction codes, retail-residential mix — all of that will …

Here’s the least surprising fact you will read in the Business Record this week: Health care costs too much and those costs are rising too fast. Perhaps you’re only surprised that you’re reading it in …

When Vicky Foresman attending college at the University of Northern Iowa, she knew she wanted to be an educator and work with kids, but she didn’t anticipate the specific path she would take. One day, …