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Tom and LaDonna Gratias didn’t plan for their whole family to get into the home-building business, but that’s what’s happened. Tom owns Gratias Construction Inc., Village Classic Homes LC, Country Classic Homes LC and several …

Dr. Robert Margeas says a new advanced dental education center in Des Moines will help many dentists cut down on travel time and expenses as they work to meet their profession’s continuing education requirements.

The …

Bright lights, air conditioning, locker rooms, lunch rooms, a self-propelled floor-sweeping machine and a different shop for every specialty – this isn’t your father’s fix-it shop.

Ziegler Inc.’s Central Iowa Caterpillar dealership went first-class when …

Wildwood Hills Ranch near St. Charles is more than the bunkhouses, lake and horse trails that meet the eye. To the at-risk kids it serves, it’s a safe haven where they build confidence and positive …

Pedestrian traffic has been lower and drive-by traffic nonexistent for the Shops at Roosevelt due to the 42nd Street bridge and ramp closures this spring, but the impact has been greater for some than others.…

Central Iowa’s business leaders are used to handling difficult challenges, but ask them whether Iowa and Des Moines have become too dependent on gambling as a source of revenue, and most react the same way: …

In what would be the most significant redevelopment effort in years for the East Side, the owner of the long-vacant Eastgate Shopping Center has reached a tentative agreement with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to build a …

In what would be the most significant redevelopment effort in years for the East Side, the owner of the long-vacant Eastgate Shopping Center has reached a tentative agreement with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to build a …

For years, the East Side has trailed other areas of Greater Des Moines in retail services as growth focused on West Des Moines and the western suburbs.

Now, as neighboring Altoona and Pleasant Hill begin …

My wife and I are indebted to you. In August 2002, you wrote a column that recommended a dozen cheap speculative stocks for a reader who had $70,000 to invest. We invested $100,000 in the …