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It’s Tuesday evening, and Ome Dafalla and her three children sit down to dinner in the basement of Capitol Hill Lutheran Church. It’s her youngest son’s sixth birthday, and one of the volunteers has baked …

Shooting a game of pool while puzzling over a client’s network problem is now just a memory for engineers at Networks Inc. The billiard table at the West Des Moines network engineering firm was removed …

West Bancorporation Inc., the parent company of West Des Moines State Bank, said its fourth-quarter profits rose by 1 percent and its total assets topped $1 billion for the first time in its history at …

As January draws to a close, Central Iowa’s publicly traded companies are preparing to report earnings and sales to Wall Street and Main Street. The following is a schedule of when companies based in Central …

The Hessen Haus, located in the refurbished train depot at 101 Fourth St. in downtown Des Moines, opened Thursday to the sound of polka music by Barefoot Becky and the Ivanhoe Dutchmen while patrons dined …

Earlier this month in Washington, D.C., Mary Kramer was sworn in as the new U.S. ambassador to the Nations of the Eastern Caribbean. On Jan. 20, the ceremony was repeated at the Iowa Statehouse. She …

Dear Mr. Berko:

I manage my own account and need your advice. I think I should buy 300 shares of Flextronics International Ltd. I purchased 300 shares in 1994 at $21 and regretfully sold them …

People always blame their bad attitude on the day.

That’s boloney. What you’re really saying is, “I’ve let other people get to my attitude,” or “I’ve let other circumstances get to my attitude.” That’s a …

Erika Runyan went to college intending to become a pharmacist. As a teen, she had worked for a pharmacy, and loved the job and interpersonal interaction. In the course of her studies at Drake University, …

The Iowa Credit Union League, which supports Iowa’s credit unions through education programs and efforts to lobby regulatory and political officials, has a number of projects and priorities lined up for the coming year. The …