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West Des Moines is emerging as the probable site of a large new office building for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, the home lending subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co., according to public officials and others …

You might think it is a daunting task to get teenagers excited about investing in a Roth Individual Retirement Account, but Mary Dahlby, a family and consumer sciences teacher at Urbandale High School, has found …

Three Warren County communities use check-off programs

Want to get more involved in local economic development? In some Warren County communities, it’s as simple as checking a box.

Last week, every Indianola homeowner and business …

Maytag Corp. said second-quarter profits plunged 63 percent as the No. 3 U.S. maker of appliances was hurt by a slump in sales of floor-care products and charges related to workforce reductions and a plant …

Storey-Kenworthy Inc.’s new Ames showroom and distribution facility may already be paying off.

The company, the state’s largest family-owned office interior and products business, has won a contract to supply Iowa State University with office …

Thomas Stanberry, a one-time Des Moines lawyer and former investment banker, has gathered little moss since he succeeded David Miller as chairman and chief executive of West Bancorporation Inc.

Since March, the 49-year-old has presided …

Since its founding in 1955, Stetson Building Products Inc. has specialized in supplying construction materials for building exteriors, including concrete forms and additives, waterproofing sealants and rubber roofing.

Now, with a new generation of management …

A cash-strapped city budget may be the driving force behind the likely phased-in redevelopment of the Court Avenue Historic District, downtown officials say.

On Monday, members of the Court Avenue District Housing Investment Fund LLC …

Waukee continued to lead the state in growth between 2000 and 2002, gaining 1,181 new residents since the nation’s 2000 head count, the U.S. Census Bureau said in an announcement last week.

Technically, the eastern …

“Why do they buy?” is a thousand times more important than “How do I sell?” No, let me correct that: It’s one million times more important. No, let me correct that: It’s one billion times …