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Bunker Labs, a national nonprofit helping veteran, military spousal and active military entrepreneurs, is launching a new chapter in Des Moines, the organization announced Thursday. The Des Moines chapter’s volunteer city leader is Bernie Stone. …

Variety — the Children’s Charity will host the 46th Variety Telethon Feb. 29 to March 1, the organization announced this week. The annual fundraiser has raised millions of dollars from donors over the years, featuring local …

Grand Blue Mile officials from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Drake Relays have announced that the USA Track & Field one-mile road championships will remain a part of the annual Grand Blue Mile …

Jay Byers, CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, has been reelected to represent the United States chamber of commerce industry on the General Council of the World Chambers Federation of the International Chamber of …

David Spalding, dean of Iowa State University’s Ivy College of Business, announced the 2020 winners of the Ivy Women in Business Awards last week. The Champion Award was given to Renee Schaaf, president of Retirement Income …

The deadline is rapidly approaching for organizations to apply for grant funding through the Wellmark Foundation Large Matching Assets to Community Health (MATCH) grant program. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21. …

Carson King, the 24-year-old Altoona man who launched a million-dollar children’s hospital fundraiser with a sign asking for beer money, has established a new foundation aimed at supporting fundraisers across Iowa communities. The Carson King Foundation will …

About: Six Degrees of Separation is the theory that everyone and everything is six or fewer steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person in the world. The Downtown Des Moines Chamber is …