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Casey’s awarded for revamped financial system reducing labor, bank fees

Casey’s General Stores Inc. received the Association for Financial Professionals 2023 Pinnacle Awards Grand Prize for excellence in treasury and finance for the implementation of a new banking system. The system has helped reduce labor …
By Business Record Staff | Nov 1, 2023
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ISU alumni to be honored at 92nd Annual Honors and Awards Ceremony

David Spalding, dean of Iowa State’s Ivy College of Business, will present alumni with four awards at the 92nd Annual Honors and Awards Ceremony on Nov. 3 during Iowa State’s Homecoming Week.

The award winners …
By Business Record Staff | Oct 27, 2023
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Jethro’s BBQ downtown Des Moines restaurant opens

Jethro’s BBQ All Stars Downtown opened this week, after more than a year spent converting a former office building into a restaurant.

The restaurant, the ninth in entrepreneur Bruce Gerleman’s chain of barbeque establishments, is …
By Kathy A. Bolten | Oct 20, 2023
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Des Moines-based contractor McAninch shifting to employee ownership

McAninch Corp., a Des Moines-based excavating and earthmoving contractor, has announced it has changed to employee ownership after 56 years as a family-owned company.

McAninch CEO Doug McAninch said in a news release that the …
By Business Record Staff | Oct 18, 2023
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Oak Park Restaurant opens Oct. 17

A dining room at Oak Park Restaurant, which opens Oct. 17. Photo special to the Business Record

Oak Park Restaurant at 3901 Ingersoll Ave. in Des Moines will open to the public on Oct. 17. …
By Business Record Staff | Oct 11, 2023
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Jonathan Shively joins Peoples Co. as managing director of capital partnerships

Peoples Co., a land transaction and management business with offices in all major agricultural regions in the U.S., hired Jonathan Shively as PC Capital Markets’ managing director of capital partnerships. Shively will manage and facilitate …
By Business Record Staff | Oct 10, 2023
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Urbandale unveils new trench training site

The city of Urbandale hosted a ribbon-cutting for its new trench training site on Friday. The new site is designed to advance training for emergency responders and construction professionals. The new facility provides scenarios that …
By Business Record Staff | Oct 10, 2023
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Partnership launches new work-based learning tool for companies

A new work-based learning self-assessment tool will help companies improve career pathways and fill positions with homegrown talent, the Greater Des Moines Partnership announced Monday. According to officials with the Partnership, the self-assessment tool will …
By Business Record Staff | Oct 10, 2023
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Keen recognized with Excellence in Safety award

Ankeny-based Keen Project Solutions, a full-service engineering and construction firm, has received Procore’s 2023 Groundbreaker Awards in the category of Excellence in Safety. Procore Technologies, Inc., a global leader in construction management software, annually acknowledges …
By Business Record Staff | Oct 5, 2023
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Extra, extra – read all about new economic trends from Best of Des Moines winners

As we do each year, we asked our readers to cast votes for what Des Moines has to offer in a variety of business-related categories. These businesses, leaders and organizations make up an ecosystem in …
By Emily Barske Wood | Oct 4, 2023