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Tell me about Wildwood Hills.

The basic purpose of Wildwood Hills is strengthening the community and transforming lives through giving kids healing, hope and God’s unconditional love. At-risk youths are what we mainly focus on. …

Rebuilding Together often draws comparisons with Habitat for Humanity, though it takes a slightly different approach.

Rather than building new homes, volunteers for the nonprofit organization improve existing homes.

“Our model is to keep home-owners …

When leaders at Grand View University decided to try to find ways to increase enrollment at the university, they found a simple answer:

Focus on athletic programs.

The school’s football and wrestling teams have grown …

Imagine you’re a farmer in a rural Pakistani village, barely making enough to support your six children living in a one-room mud house. Your only possessions are a small piece of land, a few hens, …

Eight scheduled speakers shared their passions, and then 11 people stepped forward from the audience, one by one, to do the same in a lively “Ignite Des Moines” event Sept. 14.

The “ignite” concept surfaced …

In a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 27, Deere & Co. estimated that its equipment sales will increase by about 12 percent for fiscal year 2010 and about 32 …