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Another massive shopping, entertainment center planned for fast-growing Waukee

Des Moines Register: One of the Des Moines metro area’s fastest-growing cities is in line for yet another massive new shopping and entertainment complex. Waukee Towne Center is planned for an undeveloped site south of Hickman …

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Up, up and away!

Two Central Iowa-based companies with already expansive operations across the United States have globally made merger-and-acquisition headlines over the past year, with multibillion-dollar marriages to partners that promise to make each more weighty powerhouses in …

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Lingen to purchase Capture Management Solutions

Capture Management Solutions, an association management company based in Des Moines, announced that Carl Lingen, co-owner, is purchasing the company from Natalie Battles, co-owner and president. Battles will stay on as a special projects consultant to …

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Meet Crème’s new owner and see shop’s makeover

By Karla Walsh

Sammy Mila, the new owner of Crème, says she’s eager to “share my creations in a way that’s approachable, accessible, and best of all, local.” Photo: Dera Burreson

WhenChristina Moffatt’s parents started struggling with …

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Hy-Vee’s new CEO has vowed to make the company a ‘destination of health care’

Des Moines Register: Hy-Vee’s new top executive wants to turn the grocery store into a “destination for health care.” Aaron Wiese, a veteran employee who started at Hy-Vee as a teenager, will become the West Des …

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Aaron Wiese tapped to become Hy-Vee’s CEO

Hy-Vee Inc. executive Aaron Wiese has been named CEO of the West Des Moines-based retailer, effective Oct. 1, Hy-Vee CEO and Board Chairman Randy Edeker announced in a press release.

Wiese is currently Hy-Vee’s vice chairman and …

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Terrace Hill-adjacent gun shop can operate

Axios Des Moines: Des Moines officials have determined that a firearms sales business that would run out of a home that’s across the street from the governor’s residence at Terrace Hill doesn’t need a city …

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More than 27% of federal contract dollars spent with small businesses in FY21

The U.S. government surpassed its small business federal contracting goal for fiscal year 2021, awarding $154.2 billion, or 27.2%, of federal contract dollars to small businesses, according to a release from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The …

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Lola’s Fine Kitchen in Ankeny to close

Des Moines Register: After almost four years, the Des Moines metro loses one of its few Filipino restaurants. Lola’s Fine Kitchen in Ankeny closes on July 28. The family-owned restaurant in Ankeny’s Prairie Trail District …

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Big Grove Brewery opens in Des Moines on Wednesday

Big Grove Brewery & Taproom will open to the public at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at its new location in Des Moines at 555 17th St. Operators of the brewery, which has locations in Iowa …