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Sammons Financial employees raise $175,000 for local nonprofits

Sammons Financial Group leaders and employees and local nonprofits gathered Monday morning at the company’s West Des Moines office to announce its latest round of donations. As part of its 2025 Community Outreach Program, employees nominate and vote for charities, selecting 25 local nonprofit organizations to support. This year, the West Des Moines office raised…
By Business Record Staff | Aug 19, 2025
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Flynn Wright announces new partner

Flynn Wright announced Kiersten Maertens, vice president of account services, was named an agency partner on July 10. She began with the company as an intern in 2006 and has held several positions throughout her tenure. “Throughout her career at Flynn Wright, Kiersten has demonstrated a keen understanding of how we operate this business in…
By Business Record Staff | Aug 19, 2025
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Iowa Cancer Consortium receives funding renewal

The Iowa Cancer Consortium has awarded more than $200,000 in grants to nine organizations statewide through two grant programs, supporting projects that will run through May 2026. The funding will primarily benefit cancer survivorship initiatives, with additional projects focused on radon testing and HPV education. Awarded projects include expansion of patient support services, creation of…
By Business Record Staff | Aug 18, 2025
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September dairy webinar to discuss immigration enforcement for Iowa livestock and dairy producers

The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team announced it will host its next monthly webinar on Sept. 12 from noon to 1 p.m. focusing on how agricultural employers can prepare for interactions with federal immigration officials. Kristiana Coutu, director of the Beginning Farmer Center and counsel for the Center for Agricultural Law and…
By Business Record Staff | Aug 18, 2025

Deere reports 9% sales decline for Q3, $600M FY2025 tariff costs

In its third quarter earnings call, Deere & Co. reported a 9% decline in net sales to $12.018 billion for the quarter. Interest rates were a challenge, according to company officials, and tariff costs increased to nearly $600 million for fiscal 2025. “The best way for us to function as a business during times like…
By Gigi Wood | Aug 18, 2025
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BioConnect Iowa CEO announces retirement

Steve Brody, president and CEO of BioConnect Iowa, announced Friday he will retire. He will remain involved during the transition period until a successor is appointed. BioConnect Iowa is the state’s public-private partnership for economic development in Iowa’s targeted bioscience platforms and was established after the Iowa Economic Development Authority and the Iowa Innovation Council commissioned…
By Business Record Staff | Aug 18, 2025
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IEDA supports $65M Mount Pleasant manufacturing expansion, new Keosauqua sports amenities

The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board approved awards for a manufacturing expansion in Mount Pleasant and a quality of life project in Keosauqua. At its meeting Friday, the IEDA board also awarded a grant for BioMADE, a U.S. Department of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institute, to establish a bioindustrial manufacturing scale-up facility. ContiTech USA, part of Continental AG,…
By Business Record Staff | Aug 18, 2025
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JBS plans to buy new equipment, redesign Ankeny plant

JBS USA will purchase new equipment for a production facility it plans to buy in Ankeny and redesign and expand some areas of the plant, a company spokesman told the Business Record. “The facility previously produced different types of food products,” Hailey Fishel, a spokesperson for JBS USA, wrote in an email. “We will be…
By Kathy A. Bolten | Aug 18, 2025
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