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Wastewater discharge in Story County

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has reported a wastewater discharge into the South Skunk River in Story County. Heavy rains in the area over the past four days caused high flows at the plant. On Saturday, April 26, at about 2 p.m., the Story City wastewater treatment plant began bypassing partially treated wastewater directly…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 30, 2025
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Des Moines Art Center partners with la mie

The Des Moines Art Center has announced a new partnership with Des Moines bakery la mie and its owners, Joe and Christina Logsdon, after being closed since December 2023. Together they will launch the Art Center Café, presented by la mie, a full-service eatery that will operate out of the Art Center’s café. New features…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 30, 2025
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Amber Deardorff named next president and CEO of Mary Greeley Medical Center

The Mary Greeley Medical Center board of trustees has appointed Amber Deardorff as the medical center’s next president and CEO, effective Aug. 1 following a search process. Deardorff, who is currently Mary Greeley’s vice president, chief operating officer and chief nursing officer, will succeed Brian Dieter, who is retiring after 17 years in the role. “We were…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 30, 2025
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Lynch reflects on start of Invest DSM as she prepares to move on

Amber Lynch, who helped create Invest DSM with a vision to build healthy neighborhoods by keeping people in their homes, will step down as the organization’s executive director on Thursday. Lynch, 43, has led Invest DSM since it was founded in July 2019. While she didn’t say what her next professional role will be, she…
By Michael Crumb | Apr 30, 2025
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BLK & Bold docuseries on sustainability efforts premieres in Des Moines Friday

BLK & Bold Specialty Beverages, a Des Moines-based social impact coffee company, is releasing a new docuseries Friday about its sustainability collaboration with SGS, a testing, inspection and certification company. The docuseries “BLK & Bold: A Journey Rooted in Coffee, Community and Climate” will premiere at noon Friday at the second annual Business for Good Summit…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 30, 2025
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$5.7M invested in water quality projects

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is investing in 14 urban water quality projects across the state. Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig made the announcement alongside local leaders Monday at an event at Legacy Woods in West Des Moines as part of Iowa Soil and Water Conservation Week. Using funding from the state’s Water Quality Initiative and other…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 30, 2025
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Economic outlook panel checks in on Iowa economy

At an economic outlook panel held Tuesday by the Greater Des Moines Partnership, statewide economists and a business consultant discussed how tariffs, inflation, interest rates and federal funding changes have affected various industries in Iowa, as well as trends they’re seeing in their work. Some of the uncertainty of the current climate, they advised, can…
By Gigi Wood | Apr 30, 2025
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What you need to know from the CRE Trends and Issues Forum

Downtown housing, conversion of vacant office space, adaptive reuse and challenges facing the commercial real estate market caused by tariffs, interest rates and uncertainty around changes in the state’s property tax structure. Those were among the topics discussed during the Business Record’s Commercial Real Estate Trends and Issues Forum held Thursday, April 24, at the…
By Michael Crumb | Apr 30, 2025