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ISU Foundation honors 2025 Emerging Philanthropist Award recipient

The Iowa State University Foundation has named Jen Scharff of Ankeny as the recipient of the 2025 Order of the Knoll Emerging Philanthropist Award, recognizing her leadership and commitment to advancing the university’s mission through philanthropy and service. A 1998 ISU graduate in physics, Scharff has established two scholarships, the Jennifer Scharff Physics Scholarship and…
By Business Record Staff | Oct 1, 2025
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Latest Iowa fall colors report released

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has released its latest fall colors report, which tracks where leaf color changes are peaking. The Travel Iowa website has a list of trails and drives to take to see some of the season’s best colors. In Central Iowa, some of those are the High Trestle Trail near Madrid, Jester Park Equestrian Center in Granger, historic Route…
By Business Record Staff | Oct 1, 2025
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Central Iowa CEOs to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

A group of Central Iowa CEOs will volunteer at a special Habitat for Humanity build for business leaders on Friday. Participants will help build the walls of a new home that will be sold to a qualifying local household with an affordable Habitat mortgage. Participants include executives from Iowa Bankers Association, Ruan Transportation, Prairie Meadows,…
By Business Record Staff | Oct 1, 2025
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Iowa Primary Care Association takes over state behavioral health system

The Iowa Primary Care Association is now overseeing the administration of the state’s behavioral health system and is working with health care providers, law enforcement and community partners across the state to connect Iowans with supports for mental health, substance use and addictive disorders, according to the organization. Behavioral health refers to mental health and…
By Lisa Rossi | Oct 1, 2025
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Home health agency opens Iowa office

Innovive Health, a home health care agency serving complex behavioral health patients, last week opened its new Iowa office in Des Moines. Innovive’s care model focuses on effectively treating patients who have multiple medical comorbidities with complicating behavioral illness, a news release said. The model aims to reduce emergency room visits and in-patient readmission. Innovive…
By Business Record Staff | Oct 1, 2025
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Iowa manufacturing exports down 9.2%, $900M for year

For the second time in the past three months, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, an economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, sank below growth neutral. The Business Conditions Index fell to 49.8 from 50.5 in August. The index ranges between 0 and 100 with 50.0 representing growth neutral….
By Business Record Staff | Oct 1, 2025
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Roberts’ resignation accepted by Des Moines school board

The resignation of Ian Roberts as superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district was accepted by the Des Moines school board during a special meeting Tuesday night. The board’s action “is a sad and troubling end for an individual who gave many people, especially our students, hope,” Jackie Norris, board chair, said in a statement she…
By Kathy A. Bolten | Oct 1, 2025
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A Smarter Way for Small Businesses to Offer Health Coverage Has Arrived in Des Moines

Sponsored content provided by Ryan Saul, Director of Iowa Markets at Oscar Health Small businesses across Iowa aren’t just part of the economy — they are the economy. They make up more than 99% of all businesses in Iowa, employing nearly half of the state’s private-sector workforce and serving as the foundation of the state’s…
By Ryan Saul | Oct 1, 2025