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MercyOne’s new emergency department reduces wait times, overcrowding

MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center is introducing a new initiative to reduce emergency department wait times, enabling patients to receive treatment faster and be discharged more quickly. As part of its ongoing emergency department expansion, MercyOne is adopting a split-flow model which directs patients with less serious conditions to a fast-track area, leaving more specialized…
By Business Record Staff | Oct 17, 2025
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The Ingersoll announces new date for 2025 reopening

The Ingersoll Theatre announced its reopening will be pushed back to December 31, 2025, citing supply chain delays that extended final construction work. Executive Director Renee Crowell said the additional time will ensure every detail meets the venue’s high craftsmanship standards. The historic Des Moines venue will now celebrate its return with two New Year’s…
By Business Record Staff | Oct 17, 2025
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Manufacturing part of Ankeny’s ‘fabric and culture’

Manufacturing has long been woven into Ankeny’s history.  In the early 1940s, Ankeny was home to a large ordinance plant that produced nearly 4 billion rounds of ammunition for use in World War II. After the war, a large portion of the site was redeveloped by John Deere, now the city’s largest private employer with…
By Kathy A. Bolten | Oct 17, 2025
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On the Move: Week of October 10

Erin M. BoggessFredriksonRecognition: 2025 Pro Bono Honor Rolleboggess@fredlaw.com Thomas J. BushFredriksonRecognition: 2025 Pro Bono Honor RollTBush@fredlaw.com Nicci M. LedbetterFredriksonRecognition: 2025 Pro Bono Honor RollNLedbetter@fredlaw.com MaKennah E. LittleFredriksonRecognition: 2025 Pro Bono Honor RollMLittle@fredlaw.com Carly Gosch ParleFredriksonRecognition: 2025 Pro Bono Honor RollCParle@fredlaw.com Bridget R. PenickFredriksonRecognition: 2025 Pro Bono Honor Rollbpenick@fredlaw.com Allison Z. RichterFredriksonRecognition: 2025 Pro Bono Honor…
By Business Record Staff | Oct 17, 2025
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Get to know American Equity CEO Jeff Lorenzen

In joining American Equity Life Insurance Investment Co. in 2009, Jeff Lorenzen was coming back to work for company founder David Noble for the second time in his career. The first was when Lorenzen joined the Statesman Group in 1989 as a graduate student at Drake University. Noble, who died in 2017, was the insurer’s…
By Sarah Diehn | Oct 17, 2025
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Event Preview: Power Breakfast panelists say shared purpose, trust are drivers of strong community leadership

Des Moines leaders often say many of Central Iowa’s successes as a region, from the Global Insurance Accelerator to ICON Water Trails, are the result of close collaboration across organizations and mutual interest in the long-term success and growth of the community. The region’s recent record pace of leadership change at the executive level —…
By Sarah Diehn | Oct 17, 2025
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Hospitals across Iowa implementing robotic technology in surgery

As a bystander watching Dr. Shankar Raman work, you might think he’s playing a video game. Each hand is on a controller. He’s sitting at a large black console, staring at a screen, focused and still. Raman, a colorectal surgeon and division chair, Des Moines surgical care at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center, is actually…
By Lisa Rossi | Oct 17, 2025
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Iowa needs more people, homes to attract more manufacturers

Editor’s note: This is the final part of a three-part series about the state of Iowa’s manufacturing sector. Part three covers what Iowa and its communities need to do to attract new companies to Iowa and keep its existing manufacturers. Read part one on Iowa’s manufacturing economy and workforce and part two on the strong…
By Kathy A. Bolten | Oct 17, 2025