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AARP and United Way Worldwide expand 211 Caregiver Program to Iowa

AARP and United Way Worldwide have announced the expansion of a caregiver support program to 10 new states, including Iowa. Originally launched in 2021, the initiative connects family caregivers to essential services for themselves and their loved ones via the 211 helpline. By dialing 211, caregivers are connected with trained community resource specialists in their…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 8, 2025

Iowa food hubs sell over $4 million of local food in 2024

Food hubs, which are small distribution businesses that specialize in local foods, sold over $4.3 million in 2024 in local foods to grocery stores, households, restaurants, school districts, food access organizations and other customers across Iowa. This was an 11% increase from 2023, according to the 2024 Food Hub Impact Report, authored by the Iowa Food…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 8, 2025

Iowa Communications Network partners with Omaha internet exchange

1623 Farnam, a networking infrastructure company, has announced the Iowa Communications Network has joined in a strategic collaboration with its Omaha IX internet exchange facility in Omaha. The collaboration hopes to allow ICN to provide higher performance internet to its users throughout Iowa. By participating in Omaha IX, ICN can now work directly with content…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 8, 2025

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State awards over $2 million for therapeutic classrooms

The Iowa Department of Education has awarded over $2 million in competitive grants to eight school districts to establish therapeutic classrooms for students whose emotional or behavioral needs affect their ability to be successful in their learning environment. The school districts receiving grants are the Bondurant-Farrar, Cedar Rapids, Cherokee, Davenport, Durant, Keokuk, Pella and Spencer…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 8, 2025

UNI announces in-state tuition for bordering states

The University of Northern Iowa announced today it will offer in-state tuition to students from the six states bordering Iowa starting this fall. Through its new Neighboring State Rate initiative, the rate will apply to students from Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The initiative aims to increase access to affordable education and…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 8, 2025

WDM Chamber announces two staff promotions

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce has announced the promotion of Everett Mullican and Meredith Murphy. Mullican has been promoted to marketing and communications manager and Murphy now serves as director of future workforce. Mullican started with the WDM Chamber as marketing and communications coordinator in 2023. Murphy joined the WDM Chamber as talent…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 8, 2025

Woodard discusses Iowa DOGE idea to reduce number of counties

In a recent interview, the Business Record sat down with Andrea Woodard, executive director of the Iowa State Association of Counties. Among other topics, we asked her about the Iowa DOGE Task Force’s idea to reduce the number of counties in Iowa. The job of the task force is to improve efficiency in the state….

By Gigi Wood | Jul 7, 2025

UI Health Care to open clinic in Urbandale

University of Iowa Health Care has announced it will open a new clinic in Urbandale at 2901 N.W. 86th Street on Sept. 8. According to a news release, UI Health Care aims to provide patients living in Central and western Iowa with more convenient access to care by moving some of the adult and pediatric…

By Business Record Staff | Jul 7, 2025

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