The Des Moines Art Center will close its downtown museum at Wells Fargo Financial, 800 Walnut St., in September to coincide with the opening of the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park. To mark the occasion and in recognition of its six-year partnership with Wells Fargo & Co., the Art Center will display the work of sculptor Tara Donovan at its 4700 Grand Ave. main museum and downtown museum. The exhibit will run from June 18 to Sept. 13.

West Des Moines has received a $50,000 Main Street Iowa grant to help finance the $200,000 restoration of the city’s historic city hall in Valley Junction. Iowa Department of Economic Development Director Michael Tramontina and Sen. Tom Harkin announced the award Thursday as part of $617,000 in grants to development projects in 14 cities. The awards are a mix of federal and state funds and are given in the form of challenge grants intended to trigger local investment.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a lawsuit Thursday against three Wells Fargo & Co. affiliates to recover $1.5 billion for California investors who he claims bought auction-rate securities based on “false and deceptive” advice, mainly that they were as good as cash, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal reported. Auction-rate securities are investments with long-term maturity dates, such as bonds, that investors can sell at weekly or monthly auctions. Those auctions came to a virtual standstill due to the financial crisis, and Brown claims in the lawsuit that as a result nearly 2,400 state residents no longer have access to $1.5 billion. A Wells Fargo spokesman said the company could not be held responsible for the effects of the recession on its clients.

The Iowa Department of Administrative Services has posted an online survey seeking suggestions for an update to the Capitol complex master plan, which will be presented during the 2010 session of the General Assembly. Click here to access the survey. To submit your comments by mail or to request a paper copy of the survey, write to Iowa Department of Administrative Services, Vertical Infrastructure Program, 109 S.E. 13th St., Des Moines, Iowa, 50319. For more information about the project, write to the address above or Click here.

Iowa water and wastewater agencies will sign an agreement on Tuesday, April 28, to implement an industry-specific mutual aid system for responding to floods and other emergencies. The Iowa Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network created by the agreement will be a voluntary utility-to-utility network that will help participants prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters.

Job seekers should sport business attire and pack plenty of resumes for the 2009 Job Expo from 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at the Polk County Convention Complex, 501 Grand Ave., Des Moines. The Expo will feature a wide range of employers seeking full- and part-time workers.