LDJ Manufacturing began on a family farm and has grown into an employee-owned manufacturer producing Thunder Creek Equipment — premium fuel and service solutions for the agriculture, construction and ...

Bondurant and Iowa Economic Development Authority officials celebrated the certification of two development-ready industrial sites in Bondurant during an event on July 30. Photo courtesy of IEDA Two ...

The Interstate 435 project is working its way through Congress in the federal surface transportation bill. The project would convert portions of highways 5 and 65 into interstate beginning at the ...

Windings Inc., an employee-owned manufacturer of precision-engineered motors and motor components based in New Ulm, Minn., has acquired North Iowa-based Machine Tool Engineering Inc. The acquisition ...

The Iowa Department of Education has awarded more than $2.35 million in Therapeutic Classroom Incentive Grants to 10 school districts to establish therapeutic classrooms for the 2026-27 school year.

Sammons Financial Group, an employee-owned financial services company based in West Des Moines, has named Rob TeKolste as its next CEO and chairman of its board of directors. Rob TeKolste Current ...

As Des Moines Christian Schools develops its new high school campus in Urbandale, it has launched the Build Today Plan for Tomorrow campaign to plan for the school’s future. The multiyear campaign ...

The city of Urbandale wants to build a bigger police station to help the city keep up with the growth it has seen since the current station was built in 1982. The Urbandale City Council took a step ...

All Des Moines public school students will receive free breakfast and lunch during the 2026-27 school year, the district announced. The district is able to offer free meals through the U.S. Department ...

Triple J of Ankeny LC, located in Polk City, paid Marco Properties LLC $1.2 million for nearly 60 acres of farmland in northeast Polk County, Polk County real estate records show. The land is about ...

A bipartisan group of Iowa labor, economic development, business and issue advocacy leaders have launched Growing Iowa’s Economy, a coalition advocating for policies to help Iowa establish itself as a ...

The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, which measures economic activity across nine states, has remained above growth neutral for six straight months. This suggests ...