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 ...

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 Economic Development Authority announced $35.9 million in workforce housing tax credits to support development in 36 counties across the state. The awards will fund 63 projects expected to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Newton officials today celebrated the start of what they say is its biggest economic development project in 75 years. About 50 people gathered at the Jasper County Courthouse in Newton to learn about ...

Waukee Mayor Courtney Clarke addresses a crowd on Sept. 11 at the Waukee Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual bus tour. Photo by Gigi Wood As one of Iowa’s fastest-growing cities, Waukee has changed a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Restaurateur Jay Wang, CEO of Wasabi Restaurant Group, is expanding his professional skills to include that of developer. Wang owns five Wasabi restaurants in Central Iowa with plans to open two ...