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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mike Skokan and Matt Nickell have been named to Hy-Vee’s Hall of Fame, the West Des Moines-based grocery chain announced. Skokan, who was an executive vice president, chief financial officer and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Des Moines-based payment services provider Dwolla has been acquired by NMI, a global leader in embedded payments infrastructure headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., the companies announced Tuesday.

The $58 million project to revitalize Merle Hay Mall is happening at the “right time and the right place for exactly the right users,” said Liz Holland, the CEO of the group that owns the mall. The ...

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 ...