Baker Group plans to build a 37,500-square-foot expansion at its Ankeny campus, pictured. The Ankeny City Council will consider a development agreement this evening for the project. Photo from Polk ...

A longtime southwestern Iowa shoe wholesaler has relocated its headquarters to Dallas Center, where its management team hopes the company will be able to find employees and other resources to help it ...

The first mixed-use office building in the Middlebrook community in Cumming was recently completed with its anchor being the new headquarters for Peoples Co. Peoples and its 75 team members who work ...

Iowa banks reported a 4.7% increase in loan growth up from $87.8 billion in 2025 to $92 billion in 2025, new data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. shows. “Banks use deposits to make loans in ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is now accepting applications for the 2026 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, a federally funded initiative through the U.S. Department of ...

In my conversation with Erin Rollenhagen, CEO of Entrepreneurial Technologies, and Ann Staudt, the dynamic duo behind Water Rocks!, listeners discover how a passion for Iowa’s natural resources has ...

With the first funnel deadline of the 2026 legislative session passed, Iowa lawmakers are expected to turn their attention to bills that focus on property tax relief, which are exempt from funnel ...

Vermeer Corp. plans to build a 300,000-square-foot production facility in Bondurant and create 182 jobs, significantly increasing the Pella-based company’s footprint in Iowa and allowing for future ...

Jeff Pomeranz was city manager in West Des Moines when the community was approached around 2008 by a consultant looking for land on which to build a data center for Microsoft Corp. At the time, ...

Emily Videtto thought she was going to be a lawyer. When she walked onto campus at Indiana University in 2000, she studied English and business. But after college, she had the chance to join GAF — the ...

Emily Wood is special projects editor at Business Record. She covers nonprofits and philanthropy, HR and leadership, and diversity, equity and inclusion.