BPC President and Group Publisher Chris Conetzkey interviewed the Forty Under 40 class of 2026 at a kick-off event, held on Wednesday at the Krause Gateway Center.

First Mid Bancshares, Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire Two Rivers Financial Group Inc., the parent company of Two Rivers Bank & Trust headquartered in Burlington. The all-stock transaction ...

Capital Crossroads released its 2025 annual report last week, detailing progress on workforce housing, education and other long-term regional priorities. Launched in 2011 and now in its third ...

The Business Record recently toured the public areas of the city of Des Moines’s new TM Franklin Cownie Administration Building. Here’s what you need to know. How much space is the city occupying in ...

Kwik Trip Inc., has acquired an undeveloped 2.5-acre parcel in Waukee, Dallas County real estate records show. The convenience store company, headquartered in La Crosse, Wis., paid Armadura Legal Inc.

Whirlpool Corp. will lay off 341 workers from its plant in Amana on March 9, a move that is part of the company’s long-term plan to modernize the plant, the company said. Additional jobs will likely ...

Lead DSM Executive Director Amy Jennings has been elected to the board of directors of the Association of Leadership Programs, a national network representing more than 300 community leadership ...

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

According to the Alliance for Lifetime Income, more than 4.1 million Americans will hit the retirement age of 65 through the year 2027. That’s over 11,200 people every day. The trend is more ...

After becoming one of the early adopters of a farming practice that would forever change animal agriculture, the Faaborg family in Radcliffe is swapping its concentrated animal feeding operation for ...

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, ...

The new 86,000-square-foot Alliant Energy Agriculture Innovation Lab at the Iowa State University Research Park opened last week, creating a hub for “service-driven innovation,” said Matt Darr, the ...