Janet Wilwerding has been appointed senior marketing and communications specialist for the city of West Des Moines. Wilwerding replaces Lucinda Stephenson, who retired. Wilwerding most recently worked ...

The West Des Moines City Council set a public hearing date Monday for an amendment for the Urban Renewal Plan that includes Valley West Mall. Business Record file photo The West Des Moines City ...

How have incidence rates of illness and chronic diseases and the disparities between who experience them changed over time? How do different approaches to addressing health issues influence costs ...

The Story County Board of Supervisors is seeking public feedback on its draft Capital Improvements Plan through April 27. The multi-year plan outlines proposed construction, facility improvements and ...

Sustainable solutions are a form of innovation. They often birth new technologies, ideas, mindsets and behaviors that differ from how consumers and businesses have traditionally interacted with the ...

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 ...

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, ...

A recent review of Business Record archives found at least 552 executive leadership changes have happened in the Des Moines area since 2020. One-third of those changes, 211, occurred between 2024 and ...

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 ...