The Jasper Community Foundation recently donated $200,000 to the Des Moines Area Community College Foundation for the Legacy Plaza Greenspace project at the DMACC Newton Campus. A press release said the donation is part of an initiative to raise $4 million for a new community gathering space that will include a walking path, artwork, a…

A longtime southeastern Iowa shoe wholesaler is relocating its headquarters to Dallas Center where its management team hopes the company will be able to find employees and other resources to help it grow. In October, Brown’s Shoe Fit Co., which opened in Shenandoah in 1911, acquired property on the outskirts of Dallas Center that includes…

Republican and former President Donald Trump’s win over Democrat and sitting Vice President Kamala Harris declared early this morning will have immediate and long-term implications for the U.S. and global economies. As of publication, Trump had 277 electoral votes to Harris’ 224, and the Republican candidate had won 51% of the popular vote to the vice…

Melissa Vine, the former executive director at the Beacon, has been hired as the vice president of business development and chief legal officer at Queck Capital Management, a Des Moines-based real estate and finance company. The Beacon announced in September it was starting its search for a new director. According to a press release, while at the Beacon,…

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce has announced that its annual nominations for Citizen of the Year and Emerging Citizen of the Year are open through Jan. 15, 2025. This is the 80th consecutive year of the awards. “This award celebrates the remarkable contributions of our Citizen of the Year, whose impact resonates throughout…

A new mixed-use development is planned for the Iowa State University Research Park, a move that leaders say isn’t so much a shift in vision for the park but rather an expansion of the road the park has been on for the past decade. It marks the first residential development at the Research Park. Site…