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Waterloo, Wis.-based Sheehy Mail Contractors Inc. has acquired a 2.6-acre industrial lot in Grimes with plans to construct a maintenance facility to service its vehicles.

“They contract with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail …

Chris Murray, president and CEO of Denny Elwell Co., has withdrawn a request to rezone a 42-acre property in Ankeny to an Estate Residential District from an Agricultural District.

On June 29, the Polk County …

Mercy Medical Center-West Lake hospital in West Des Moines was open for emergency cases only this morning, as administrators try to sort out the cause of an equipment failure early yesterday that flooded the hospital’s …

Although new home sales fell to their lowest level on record in May, a report released today said housing prices started to rise in April.

The Standard and Poor’s/Case-Shiller report showed a 0.8 percent increase …

Consumer confidence took a sharp drop in June, with a widely watched index falling from 62.7 in May to 52.9, the Conference Board reported Tuesday.

In a survey of 5,000 households, the percentage of respondents …

Broken air conditioning pipes flooded the upper floors of Mercy Medical Center – West Lakes in West Des Moines this morning, which required the hospital to relocate the majority of its patients to its downtown …

The Des Moines City Council will vote today on whether to apply for flood recovery money to help finance a $40 million renovation of the former Younkers building.

In all, the council will be asked …

Companies are starting to hire again, but many are turning their backs on older job seekers, CNNMoney.com said.

U.S. Department of Labor data show the employment outlook is improving for most workers. The unemployment rate …

Ankeny-based Albaugh Inc., which produces generic crop protection chemicals, will be sold to Makhteshim-Agan Industries Ltd. of Tel Aviv, Israel, for about $1 billion, the company said Sunday. Makhteshim will pay $340 million in cash, …