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EPA allows year-round E15

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on April 28 issued an emergency fuel waiver allowing the sale of E15 gasoline nationwide during the summer driving season. E15 is gasoline blended with 15% ethanol and is typically banned for summer sale because of the risk of its emissions causing smog formation. This is the fourth consecutive year the waiver…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 29, 2025
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Mercy College of Health Sciences launching new nursing degree

Des Moines-based Mercy College of Health Sciences is starting a new Master of Science in Nursing – Education degree in the fall. As the demand for skilled, compassionate nurses continues to rise, so does the need for educators, the college said in a news release. The new degree will be the second master’s degree offered…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 29, 2025
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Documents reveal possible conversion of downtown Wells Fargo buildings

Wells Fargo’s downtown Des Moines office building at 206 Eighth St. would be converted into a hotel with a rooftop restaurant, according to a pre-application document filed with the city of Des Moines. An adjacent Wells Fargo building at 207 Ninth St., would be converted into meeting and office space with a wellness center and spa, and…
By Michael Crumb | Apr 29, 2025
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Des Moines hosts hundreds for Academic Decathlon National Finals

For the first time in 35 years, the U.S. Academic Decathlon National Finals will be in Des Moines. The competition will run from May 1-3 at the Iowa Events Center. Catch Des Moines has announced that the event will involve nearly 700 of the country’s top high school scholars and will generate about $894,000 in direct economic…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 28, 2025
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Pleasant Hill hires new library director

Alex Coggeshell has been hired as library director by the city of Pleasant Hill. Coggeshell replaces John Lerdal, who retired earlier this year after serving 34 years as the community’s library director. Coggeshell most recently was library director for the Ripon Public Library in Ripon, Wis., where she directed library operations and supervised a staff…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 28, 2025
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Bankers Trust names new CFO

Bankers Trust has hired Brett Hartema as its next chief financial officer, succeeding Kip Albertson, who is retiring from the role on Wednesday. Albertson was honored as the Business Record’s 2025 Deloitte CFO of the Year earlier this year. Hartema has spent the last 24 years at RSM US, LLP, where he most recently served as a partner. He…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 28, 2025
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Ag research foundation, Ames startup developing avian influenza vaccine for cows

The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and Genvax Technologies, an animal vaccine startup located in Ames, are investing $278,163 into a Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research grant to develop an avian influenza vaccine for dairy cows. The avian influenza type A, or H5N1, virus has spread to dairy cows for the first time, and…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 28, 2025
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Young Women’s Resource Center and Iowa’s Biggest Book Sale team up for fundraiser

YWRC and Iowa’s Biggest Book Sale announced a new partnership to revive a 60-year community book sale fundraiser. Planned Parenthood used to run the book sale before it was taken over by Altoona’s Caring Hands Outreach in December 2023. IBBS eventually became its own nonprofit in May 2024. The sale will return this fall at…
By Business Record Staff | Apr 28, 2025