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Partnership opens registration for 2025 intern connection program

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced the 2025 dates for its intern professional development series, DSM Intern Connection. The series aims to connect college-age interns with community leaders and executives, as well as opportunities to network with fellow students. The events are free to all college-age interns working in Greater Des Moines. Students who…
By Business Record Staff | Mar 10, 2025
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IWD reemployment program receives national award

The American Institute for Full Employment (AIFE) has named Iowa Workforce Development as the recipient of its 2024 Full Employment Award. The national award is given each year to one or more states or individuals demonstrating a commitment to excellence in helping job seekers become reemployed, a news release said. Iowa previously won the award…
By Business Record Staff | Mar 10, 2025
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80/35 Music Festival is canceled this summer

The 80/35 music festival, the two-day festival that over the years has attracted musicians to Des Moines ranging from Lizzo to the Flaming Lips to the Avett Brothers, is canceled for 2025, a past organizer told the Business Record. The organization that put on 80/35, the Des Moines Music Coalition, dissolved in October 2024, saying “while…
By Lisa Rossi | Mar 10, 2025
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Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award nominations now open

Nominations for the Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award are now open through April 15. The Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award was established in 2013 to recognize a current Iowan who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in uplifting their community with dedicated humanitarian service that confronts hunger either at home or abroad. Nominees should have a…
By Business Record Staff | Mar 7, 2025
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Big Grove launches new micro-grant program for neighborhood projects

Big Grove Brewery has launched a new micro-grant program to offer direct funding to local projects aiming to enhance or revitalize neighborhoods. The grants will be funded by sales of Big Grove’s new lager, Neighborhood Beer, with $1 for every case sold going back to the grant program. Big Grove has created a private nonprofit…
By Business Record Staff | Mar 7, 2025
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Athene donates $300,000 to Meals on Wheels for meals for older adults

Retirement services company Athene, headquartered in West Des Moines, has committed $300,000 to WesleyLife Meals on Wheels over a three-year period. The gift will pay for an estimated 31,000 meals over three years for food-insecure and socially isolated older adults and military veterans in Central Iowa. On March 3 and 4, in conjunction with Meals…
By Business Record Staff | Mar 7, 2025
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Iowa Finance Authority awards grants to Boone, Knoxville Habitat for Humanity affiliates

The Iowa Finance Authority board of directors has awarded $100,000 in State Housing Trust Fund grants to Habitat for Humanity affiliates to support the construction of homes in Boone and Knoxville. The award is funded by the State Housing Trust Fund’s Project-Based Housing Program. Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity Boone received $50,000. This grant…
By Business Record Staff | Mar 7, 2025
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For now, restaurants absorbing high cost of eggs

About three months ago, restaurant manager Stacy Dullard paid $37 for 180 farm-fresh eggs. Today’s price for the same number of eggs? $122, a more than threefold increase since December. “That’s significant,” said Dullard, general manager of HomeGrown Des Moines-Crescent at 555 17th St. In January 2024, the average price of a dozen Grade A…
By Kathy A. Bolten | Mar 7, 2025
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