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Iowa Medical Society names first set of five Physicians to Watch

The Iowa Medical Society has announced the honorees of its newly created Five Iowa Physicians to Watch award. Winners are chosen by IMS’s Leadership Development Committee. This year’s honorees are Muhammad Ajmal, an interventional cardiologist, and Maria Story, a nephrologist, both at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in West Burlington; Christopher Kim, an orthopedic sports…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 11, 2025

Weitz Co. names new business development director

Weitz Co., a construction management and contracting company headquartered in Des Moines, announced Mina Wassef has been promoted to business development director. Throughout Wassef’s decade at Weitz, he has driven the company into new markets and led major pursuits across the U.S. and internationally, the company said in a news release. He brings experience in…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 11, 2025

Producer Price Index data shows higher construction materials costs in March

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest Producer Price Index data today, which includes numbers from March, before the latest rounds of tariffs being put into place and then paused by President Donald Trump. The index is created based on BLS surveys of producers across the country each month, asking them how much money they…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 11, 2025

Iowa humanities council loses federal funding

Humanities Iowa was among all state humanities councils nationwide notified that federal funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has been terminated, effective April 2. The NEH, an independent federal agency supporting museums, historic sites, libraries, research institutions and other local humanities programming, canceled most of its grant programs and started placing staff on administrative leave…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 11, 2025

Valuation of multifamily properties increases in Polk, Dallas counties

The valuation of multifamily properties has increased an average of 7.9% in Polk County and 21% in Dallas County, assessors’ information shows. In Dallas County, multifamily projects that were completed in 2023 and 2024 and are now full or nearly full saw some of the largest jumps in valuation, said Steve Helm, the county’s assessor….

By Kathy A. Bolten | Apr 11, 2025

Event Preview: CRE forum panelists share opportunities for 2025

Adaptive reuse of buildings, the continued development of data centers, securing long-term leases and working to build stronger relationships between communities. Those are among the opportunities for growth in the commercial sector in 2025 identified by panelists scheduled to participate in the Business Record’s Commercial Real Estate Trends and Issues Forum on Thursday, April 24….

By Michael Crumb | Apr 11, 2025

On Leadership: Stop doing everything – The power of strategic prioritization

“My inbox is a war zone and my calendar a battlefield,” a CEO recently confessed to me. While we both got a chuckle out of his description, his detailed account of the relentless barrage of emails and meetings and the constant stream of “urgent” requests that had hijacked his days and nights was no laughing…

By Suzanna de Baca | Apr 11, 2025

Survey on gender equity in Iowa: DEI, health care, child care, wages identified as top issues

By Macey Shofroth | Apr 11, 2025

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