Sales of the first Iowa Lottery tickets began in 1985 with a kickoff celebration at the Iowa State Fair. Forty years later, state fairgoers broke the Guinness World Record for the most people — 1,380 ...

WB Realty Co. has acquired former Wells Fargo property at 7001 Westown Parkway and 1725 68th St. in West Des Moines. The brokerage firm paid $16.5 million for the property. Photos courtesy of ...

Emily Wood is special projects editor at Business Record. She covers nonprofits and philanthropy, HR and leadership, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry is holding an RV tour of manufacturers across Iowa Oct. 3-14 as part of its manufacturing careers awareness initiative Elevate Iowa. The Elevate Iowa ...

As we do each year, we asked our readers to cast votes for what Des Moines has to offer in a variety of business-related categories. These people and organizations make up an ecosystem in our region ...

While some economic indicators seem relatively positive, it’s difficult to determine how the federal economy is truly faring without the latest data. That was the take during the first episode of the ...

Homebuyers and sellers and others associated with the residential sector have found the housing market challenging the past two years. Mortgage rates are more than double what they were two years ago.

After becoming one of the early adopters of a farming practice that would forever change animal agriculture, the Faaborg family in Radcliffe is swapping its concentrated animal feeding operation for ...

Jeff Pomeranz was city manager in West Des Moines when the community was approached around 2008 by a consultant looking for land on which to build a data center for Microsoft Corp. At the time, ...

When I started out in the working world, the path to advancement felt linear. You got some education or training, joined a company, did good work, and waited for a promotion or advancement. For the ...