Since August 2024, Iowa’s total nonfarm employment has shrunk by 2,300 workers and its unemployment rate has seen a slight increase. And while some sectors are laying off workers, others can’t find ...

T.J. Otzelberger is both a disruptor and a creature of habit. Juxtaposed, those two qualities have become central to his leadership philosophy, a key theme of the Business Record’s Business of Sports ...

The United Way of Central Iowa announced Glen Hall (posthumously) and Todd Millang as the recipients of the 2025 Tocqueville Society Award, the organization’s highest honor recognizing individuals ...

Jeff Arens, vice president of Schuster Co. in Le Mars, has been elected chairman of the board for the Iowa Motor Truck Association for 2026. He was sworn in during the association’s Annual Management ...

Olivia Randall and her husband, Josh Randall, are already preparing their children for potential business ownership as they look to the future of their Mount Vernon clothing business, Bauman’s They ...

Editor’s note: This is part two of a three-part series about the state of Iowa’s manufacturing sector, covering the strong ties between manufacturing and agriculture. Part three, publishing Oct. 17, ...

Samantha Mosser was in her final semester at Nebraska Wesleyan University when she made a decision that altered the course of her professional life. Mosser had been taking business and science classes ...

Everyone said they wanted change. Our outdated CRM had been the office punchline for years. It took 12 clicks to do what should have taken one. So when, as managing director of the private client ...

Dupaco Credit Union, in partnership with Dubuque-based the Innovation Lab, has opened applications for the second year of its Gift of Innovation grant. Rather than a cash award, the grant offers ...

Simpson College has started construction on a 10,000-square-foot gymnastics facility, located on the north end of campus near its softball complex. The $2.3 million venue, fully funded by donors, will ...

On Sept. 27, over 1,500 Central Iowans participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Principal Park in Des Moines. Walkers helped raise over $287,000 to fund the care, support and research programs ...

The first statewide survey of specialty crops in Iowa since 2015 shows a $66.5 million economic output for the industry. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced the 2023 Iowa Commercial ...