Posted August 31, 2022in Business Feature
“Everything revolves around school time,” said Ryan Harkema, superintendent of Ankeny Parks and Recreation. Students returning to a daily school routine with sports practices and extracurriculars is a headache felt [...]
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Posted August 03, 2022in Business Feature
Lacie Navin’s father struggled with fibromyalgia for years. Pain and sleep medications continued to pile on top of each other until a family friend introduced them to cannabidiol (CBD). Her [...]
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Posted July 06, 2022in Business Feature
The United States has been renowned as a cultural “melting-pot.” As the demographics of the country continue to shift, so they do in Des Moines. A nation of immigrants brings [...]
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Posted June 01, 2022in Business Feature
Leading cable and satellite TV providers in the Des Moines metro are losing subscribers. Fast. Company-wide, Dish Network lost 583,000 pay-TV subscribers in 2021. Mediacom lost 71,000. DirecTV does not [...]
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Posted May 04, 2022in Business Feature
The Des Moines Downtown Farmers’ Market launched in 1976 with 15 vendors. Since then, it has become a downtown mainstay and has grown to 280 vendors covering several blocks. The [...]
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Posted April 06, 2022in Business Feature
Released in 2007, “The Story of Stuff” is a short film about material goods. Narrated by Annie Leonard, the 20-minute film exposes the truth behind material goods: where they come [...]
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Posted March 02, 2022in Business Feature
When it comes to the holiday season and Valentine’s Day, love is in the air — and warm, fuzzy feelings abound. No wonder then that the number of engagements spikes. [...]
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Posted February 02, 2022in Business Feature, Business Journal
Red roses, boxes of candy, cards, dinners and diamonds — these expressions of love and affection are hits for Valentine’s Day, which is now one of the biggest annual retail [...]
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Posted January 05, 2022in Business Feature, Business Journal
Location, location, location. The old adage says it is everything in real estate and business. However, sometimes business owners find what might have been a great location at one time [...]
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Posted December 01, 2021in Business Feature
Consolidation and COVID-19 have driven changes in the automotive industry both nationally and locally. When Mark Hummel’s great grandfather opened a Plymouth-DeSoto dealership in Beaverdale in 1929, his was [...]
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