TIPTON – Fields Mens Wear, a local retail anchor for 154 years after opening its doors just eight years after Iowa gained statehood, will hold a quitting business sale that begins for the public on Oct. 7. Owner Tom Petitgout said today that while the company has operated under different names through the years, it […]
DES MOINES – Iowans across the state are feeling the burden of higher property taxes with today’s payment deadline, but U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin isn’t one of them after receiving tax abatement on her nearly $2 million mansion. Conlin continues to campaign claiming she wants to “end tax breaks for the wealthy” but she […]
DES MOINES — Eric Woolson, owner of The Concept Works, was interviewed today in a CBS News story about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s potential 2012 bid for the presidency that aired on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Woolson, who managed the successful Iowa campaign of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s 2008 presidential […]
WEST DES MOINES – Hubbell Realty Co. will break ground on affordable-housing developments in Johnston, Norwalk and Des Moines in upcoming weeks with completion of 182 residences slated by the end of 2012, President and CEO Rick Tollakson said today. “Hubbell Realty, as the region’s leader in affordable and market-value housing, is responding to specific […]
WEST DES MOINES – A fitness facility in the Fox Prairie Retail Center will hold its grand opening from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday. The grand opening will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an opportunity to register for prizes, including personal training at Maximum Fitness provided by trainers from Evolution Fitness, golf passes from […]
DES MOINES – Hubbell Realty is launching construction of a second group of downtown brownstone homes in a development that already includes the Brownstones on Grand, a company executive said today. Steve Niebuhr, Hubbell Realty Co. senior vice president of construction and development, said earthwork is already underway for the first of four four-home buildings […]
DES MOINES – The newest development on the city’s south side represents a triumph over a long-neglected site’s challenging topography and an overall down economy to provide 84 restricted-income apartments, according to the firm responsible for its construction. Local and state officials, the South Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, Hubbell Realty Co., executives and residents […]
DES MOINES – U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin, who still hasn’t articulated any semblance of a coherent farm policy, revealed her ignorance about agriculture by writing that ethanol is made from the same corn that people eat. Conlin revealed her lack of knowledge when she attempted to snipe at Sen. Chuck Grassley’s over his support […]
OTTUMWA, Iowa – Rep. David Loebsack’s vote to block an ethics investigation of a powerful Democratic leader accused of tax avoidance and other ethical lapses was pushed back to the forefront Thursday when the House Ethics Committee voted to send the case to a trial of the full House. “It’s said that justice delayed is […]
Communities across the U.S. were ranked according to a dozen metrics designed to identifty where businesses and individuals have the best chance to prosper. You might be surprised at the metro areas atop the list, writes Forbes.com. Anyone who lives in greater Des Moines shouldn’t be surprised at all. Here’s the Forbes.com list.
