Newsweek names Alliant Energy to list of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies Alliant Energy was named to Newsweek’s first America’s Most Trusthworthy Companies list. “We take great pride in building trust with customers, employees and investors,” said Michael Luhrs, Alliant Energy’s senior vice president of

DES MOINES -- Gov. Reynolds announced today a new Child Care Business Incentive Grant Program to encourage employers to offer child care as a benefit to their employees. The Child Care Business Incentive Grant Program will provide a total of $25 million to support child care projects across the state. $20 million will be utilized to support local

Marion, IA – Twenty years ago Robert Sternowski grew tired of corporate politics and retired from a comfortable aerospace job to grow his own company. He had spent thirty-four years working all facets of the industry from marketing and business development to engineering and manufacturing. In 2003, he leveraged that experience to scale Marion-based

Marion, IA – Green Park Apartment Living plans to formally break ground on a 147-unit residential development on the former location of the Marion YMCA. The groundbreaking will take place on Monday, May 9th at 11am. The site is located at 3100 10th Avenue in Marion. The Marion Chamber Ambassadors will join Marion Economic Development to celebrate the

Marion, IA – Twenty 40 Building Concepts, LLC plans to formally break ground on a new 40,000 square foot office and warehouse facility in the Marion Enterprise Center. The groundbreaking will take place on Tuesday, April 26th at 1pm. The site is located at 6407 Partners Avenue in Marion (immediately west of Electric Specialty Manufacturing). The

Marion, IA – Marion Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO) has released the Marion Community Index for the first quarter of 2022. The report is informed by a newly developed business survey that allows MEDCO to better measure the health, challenges, optimism, and opportunities of the organization’s 190 business partners. The survey focuses

Day 92 of the 100-day session is today and the legislative session should be nearing the finish line. While progress is being made, all of the budget bills still need to be negotiated and a number of policy issues remain outstanding. Legislators in leadership roles are indicating that a lot of heavy lifting remains before you’ll see the 2022

Today marks day 78 of the scheduled 100-day legislative session. Work on the state budget is well underway while a final push is made on outstanding policy issues. Policy issues include the Governor’s biofuels bill (HF 2128), the Governor’s Education Policy proposal (HF 2577 and SF 2369), unemployment benefits (HF 2355), and workforce proposals