Des Moines Business Record

Education and technical skills are merely a starting place for women in the workforce. Experience capital is critical to maximizing your full earning potential. Read more in Suzanna de Baca's "Leading Fearlessly" column: https://lnkd.in/gw-ET36n

Casey’s General Stores saw its stock price surge this morning after its third-quarter results beat market expectations. The strong earnings were helped by a 20% increase in the amount of fuel sold and a 15% increase in inside sales. Read the full story: https://ow.ly/HuYT50VgSvo

Congratulations to Connie Boesen on being included in our 2025 Book of Lists Most Influential Leaders. Boesen grew up in Des Moines, graduating from East High School and attending both Des Moines Area Community College and Grand View University. She’d eventually go on to become the first woman to be elected as her hometown’s mayor. Boesen also served on the Des Moines City Council for seven years and the Des Moines School Board for 14 years. At the beginning of her term as mayor, she shared her dreams for Des Moines with the Business Record. “I want Des Moines to be a city that people choose to live and work in. I don’t want to hear that ‘I have to go somewhere else to find the house that I want or the office I need.’ I want people to say, ‘Des Moines is my first choice,’ because Des Moines is a great, thriving city for all. And, within each quadrant of our city, we have a diversity of businesses; a diversity of housing stock. We already have a diversity of people.” View the 2025 Book of Lists issue here: https://lnkd.in/dmYSBczg

Gov. Kim Reynolds's energy plan promotes the exploration of small modular reactors as a vehicle to make nuclear power viable in Iowa. But it also makes it easier for utilities to pursue renewable energy and power storage projects as an economic development tool. https://lnkd.in/g5cdUabD

The Business Record invites the Central Iowa legal community to share their thoughts on the most important issues and trends in law for 2025 in a quick 3-question survey. We are accepting responses through Friday, March 14. Take the survey: https://lnkd.in/g2veg_xG

After a decade of stops and starts, the historic Ingersoll Theatre is preparing for its next act. The current owners plan to reopen it around Nov. 15 as a dinner theater and hot spot for concerts, comedy and more. In the summer of 2022, local developer Connor Delaney’s holding company Delaney Enterprises bought the property for $550,000 from its longtime owners, the Lee family. Soon after, Delaney’s real estate brokerage firm White Oak Realty teamed up with VenuWorks, the Ames-based venue management company, to form the Ingersoll Theatre LLC and envision a new plan for the space. “We’ll open the Ingersoll Theatre to a new era of fun and entertainment with sort of a sophisticated feel to it,” VenuWorks CEO Steve Peters said during a press conference this morning. “I keep telling our team that [the space] ought to be such that if you saw Frank Sinatra walk across the room, you wouldn’t think that was unusual, because it’s that kind of room.”

“Parents won’t leave their kids to work if there isn’t a safe, affordable place to take them," said Deann Cook, president and CEO of the Iowa Women's Foundation. The foundation continues to advocate for policies to support families in accessing safe and affordable child care. Read more in this week's Fearless: https://lnkd.in/gfYBaQ4C

Don't miss your chance to celebrate this year's class. See the honorees and register for the event at www.businessrecord40.com

"Let's shift the conversation from fear to accountability." Sarah Noll Wilson shared her thoughts on respect in the workplace in this week's Fearless: https://lnkd.in/g7U2hvDs

When Judd O’Connor first joined Corteva Agriscience, he said the seed technology in development would be the foundation for the next several decades of innovation. Now as the new executive vice president of the company’s seed business unit based in Johnston, O’Connor is helping Corteva look ahead to future generations of seed innovation. Get to know O’Connor in this week’s Closer Look: https://lnkd.in/g_bxRP4H