For decades, development on the Des Moines River riverfront seemed so far away, not much more than a pipe dream.

This is my final column for the Des Moines Business Record, which has carried my musings since 2012. Beginning next month, the Elbert Files will have a new home at a sister publication, dsm magazine, ...

Andy Beal and Michael Derkenne grew up in Australia and met in 1998 while attending the University of Newcastle north of ...