Total Motors (Le Mars) sourced a pickup truck for the Le Mars Fire Department and donated $20,000 to add firefighting equipment to the truck. The truck will help fight grass fires.

Iowa dealerships generously supported their communities this holiday season. Clemons Auto Group Each November, dealerships in the Clemons Auto Group have a sales contest. The prize is split with the winning sales team and the Shop With a …

O’Halloran International partnered with Urban Dreams and other Des Moines metro organizations to host the sixth annual winter community car check up. The free event provides vehicle inspections and maintenance such as windshield wiper replacement and fluid refills …

Cedar Rapids Toyota refurbished and donated a 2009 Toyota Highlander to Meals on Wheels. The nonprofit organization will use the vehicle both to deliver meals and to provide additional services to clients.

Jared Free of Glidden received the $2,500 Lou & Marianne Walsh Scholarship from the Iowa Automobile Dealers Foundation for Education. Macke Motors (Lake City) recommended Free for the award. Macke Motors Parts & Accessories Manager Dave Pottebaum, Service …

Several IADA members were recognized in the Business Record’s 2021 Best of Des Moines awards. Willis Automotive (Clive) won in both the Best Auto Dealership and Best Place for Auto Repairs categories. Karl Chevrolet (Ankeny) and Bob Brown …

Doug and Tammy DeYarman of DeYarman Ford of Indianola (Indianola) donated $25,000 to the Waukee Betterment Foundation for the new Waukee Miracle League Field.

Brian Sobolik, an employee at H & S Motors (Cresco) was recently awarded the American Heart Association Heart Saver Hero Award for helping save the life of a fellow dealership employee. Both Sobolik and Howard County Sheriff’s Deputy …

State Representative Megan Jones, whose husband’s uncle is Clinton Jones of Asher Motor Co. (Spencer), recently gave birth to a son with a very special name: Asher. Representative Jones shared on Facebook that the name was inspired by …

The family of Dale Howard, the late dealer principal of Dale Howard Inc. (Iowa Falls), is donating 150 acres of farmland to benefit the Hansen Family Hospital Foundation. Current dealer principal Steve Howard serves on the board of …

Edwards Auto Group (Council Bluffs) is providing free meals each week to the staffs at CHI Health Mercy Hospital and Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. The meal program, which will provide more than 5,000 meals per …

Willis Automotive (Clive) raised $25,000 for the United Way of Central Iowa through a Live United Drive sales event. The dealership group donated $50 for each vehicle sold at one of their stores in the month of October.