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Girls Who Code students showcase holiday light displays across NewBo

Middle and high school students will unveil interactive light displays they designed and coded through NewBoCo’s Girls Who Code program during a community celebration Nov. 22. The Holiday Light Display Showcase begins at 4:15 p.m. at CSPS Hall, 1103 3rd…

IDT partners with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences to automate cancer gene sequencing

Integrated DNA Technologies, a Coralville-based genomics company, is partnering with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences to…

An Integrated DNA Technologies lab

UFG Foundation awards $212,500 to 25 nonprofit organizations

The UFG Foundation has awarded $212,500 to 25 nonprofit organizations across five states in its…

UFG Insurance

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor providing meals through federal nutrition program

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor has announced it is participating in the…

Boys & Girls Club Busse Unit

IowaWORKS to hold grand opening for new workforce facility at Kirkwood campus

IowaWORKS and Kirkwood Community College will host a grand opening Nov. 20 for the new…

IowaWORKS Kirkwood

Axiom Consultants to host ‘Play It Forward’ fundraiser for skilled trades education

Axiom Consultants will host “Play It Forward,” a fundraiser benefiting the Foundation for the Trades,…

Axiom Consultants Play it Forward

New leaders announced at Johnson County Agricultural Association’s annual meeting

The Johnson County Agricultural Association elected new leadership during its annual meeting this week. The…

Johnson County Agricultural Association logo

Iowa Leading Indicators Index rises .1% in September

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII) rose 0.1% to 107.8 in September, according to a…

Iowa Leading Indicators Department of Revenue

Two startups split top honors at Iowa JPEC’s first AI pitch competition

Two startups tied for first place at the inaugural Iowa JPEC AI Pitch Competition, each…

NeuroPred, Inc. co-founder Michal Brzus gives his pitch at the Iowa JPEC AI Pitch Competition Nov. 5.

MacArthur Company relocates to Marion

A national building products distributor is moving into Marion after purchasing a 40,000-square-foot facility in…

MacArthur

Climate change will negatively impact insurance market, Iowa climate scientists say

A coalition of 179 climate scientists from 26 Iowa colleges and universities released a statement…

A house destroyed by the derecho is pictured Sept. 14, 2020 on 27th Street NE in Cedar Rapids.

Eastern Iowa Health Center to open walk-in clinic

The Eastern Iowa Health Center will open a walk-in clinic Nov. 17 inside its pharmacy…

Eastern Iowa Health Center pharmacy

Mirrorbox Theatre officially announces plans to close

Mirrorbox Theatre in Cedar Rapids, a nonprofit theatre company founded by Cavan Hallman in 2018…

1200 Ellis Blvd. NW, Cedar Rapids Mirrorbox Theatre

The Fun Station opens 70,000-square-foot indoor adventure park in Cedar Rapids

The Fun Station has opened its new indoor adventure park at 8920 Brighton Way SW…

Fun Station Cedar Rapids

Washington receives $100,000 grant to rehabilitate fire-damaged historic downtown building

Ten Iowa communities will receive Main Street Iowa Challenge Grants totaling $950,000 to rehabilitate underutilized…

(From left) Carol Lilly, state coordinator with Main Street Iowa; Main Street Washington committee member Sally Hart; building owner of 115-117 N Iowa Ave. Luke Leyden; Samantha Meyer, Main Street Washington's executive director; and Debi Durham, director of IEDA and the Iowa Finance Authority.

MidWestOne Foundation awards $207,000 in grants to 14 organizations across four states

MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. awarded more than $207,000 in grants through the MidWestOne Foundation, bringing…

Waterloo's Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity poses with a $5,000 check from The MidWestOne Foundation.