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2026 Iowa salary guide

Palmer Group releases 2026 salary guide for Iowa job market

Palmer Group has released its 2026 Salary Guide, offering salary data and job market analysis for positions across Iowa. The guide, which has been published annually since 2013, includes salary ranges for hundreds of positions across eight major industries. It…

UnityPoint Health, Presbyterian Healthcare Services call off merger plans

UnityPoint Health is no longer pursuing a merger with Presbyterian Healthcare Services, UnityPoint officials announced…

St. Luke’s Hospital

Iowa City to implement tax on EV charging

Iowa City will charge electric vehicle owners for the use of city-owned EV charging stations,…

Iowa is looking to use federal funds to build out EV charging capabilities across major corridors in the next five years.

Fewer seniors ready for college as ACT scores continue to decline

The average Composite score on the ACT test fell to 19.5 for the class of…

ACT campus

Mercy Iowa City to continue operating as community hospital

Mercy Iowa City will remain an operational community hospital following its acquisition by bond investors…

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Mercy to break ground on new Marion emergency department

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids will host a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Marion…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

Mercy Iowa City announces winning bid for hospital and clinic assets

Mercy Iowa City announced Tuesday night that investors led by Preston Hollow Community Capital, alongside…

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Farmers State Bank offering free seminar for first-time home buyers

Farmers State Bank is hosting a free first-time home buyer seminar Tuesday, Oct. 17, from…

Farmers State Bank

OTC Industrial Technologies opens Midway subsidiary in Marion

OTC Industrial Technologies, an industrial equipment service provider and distributor headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has…

Midway Industrial Supplyl

MidWestOne unveils strategic Denver acquisition

MidWestOne Financial Group has announced a merger agreement to reinvest the proceeds from their Florida…

MidWestOne Bank

Stamats to host centennial celebration Wednesday

Stamats Communications will host a centennial celebration Wednesday, Oct. 11 from 4-6 p.m. at the…

Stamats Fifth Street headquarters

Meet the Forty Under 40 honorees working in real estate and architecture

Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

Forty under 40, real estate

Meet three of the executive leaders on 2023’s Forty Under 40 list

Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

forty under 40 executive leaders

Iowa Climate Statement urges use of solar power

More than 200 science faculty at 36 colleges and universities across Iowa signed the 13th…

Sheep graze in a green meadow. Iowa Climate Statement

Bohnsack steps down as Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association executive officer

Karyl Bohnsack has announced she plans to step down as executive officer of the Greater…

Karyl Bohnsack

Meet the Forty Under 40 honorees working in the health care industry

Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

Forty Under 40 Photos by Heidi Eiffert of StudioU Photography