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Alliant Energy partners with HomeServe to offer customer repair plans

Alliant Energy has partnered with HomeServe to offer optional home repair plans to customers in Iowa. The program covers repairs to customer-owned natural gas lines and electrical equipment that connect homes to Alliant Energy’s systems. The plans address equipment failures…

Nationwide search for new UI Health Care vice president restarts

University of Iowa Health Care is resuming its search for the next vice president for…

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. CREDIT CBJ

Jethro’s BBQ plan Coralville restaurant at former Old Chicago site

Des Moines-based Jethro’s BBQ is set to make its first entrance into the Corridor by…

Jethro's BBQ is expected to move into the former Old Chicago restaurant building on the Coralville Strip. CREDIT NOAH TONG

Mercy Medical Center, MercyCare return to mandatory masking

Mercy Medical Center and MercyCare facilities in the Cedar Rapids area are reinstituting mandatory masking…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

Forefront Dermatology opening new clinic in Marion

Forefront Dermatology will soon be opening a new dermatology clinic in Marion. The new clinic…

Forefront Dermatology Marion

MidWestOne chosen as Best Small Bank in Iowa for second year

MidWestOne Bank, based in Iowa City, has been named Newsweek Magazine’s Best Small Bank in…

MidWestOne Bank headquarters in Iowa City in 2019. CREDIT INTEGRATED STUDIO

IBC elects new officers, announces legislative priorities

The Iowa Business Council (IBC) has elected its slate of 2023/2024 officers at its final…

Iowa Business Council

Flannigan’s sports bar shuts down, points to staffing shortages

Flannigan’s Sports Bar & Grill, connected to Iowa River Power in Coralville, is no longer…

Flanigan's Sports Bar in Coralville has closed.

Forbes recognizes book by UI professor

A book co-authored by University of Iowa business professor Beth Livingston has been named one…

Beth Livingston, associate professor at the University of Iowa, created a free online training program for employers to identify signs of intimate partner violence.

Gov. Reynolds awards UI $8.2 million for bioscience research, economic development

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has awarded an $8.2 million grant to the University of Iowa…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds

Iowa manufacturers to target innovation, technology in first quarter of 2023

A majority of Iowa manufacturers expect to make capital expenditures in the first quarter of…

Iowa ABI

St. Luke’s Foundation receives grant to purchase horse riding simulators

St. Luke’s Foundation has received a $17,281 grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity to…

International Paper awards grant to Families Helping Families

The International Paper Foundation has awarded a $3,500 grant to Families Helping Families of Iowa…

Families Helping Families International Paper donation

Iowa jobless rate ticks up in November

While Iowa’s labor force participation rate held steady at 67.7% in November, the state’s seasonally…

Iowa jobless rate

ProCircular urging organizations, private citizens to delete TikTok

One of Iowa’s largest cybersecurity firms is recommending users to uninstall TikTok, following a directive…

It could be the beginning of the end for TikTok on devices in the U.S. CREDIT PEXELS

Local art exhibit features artificial intelligence

Artistic images generated from artificial intelligence (AI) are prominently featured at an art showcase gallery…

A collection of art found at Chris Sherman's art exhibition at C.S.P.S. Hall in Cedar Rapids., which features work assisted by artificial intelligence. CREDIT CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN YOUTUBE