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BAE Systems begins production of NavGuide GPS Receiver
BAE Systems has started production and initial deliveries of its NavGuide GPS receiver, a portable device designed to provide secure positioning, navigation, and timing for military applications. Manufacturing and engineering for the military GPS products take place at the company’s…
Integrated DNA Technologies debuts collab network
Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has launched the Collab Network Program, an inaugural program between next…

ADM takes steps to protect South American ecosystems
Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) company, recently named a best-managed company in the U.S. by the Wall Street…

Johnson County supervisor to open soul food restaurant
Johnson County Board of Supervisors Chair Royceann Porter is opening a soul food restaurant. According…

Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week brings back specialty menus
The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is bringing back popular, exclusive features during its 2023…
Medtech companies merge to form Perspective Therapeutics
Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting has formally merged with Isoray Inc. out of Richland, Washington to…

Design & Construction Week attracts record-breaking attendance
Over 200,000 housing and design professionals flocked to Las Vegas for the 10th annual Design…

Homeownership rate at 65.9%, essentially unchanged, for fourth quarter of 2022
The Census Bureau’s most recent Housing Vacancy Survey (CPS/HVS) reported the U.S. homeownership rate at…

Women Lead Change to host high performance workshop
Women Lead Change (WLC), an organization dedicated to the development, advancement and promotion of women,…

ImOn purchases Internet assets from Comelec Services
ImOn Communications, based in Cedar Rapids, has purchased residential and business fiber-to-the-premise Internet service assets…

UIHC invite bids for expanded burn treatment center
University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) is seeking request for qualifications from architecture design firms…

Three Corridor companies receive SBA loans in January
The U.S. Small Business Administration has released its monthly loan approval figures in Iowa for…

South Side District to rebrand, launches new series
The Iowa City South District Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District, or SSMID, is rebranding to South…

Van Meter Inc. named top workplace
Cedar Rapids-based Van Meter Inc., a leading distributor of electrical and automation solutions and provider…

Selected restaurants announced for restaurant week Feb. 17-26
The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance has announced the restaurants selected to participate in the…
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital to open Marion ER
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital will open an off-campus Emergency Department in Marion in…






