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Statewide campaign urges Iowa CEOs to promote workplace physical activity
Business leaders across Iowa are being asked to commit to making their workplaces more movement-friendly through a new statewide campaign. The Iowa Healthiest State Initiative and the Physical Activity Alliance launched the CEO Pledge for Physical Activity Oct. 1 during…
Iowans to recover $1 million from TurboTax
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller secured $1.02 million from Intuit, the parent company of TurboTax,…
SBA approves $12.3 million in Iowa small business loans in April
The U.S. Small Business Administration backed 33 loans for $12,369,800 to Iowa businesses in April,…
Steel Therapeutics announces $1.5M in funding, addition of veteran Pharmaceutical Executive to board
Steel Therapeutics, Inc., an early stage pharmaceutical company focused on increasing access to compounded drug…
Groundbreaking set for Green Park apartment project
Developers will formally break ground Monday, May 9 on the Green Park Apartment Living development…
Kids invited to enter Iowa City Area Home Builders’ Lego Parade of Homes
Kids aged 17 and younger are invited to summon their inner builder and enter the…
DB&T celebrating grand opening of CR branch
Dubuque Bank and Trust (DB&T) is celebrating the grand opening of its first Cedar Rapids…
Mercy Iowa City hosting Clinical Hiring Event, seeking multiple positions in immediate need
Mercy Iowa City is hosting a Clinical Hiring Event to fill an immediate need for…
Duane Arnold Energy Center saves $100M from record-setting fuel transfer
The Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) safety team transferred spent fuel to Independent Spent Fuel…
University of Iowa professor honored for 3D printing innovations
Xuan Song, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Iowa,…
GDIT awarded $661M digital modernization contract for the EPA
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, announced April 27 that…
Iowa Leading Indicators Index remained unchanged in March
The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII), used by state officials to forecast tax revenues, remained…
West Bank announce first quarter net income record
West Bancorporation parent company of West Bank, reported a net income of $13.2 million compared…
Steindler Orthopedic Clinic building sold to a MedRealty firm
Steindler Orthopedic Clinic has announced in a release that it has closed on the $11…
Kirkwood to move NewBo City Market classes to main campus
Kirkwood Community College will relocate Kirkwood Culinary Kitchen operations and classes following the end of…
Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance to close $20,000 contest applications in one week
Updated June 23 Just one week remains for aspiring and current business owners to apply…
