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Leadership Iowa announces 2025-26 participants, community hosts

Forty leaders from across Iowa have been selected to participate in the 2025-26 Leadership Iowa program, the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) Foundation recently announced. The program, Iowa’s premier issues-awareness initiative, has engaged more than 1,500 Iowans since its inception in…

Mitch Leahy

2024 Forty Under 40: Mitch Leahy

Sara Kuennen

2024 Forty Under 40: Sara Kuennen

Stephanie Koehler

2024 Forty Under 40: Stephanie Koehler

ITC Midwest awards $200,000 to ReLeaf Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids-based ITC Midwest has awarded $200,000 to ReLeaf Cedar Rapids to support tree replanting…

Bickford Senior Living adds home care division

Bickford Senior Living has added a new home care division, offering non-medical, in-home care to…

Woman-owned boutique reopens in renovated original location

Revival, a woman-owned boutique in Iowa City, reopened Nov. 11 at its original retail location…

Cedar Rapids wedding venue, private park sold to new owners

Quint and Jennifer Howell, business owners of A Touch of Class Event Center and Private…

Alliant Energy donates $25,000 to Jane Boyd fundraising campaign

Jane Boyd Community House is nearly two-thirds of the way to reaching its fundraising goal…

NAHB: Home prices starting to discourage a segment of home buyers

After growing steadily for six straight quarters, and peaking at 61% in the second quarter…

Mortgage rates fall, Freddie Mac report shows

Freddie Mac has released the results of its latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), showing…

Esther and Robert Armstrong Charitable Trust donates to seven nonprofits

Seven area nonprofit organizations will receive $600,000 each from the Esther and Robert Armstrong Charitable…

TLC Associates certified as a veteran-owned business

Cedar Rapids-based TLC Associates has been certified as a veteran-owned business (VOB) by the National…

UI Health Care to establish Iowa Center for Neurodegeneration

In an ongoing effort to battle neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and…

U.S. Army places ninth delivery order with Collins Aerospace for radio modernization program

Collins Aerospace has received its ninth delivery order from the U.S. Army to provide AN/PRC-162…

UScellular pledges up to $13 million to help youth connect, close homework gap

UScellular has launched the After School Access Project, a program that provides free mobile hotspots…

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Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation awards $420,000 to 19 nonprofits

The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation has awarded $420,308 to 19 organizations to strengthen and…

Bipartisan infrastructure package hailed as victory for Iowa

U.S. House Democrats sent a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill to President Biden for his signature…

All Temp Refrigeration partners with Summit Refrigeration

All Temp Refrigeration, a full-service mechanical contractor specializing in industrial and commercial refrigeration, is partnering…