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Age On to host brain health and exercise orientation for older adults

Age On, a fitness community focused on older adults, will host a special educational event on the connection between exercise and brain health on Monday, April 1, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Versa Fitness, 100 Windflower Ln, Solon. The…

GoDaddy earns perfect score on Human Rights Campaign’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index

GoDaddy Inc. has received a 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index…

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Cedar Rapids City Council to adopt ReLeaf Cedar Rapids plan

Immediately following the devastating derecho on August 10, 2020, Cedar Rapids city leadership identified that…

Groundswell Cafe receives Simply Organic Giving Fund grant

Groundswell Café, a pay-it-forward eatery providing eastern Iowans with access to handmade organic meals regardless…

Collins Aerospace names new president of avionics

Troy Brunk has been named Collins Aerospace’s newest president of avionics. In this role, Mr.…

CR Restaurant Week locations announced

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance has announced the restaurants selected to participate in the…

Iowa Startup Accelerator accepting applications until Feb. 11

Applications are available for another week for startup businesses to participate in the Iowa Startup…

Meld Marketing marks five years with new website, giving back

Meld Marketing is celebrating its fifth year by launching a brand refresh, a new website…

‘Choose Local’ connects Iowans to local farmers and food

Iowa Valley RC&D has launched a statewide “Choose Local” marketing campaign to connect Iowans to…

Mercy President & CEO Tim Charles announces planned retirement

After 19 years with Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Timothy Charles, president and CEO,…

Tim Charles, former president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, has won the 2022 Howard Hall Excellence in Business Award. CREDIT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER

Melanie Olson Design Group wins Best of Houzz 2022 award

Melanie Olson Design Group, of Cedar Rapids, has won a “Best of Houzz” award for…

Registration open for Iowa Farm Bureau’s ‘Acres of Opportunity’ conference

The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation has announced registration is open for “Acres of Opportunity,” a…

NAHB: Home prices discourage a growing segment of prospective buyers

The share of prospective buyers actively trying to find a home fell in both the…

Upward trend in annual home price appreciation continues, CoreLogic reports

CoreLogic has released its Home Price Index and HPI Forecast for December 2021. Consumer desire…

First Interstate Bank merges with Great Western Bank

First Interstate BancSystem, parent company of First Interstate Bank, announced on Tuesday that they have…

Iowa awards $1.4 million in Employer Innovation Fund grants

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has awarded $1.4 million in grants to 38 Iowa employers and…

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