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Wellmark Foundation invests $5.3 million in University of Iowa’s SIM-IA program

The Wellmark Foundation is investing $5.3 million in the University of Iowa College of Nursing’s Simulation in Motion-Iowa (SIM-IA) program to expand mobile clinical training for rural health care providers. SIM-IA delivers on-site simulation training for first responders and health…

Brucemore ranked in top 10 “Best Holiday Historic Home Tours” by USA Today

Brucemore, Iowa’s sole National Trust Historic Site, has been named one of the top ten…

Visitors tour the Brucemore Mansion at 2160 Linden Dr. SE Cedar Rapids. The National Trust Historic Site was named one of the top ten “Best Holiday Historic Home Tours” in the country by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.

Navigate announces acquisition of Health Solutions, LLC

Navigate has announced the acquisition of Health Solutions, LLC, a Cedar Rapids-based corporate wellness and…

Navigate Health Solutions

Jennifer Borcherding named new executive director of The District: Czech Village and New Bohemia

Jennifer Borcherding has been named the new executive director of The District: Czech Village and…

Jennifer Borcherding The District new executive director

Cedar Rapids-based TLCx relocates headquarters to Coralville

TLCx, customer experience (CX) outsourcing provider located in Cedar Rapids, announced its relocation to University…

TLCx logo TLC Associates

Outlets & Marketplace Williamsburg sold to Experimental Holdings

Outlets & Marketplace Williamsburg has been sold to Experimental Holdings, a Cincinnati-based commercial real estate…

Outlets & Marketplace Williamsburg

Downtown District launches Downtown Cedar Rapids Trolley

The Downtown District has announced the launch of the Downtown Cedar Rapids Trolley, a new,…

Downtown Cedar Rapids Trolley

Cedar Rapids theater on the auction block, with no bids so far

The AMC Classic Westdale 12 theater, a longtime fixture in southwest Cedar Rapids, is now…

AMC Theater Cedar Rapids

Cargill to lay off 5% of global workforce

Cargill, the largest privately-held company in the U.S. according to Forbes, is laying off 5%…

Cargill corn plant Cedar Rapids

FBB Biomed partners with Verici Dx to advance research on neurologic diseases

FBB Biomed, headquartered in Coralville, has entered into a Master Services Agreement with Verici Dx…

Iowa Department of Agriculture opens applications for Choose Iowa Value-Added grants

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced the return of the Choose Iowa Value-Added Grant…

Stephanie Getting leans over one of her lavender plants. The lavender takes up 20 of 200 acres at Calyx Creek.

Registration opens for 2025 Corridor Corporate Games

Corridor Corporate Games (CCG), a project of the Iowa Sports Foundation and the Iowa Games,…

Corridor Corporate Games logo

ITC Midwest relocates Cedar Rapids headquarters

ITC Midwest, a regional electric transmission company, has relocated its headquarters to a newly renovated…

ITC Midwest new Cedar Rapids facility

Construction begins on new B-Bop’s in Cedar Rapids; more on the way

Construction has begun on a new B-Bop’s location in northeast Cedar Rapids, company officials have…

B-Bop's newest store

24 Iowa food supply chain projects receive millions in grant funding

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced it is channeling more than $5.2…

A worker with Grimm Family Farm plants potatoes in April 2020. The business is the only supplier of dry beans in Iowa and is one of several businesses to receive a USDA RFI grant.

CCR Media partners with NCTC to provide local TV channel access nationwide

CCR Media, based in Cedar Rapids, and the National Content and Technology Cooperative (NCTC) have…