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Big Grove for Good to donate $24,000 to food banks, shelters as SNAP funding lapse looms
Big Grove Brewery and The Big Grove for Good Foundation will donate $24,000 to Midwestern food banks and homeless shelters as SNAP funding faces a potential lapse and National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week approaches. The foundation will distribute $12,000…
Bug Soother and Lion Bridge collaborate on Summer Soother Ale
Bug Soother bug spray has collaborated with Cedar Rapids-based Lion Bridge Brewing Company for a…

United Way of East Central Iowa helps issue $2.6 million in tax refunds
United Way of East Central Iowa (UWECI) has helped issue millions in refunds to Iowa…

Timberline Manufacturing earns 2023 RTX Premier Award
Timberline Manufacturing, a manufacturing company based in Marion, has announced that it has been recognized by…

Mercy Cedar Rapids to host career fair in partnership with IowaWORKS
Mercy Cedar Rapids is hosting a career fair from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday,…

Iowa City Transit seeks feedback on Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program
As a condition of using federal funding from the Federal Transit Administration, Iowa City Transit…

Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, Marion seek new director for Collaborative Growth Initiative
The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance (CRMEA) is seeking a new full-time Talent Attraction Director…

Iowa Leading Indicators Index sees slight decrease from April
The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII) decreased to 105.5 in April from 105.6 in March,…

Mercy Cedar Rapids adds new plastic and reconstructive surgery clinic
Mercy Cedar Rapids has announced the opening of its new Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Clinic…

GALLERY: See the progress at the new UIHC campus in North Liberty
As construction continues at the site of the University of Iowa Health Care campus in…

Surgery Center Cedar Rapids announces use of robotic tech for knee and hip replacements
Surgery Center Cedar Rapids will now be one of the few outpatient centers in the…

Integrated DNA Technologies opens new synthetic biology manufacturing facility in Coralville
Global genomics solutions provider Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has announced the expansion of its synthetic…

NAR report: Existing-home sales declined 1.9% in April
Existing-home sales across the United States receded in April, according to a report from the…

Honkamp Payroll, LLC launches to serve local businesses
Honkamp Payroll, LLC, a full-service payroll and human capital management company based in Dubuque, has…

Field Day in North Liberty brews Yield of Dreams collaborative beer
Iowa’s craft beer industry has come together once more to brew a collaborative beer in…

Collins Aerospace offers solution for wheelchair passengers
Collins Aerospace will unveil its cabin solution for onboard wheelchair accommodation this week at the…






