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Participants pore over a map at a charette session for Coralville's Strategic Investment District.

Greater IC’s Strategic Investment District planning moves forward with help from Community Foundation of Johnson County

Greater Iowa City, Inc., with support from the Community Foundation of Johnson County (CFJC), is moving into the next phase of Strategic Investment District (STRID) planning following a series of open house and charrette sessions. The STRID initiative aligns with…

Choreo announces acquisition of BDO wealth management business

Choreo, LLC has announced it has acquired the affiliated wealth management business of BDO USA.…

choreo logo

Delta Dental of Iowa names April Schmaltz new president, CEO

April Schmaltz, interim co-CEO and senior vice president of sales and marketing for Delta Dental…

April Schmaltz Delta Dental

Year-old Iowa LFPA surpasses $2 million mark

The Iowa Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (ILFPA) recently surpassed $2 million in…

A worker loads produce into a refrigerator.

Former GoDaddy building sold

The former GoDaddy office building at 1 Parsons Drive in Hiawatha has been sold to…

GoDaddy Hiawatha

Phil Jasper appointed president of Raytheon

Phil Jasper has been appointed president of Raytheon and will report to President and Chief…

New director appointed for University of Northern Iowa JPEC

University of Northern Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (UNI JPEC) has appointed a new director…

Patrick Luensmann, UNI JPEC's new director.

Iowa Leading Indicators Index decreased in November

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII) decreased to 105.2 in November (-0.4%) from 105.6 in…

Iowa Leading Indicators Department of Revenue

Unimpaired locations in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids closed

The Unimpaired dry bar locations in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, which were touted as…

Unimpaired Dry Bar Iowa City

Van Meter CEO Lura McBride to receive Howard Hall Excellence in Business award

Lura McBride, President and CEO of Van Meter Inc., has been named the recipient of…

Lura McBride Van Meter Howard Hall award

Involta appoints new CEO

Involta, founded and headquartered in Cedar Rapids, has appointed Brett Lindsey as its chief executive…

Brett Lindsey Involta CEO

Big Brothers Big Sisters celebrates Mentoring Month, stresses need for mentors

As part of National Mentoring Month, Big Brothers Big Sisters is highlighting the role mentors…

Big Brothers Big Sisters

Lepic-Kroeger adds two new partners to its firm

Lepic-Kroeger, REALTORS of Iowa City has announced the addition of two new partners to its…

Grand Impact applications open to area nonprofits

Cedar Rapids-area human service nonprofits are invited to apply for 2024’s Grand Impact, a pitch-style…

Skogman merges two of its remodeling companies

Cedar Rapids-based Skogman Companies has combined two of its remodeling companies under a single brand.…

Robotic surgery program hits 10,000th procedure milestone

The Perioperative Robotics Program at UI Health Care recently marked a milestone with its 10,000th…

Megan Mulholland, RN, BSN, prepares an Operating Room and robot for a Robotic Prostatectomy at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.