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Tom Cox named head of SSAB Americas operations

SSAB has appointed Tom Cox as head of SSAB Americas and a member of the SSAB Group Executive Committee, effective Feb. 1, 2026. Mr. Cox, who currently serves as general manager of SSAB Iowa, brings more than two decades of…

Hills Bank to host fraud prevention forum for Iowa businesses

Hills Bank will host the Fraud & Finance Forum 2025 on Oct. 29 at The…

Hills Bank

Eastern Iowa Airport records ninth straight passenger count record

The Eastern Iowa Airport recorded its ninth consecutive record month for passengers in September, with…

Eastern Iowa Airport passenger

Small business owners optimistic about growth despite rising costs, government shutdown concerns

More than 2,000 small business owners from across the country, including 48 from Iowa, are…

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit

Vantage Architects announces move to downtown Cedar Rapids

Vantage Architects relocated its office from Bowling Street to Alliant Tower in downtown Cedar Rapids…

Alliant Energy tower

Veridian Credit Union seeks public nominations for $50,000 in Giving Tuesday donations

Veridian Credit Union will award $50,000 to five nonprofit organizations as part of its Giving…

Veridian Credit Union Cedar Rapids

Van Meter CEO Lura McBride to receive business leadership award

Lura McBride, president and CEO of Van Meter Inc., will receive the Oscar C. Schmidt…

Lura McBride Van Meter Howard Hall award

Johnson County to present final non-metro housing study recommendations Nov. 12

Johnson County officials will present final recommendations from a non-metro housing study during a public…

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Mercy Cedar Rapids names new chief medical officer

Mercy Medical Center has appointed Dr. Matthew Fox as chief medical officer, effective December 2025.…

Mercy Cedar Rapids names new chief medical officer

Camp Courageous to announce new CEO Oct. 31

Camp Courageous will announce its next CEO at a press conference Friday, Oct. 31 at…

Camp Courageous

National Philanthropy Day awards reception set for Nov. 13 in Cedar Rapids

The Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Eastern Iowa chapter will hold its 2025 National Philanthropy Day…

Philanthropy awards reception

Nicolet Bankshares to Acquire MidWestOne Financial

Nicolet Bankshares Inc. has announced it will acquire MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. in an all-stock…

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QTS marks topping out of first three buildings at Cedar Rapids data center campus

QTS and construction partners Layton Construction and The Weitz Company marked the topping out of…

QTS topping out 1

2025 Forty Under 40: Torri Freese

Torri Freese Key Account Manager II  |  Alliant Energy  |  AGE: 34 Family: Husband John…

Torri Freese

2025 Forty Under 40: Alicia Faust

Alicia Faust Executive Director  |  Willis Dady Homeless Services  |  AGE: 35 Residence: Cedar Rapids…

Alicia Faust

2025 Forty Under 40: Ellie Evans

Ellie Evans Talent Engagement Manager  |  First Mainstreet Insurance, a TrueNorth Company AGE: 27 Residence:…

Ellie Evans