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Fareway launches month-long effort to battle food insecurity
Starting Nov. 1, Fareway Stores, Inc. will launch a month-long initiative supporting families and individuals who face food insecurity within the company’s service areas. Customers are invited to purchase pre-bagged, SNAP-eligible food items at any Fareway location. The bags will…
Mayflower to continue housing students
The University of Iowa is seeing a record number of applications for fall 2024, creating…

Applications now open for Cedar Rapids ROOTs affordable housing program
Applications are now open for the city of Cedar Rapids’ Redeveloping Ownership Opportunities Together (ROOTs)…

BAE Systems completing acquisition of Ball Aerospace
BAE Systems is completing the final steps in their acquisition of Ball Aerospace from Ball…

Grask Truck Group receives Best-in-Class award of 2023
Grask Truck Group, Inc., an Iowa-based Peterbilt Truck Dealer, was honored as one of eight…

Iowa City Restaurant Week begins this Saturday
Think Iowa City is hosting a week-long culinary celebration, spotlighting the diverse food scene in…

Iowa manufacturing company optimizing energy efficiency in Qatar
Coralville-based Innovas Technologies will supply Helios Tube Cleaning System for the Lusail Marina expansion, a…

Economic Alliance announces three businesses leaders joining policy board
According to a news release, the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance has announced three new…

$3 million in grants to be awarded to Iowa farmers and producers
Applications for the Iowa Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) program are open, according to a…

Alliant Energy’s Cedar Rapids community solar garden begins generating energy
The Cedar Rapids Community Solar garden is now generating renewable energy for the more than…

IntelliSee awarded AI weapons detection agreement with PEPPM
Coralville-based IntelliSee, an AI risk mitigation platform that improves the capability of existing surveillance cameras,…

Marion Civil Rights Commission accepting applications for housing assistance grant program
The Marion Civil Rights Commission is currently accepting applications for the Marion Low and Moderate…

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Foundation accepting applications for rural health care grant program
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Foundation is accepting applications for its Rural Health Care Grant…

Participants in 2024 Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week announced
The 2024 edition of the Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week officially kicks off Friday, Feb. 16,…

Coe College adds engineering degree
Coe College in Cedar Rapids will add a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics degree…

Rock Valley Physical Therapy in Marion is relocating
Rock Valley Physical Therapy is moving its Marion-PCI/Rock Valley Physical Therapy clinic. The clinic will…






