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Camp Courageous names Craig Stadtmueller as new CEO

Camp Courageous has hired Craig Stadtmueller as its next chief executive officer, effective Jan. 5. Mr. Stadtmueller will succeed Charlie Becker, who has served as CEO for more than 45 years. Becker will remain on staff to support the leadership…

Martin Equipment earns national John Deere award

John Deere Construction and Forestry recently presented the Onyx Circle Award to Martin Construction, which…

Martin Construction John Deere award

Gourmet cookie chain Dirty Dough opens first Iowa location in Cedar Rapids

Dirty Dough has now opened its first Iowa location in southwest Cedar Rapids, offering another…

Michael and Adam Gibbs Dirty Dough Cedar Rapids

Iowa Credit Union Foundation invested more than $165,000 in Iowans’ financial well-being in 2023

The Iowa Credit Union Foundation (ICUF), the philanthropic arm of the Iowa Credit Union League,…

Iowa Credit Union Foundation

Hy-Vee partners with Variety “Round Up” fundraising campaign

Hy-Vee is partnering with Variety to again conduct a “Round Up at the Register” campaign…

variety

Mandela Washington Fellowship set to return to the University of Iowa

The University of Iowa (UI) announced Wednesday, Feb. 7, that it has been selected as…

2023 Iowa Mandela Washington Fellows participating in a community event hosted by the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council in July 2023.

University of Iowa partners with Des Moines-based health insurer

The University of Iowa Henry B. Tippie College of Business’ innovative risk management and insurance…

The University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business.

GreenState Credit Union names Vikram Israni as CEO

GreenState Credit Union announced the appointment of Vikram Israni as its new chief executive officer,…

GreenState

SBA approves $11.5 million in Iowa small business loans in January

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has released its monthly loan approval figures in Iowa…

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans Iowa

Application deadline extended for Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grant Program

Dairy farmers have two extra weeks to apply for the Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grant…

USDA Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Xochitl Torres Small, looks at cows at Austin Schulte Dairy farm in Benton County. CREDIT USDA

Hiawatha telecom firm BDC Group closing, lays off 35 workers

BDC Group Inc., a Hiawatha telecom firm founded in 2015, has laid off 35 employees…

BDC Group

Investors sue ADM after company placed CFO on leave amid accounting probe, SEC investigation

A group of investors has moved to sue Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) after the company…

ADM

Storey Kenworthy | Workspace announces leadership transition, succession plan

John Kenworthy, the current CEO of Storey Kenworthy | Workspace, announced to employees earlier this…

Ryan Boyington Storey Kenworth | Workspace

Per Mar Security Services acquiring Chicago-area Global Security Group

Per Mar Security Services, the largest family-owned, full-service security company in the Midwest, has acquired…

Per Mar Security Services vehicles

BAE Systems’ military GPS navigation technology reaches development milestone

BAE Systems’ program to design and manufacture an advanced military GPS receiver and next-generation semiconductor…

BAE Systems Military GPS

Mercy Iowa City officially transitioned to University of Iowa Health Care

*Editor’s note: CBJ reporter Annie Barkalow is on-site today, Jan. 31, as the Mercy Iowa…

Signage is updated at University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, on the day that ownership of Mercy Iowa City officially transitioned to UI Health Care.