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Clickstop Named to Inc. Magazine’s 2025 Best Workplaces list

Clickstop has once again earned national recognition as one of Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces for 2025, marking the fourth time the company has received the honor. The list, released June 17, highlights 514 companies across the U.S. that demonstrate exceptional…

Strategic Financial Solutions named 2022 ‘Coolest of the Cool’ workplace

When imagining a remarkably cool place to work, a financial advising firm might not be…

Duane Arnold Solar rezoning proposals approved

UPDATE: Capping a long and often contentious evaluation process, the Linn County Board of Supervisors…

Duane Arnold Solar approved

Cedar Rapids speakers voice concerns about Wolf Carbon Solutions CO2 pipeline plan

Wolf Carbon Solutions’ proposal to build a 280-mile carbon dioxide sequestration pipeline between Cedar Rapids…

Steve Pisarik Wolf Carbon pipeline meeting Cedar Rapids

Linn supervisors approve second consideration of Duane Arnold Solar rezoning request

UPDATE: Rezoning requests for a pair of industrial-scale solar projects near the former Duane Arnold…

Linn County supervisors Duane Arnold Solar

Post-derecho insurance lessons

Even as the winds died down in the wake of the Aug. 10, 2020, derecho…

New owner of former Transamerica site open to redevelopment ideas

The new owner of the former Transamerica site in northeast Cedar Rapids says that while…

Former Transamerica site plans

Cedar Rapids again seeks redevelopment proposals for former Ambroz site

For the third time in the last five years, the city of Cedar Rapids is…

Ambroz redevelopment proposals

UPDATE: Linn County reschedules public meetings on Duane Arnold Solar rezoning proposals

A public hearing and first considering of a rezoning proposal for a pair of Duane…

Aegon, Transamerica cut 59 jobs in Cedar Rapids

Aegon is eliminating 55 positions in Cedar Rapids, while Transamerica, owned by Aegon, is eliminating…

Aegon Cedar Rapids positions eliminated

New Altorfer headquarters will double existing facility’s space

Altorfer Inc. is planning to build a new corporate headquarters facility in southwest Cedar Rapids…

Altorfer new headquarters

Union representative hoping talks next week can resolve Ingredion strike

A representative of the 120 union members on strike against the Ingredion plant in southwest…

Ingredion workers strike

Vernon Bar and Grill relocates to former Cork & Fork site

A longtime southeast Cedar Rapids restaurant has moved to a new home, bringing another longtime…

Vernon Bar & Grill owners

African American Museum’s renovation campaign seeks to reach statewide audience

True to its historical mission, the African American Museum of Iowa is in the process…

Plumb Heart Center construction on schedule, budget

Construction of Mercy Medical Center’s new Jewel and Jim Plumb Heart Center in Cedar Rapids…

Ingredion union rep on strike issues: ‘We’re so far apart’

A spokesperson for the union representing about 120 striking employees at the Ingredion plant in…

Ingredion strike Chicago