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Toyota Financial

Toyota Financial cuts 322 jobs in Cedar Rapids as part of office closure plan

Toyota Financial Services will be eliminating 322 positions at the company’s Cedar Rapids customer service center, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act...
King's Ready-Mix

Teamsters members say wage dispute at heart of strike against King’s Ready-Mix

Citing a wage dispute, members of Teamsters Local 238 are in the second day of a strike against King’s Ready-Mix and its plant in...
The Linn County Jean Oxley Public Service Center in Cedar Rapids

Rogers: Linn County persevered through challenges, but many more lie ahead

Linn County has persevered admirably through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the August 2020 derecho, but issues ranging from mental health and...
NewBo

Multi-use development planned in NewBo neighborhood, Cedar Rapids

A new commercial and residential building is planned for the NewBo neighborhood in southeast Cedar Rapids. At its meeting Tuesday, the Cedar Rapids City Council...

Kraft Heinz reports mixed financials for first quarter, but exceeds analysts’ projections

Kraft Heinz reported mixed financial results Wednesday for the first quarter of 2022, with an increase in new income offset by drops in net...
Westdale Parkway West development

Project would bring 200 housing units to Westdale site in Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids officials are supporting a local developer’s application for state tax credits for a 200-unit housing development at the former Westdale Mall site...
Smithfield Tennis and Pickleball Center

Tennis, pickleball center coming to former Westfield site in Cedar Rapids

The former Westfield Tennis Center in Cedar Rapids is set to be reborn as a tennis and pickleball facility under new ownership. The Cedar Rapids...
ADM Cedar Rapids

ADM’s profits, earnings, revenue up sharply in first quarter

ADM reported dramatic increases Tuesday in most financial categories for the first quarter of the company’s 2022 fiscal year, significantly exceeding analysts’ estimates in...

Linn County, Iowa theater organizations and performing arts venues strive to thrive in the...

A two-part series focusing on arts and theater organizations’ recovery from COVID-19. Part 1: Linn County organizations. Part 2: Organizations in Johnson County and...

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