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Four Corridor companies approved for Iowa SBA loans in June

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has released its monthly approval figures for loans in Iowa for the month of June 2026, and four Corridor companies received loans under the program. According to the SBA report, local companies receiving loans…

Gina Landau: Breaking ground on a new path forward

In the world of Corridor real estate development, Gina Landau sees herself as a pioneer…

Gina Landau

Kaly Etten: Building culture from the inside out

Kaly Etten is a human resources leader known for her people-first strategies that grow business…

Kaly Etten

Kelly Dybvig: Guiding others through the path of change

Through all the twists and turns of her career, Kelly Dybvig has relied on a…

Kelly Dybvig

For the Heartlanders, the biggest opponent is the bottom line

Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series examining the Iowa Heartlanders professional…

Brian McKenna, president of the newly-named Iowa Heartlanders ECHL hockey club, unfurls a banner revealing the club's name and logo.

Anne Dugger: Finding her calling

Anne Dugger describes her younger self as “a shiftless human being.” She left Coe College…

Anne Dugger

Dru Davis: Leading with a vision for opportunity

With a classic Midwestern upbringing in Reinbeck, Iowa, Dru Davis was taught that challenges are…

Dru Davis

Molly Brown Miller: Finding her niche where people come first

With a degree in sociology, Molly Brown Miller didn’t intend to pursue a career in…

Molly Brown Miller

Nancy Bird: Bringing people, and organizations, together

Nancy Bird’s path to leading Johnson County’s premier economic development organization wound through Africa, Seattle,…

Nancy Bird

Collins Aerospace lands contracts for Army’s Next-Gen Aircraft, including Iowa manufacturing work

Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, announced Monday it has secured multiple contracts from Bell Textron…

Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust announces future Mt. Vernon Road branch 

Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust (CRBT) announced plans Monday to open a new branch facility…

Iowa Leading Indicators Index edges up in February amid federal data gaps

Iowa’s Leading Indicators Index rose slightly in February, though federal government shutdown-related data gaps limited…

Iowa Workforce Development office unemployment

NRC to hold public meeting April 14 on Duane Arnold restart

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting April 14 to discuss licensing reviews…

Duane Arnold Energy Center

Iowa City zoning amendments would allow conversion of former hotelVetro and Hotel Chauncey to residential uses

A pair of text amendments to Iowa City’s central business zoning code could pave the…

hotelVetro, 201 S. Linn St. Iowa City, pictured Feb. 10, 2026. The hotel closed in November after the building it was housed in reverted to the bank in a foreclosure suit. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

Transamerica confirms ‘fewer than 25’ layoffs in Iowa

Layoffs at Transamerica’s operations in Iowa have impacted “fewer than 25” employees, a Transamerica spokesperson…

Transamerica

Mercy Medical names DeWolf interim president and CEO 

Mercy Medical Center has named Greg DeWolf as interim president and CEO following the retirement…