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GreatAmerica completes Heritage Bank acquisition, launches national bank
GreatAmerica Holdings Inc. announced Monday, June 15 it has completed its acquisition of Heritage Bank and converted it into GreatAmerica Bank National Association, capping a multi-year effort to secure a national bank charter. Heritage Bank was an Iowa state-chartered bank…
Google grants $1.7 million for Iowa water stewardship
Google is granting $1.7 million to the Great Outdoors Foundation to support water conservation efforts…
Public hearing for proposed Palo data center ordinance draws vocal critics
Palo city officials have repeatedly stressed that a proposed city ordinance is intended to govern…
Theatre Cedar Rapids launches public phase of $9.5 million capital campaign
Theatre Cedar Rapids has launched the public phase of a $9.5 million capital campaign, seeking…
Camp Courageous, Watts Group to unveil $5 million cabin project
Camp Courageous and Watts Group are set to announce a $5 million camper cabin project…
Real Success: Nate Kaeding bets on a new kind of golf club
Nate Kaeding, the former University of Iowa All-American and NFL All-Pro kicker who has since…
Search for new South of 6 executive director under way after Maurice Davis resignation
The South of 6 Business District is searching for a new executive director following the…
QTS planning temporary power plant for Cedar Rapids data center
QTS is planning to bring a temporary power plant online soon to support testing operations…
The Downtown Dish: Adam Knight, producing artistic director of Riverside Theatre
In this episode of Downtown Dish, hosts Anna Moyers Stone and Charlie Nusser chat about…
Cedar Rapids Marathon Weekend draws double the expected field in first year
All it took was a simple call to Cedar Rapids Tourism and director of sports…
Robins economic development group names new director
The Robins Economic Development Initiative (REDI) has appointed Ken Paxton as its new economic development…
O’Donnell stresses ‘The Long Run’ in Cedar Rapids State of the City speech
The theme of race-running – anchored by Cedar Rapids hosting its first-ever marathon June 7…
Iowa City firm is cracking the reading code
More than 20 years ago, two researchers in different fields decided to tackle a shared…
380 Express bus system to add new North Liberty, Coralville route in June
The 380 Express, a regional bus service connecting the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Corridor, will launch…
UPDATE: Inside Sub-Zero plant in Cedar Rapids
The Sub-Zero plant in southwest Cedar Rapids is still several months away from full production,…
UPDATE: VASA Fitness expects to open new location this fall in former Collins Road Hy-Vee store
The former Hy-Vee store on Collins Road in northeast Cedar Rapids is being repurposed as…
