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Wings2Water recognizes Nitrate Watch initiative for public water testing effort

The Nitrate Watch program, which provides free nitrate test kits to the public, has been named this summer’s “Water Warrior” by Wings2Water and GreenState Credit Union, the organizations have announced. The Nitrate Watch Program, developed by the Izaak Walton League…

UI orthopedics study therapeutic effects of essential amino acids

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are conducting a clinical trial to determine whether essential…

X-Ray of a pelvis

Northwest Junior High students build new desks for school

Eighth grade students at Coralville’s Northwest Junior High School met with Home Depot staff on…

Amjad Ibrahim (left) and Elijah Howe (right), eighth grade Industrial Tech students, fit together pieces of the desk on Friday.

Allegra Printing Iowa City announces winner of sweepstake

Allegra Marketing Print Mail in Iowa City, the local leader in marketing, print and direct…

Van Meter now part of Information Solutions Value-Added Reseller program

Van Meter Inc. in Cedar Rapids is now one of the first electrical distributors in…

Iowa manufacturing company optimizing energy efficiency in Qatar

Coralville-based Innovas Technologies will supply Helios Tube Cleaning System for the Lusail Marina expansion, a…

Innovas Technologies co-founders Chuck Dirks (left) and Mike Crocker show off the spongy balls used in their company’s Helios Automatic Tube Cleaning System to clean biofilm and other deposits blocking thermal energy transfer in heat exchanges. PHOTO DAVE DEWITTE

Economic Alliance announces three businesses leaders joining policy board

According to a news release, the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance has announced three new…

Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance

Alliant Energy’s Cedar Rapids community solar garden begins generating energy

The Cedar Rapids Community Solar garden is now generating renewable energy for the more than…

Alliant Energy community solar garden

IntelliSee awarded AI weapons detection agreement with PEPPM

Coralville-based IntelliSee, an AI risk mitigation platform that improves the capability of existing surveillance cameras,…

IntelliSee logo

Developers propose $576 million data center project in Cedar Rapids

A $576 million data center project in southwest Cedar Rapids, now in the preliminary stages…

Big Cedar Industrial Center

KT Pacer in Cedar Rapids is dominating livestock feed transportation

It’s often surprising to learn that a proven leader in a large-scale manufacturing segment has…

Welder Pamela Lewis works with KT Pacer's sub-assembly/small parts weldment team.

Coe College adds engineering degree

Coe College in Cedar Rapids will add a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics degree…

Coe College

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

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.

Iowa City Municipal Airport receives $442k grant for solar panel project

The Iowa City Municipal Airport received a $442,800 grant to help fund the cost of…

An airplane taxis down the runway at the Iowa City Municipal Airport. The airport received $442,800 to fund a solar project that will reduce electric utility costs in half.

Economic Forecast Luncheon offers insight for 2024

Economist Phil Levy returned to the Corridor Business Journal’s 2024 Economic Forecast Luncheon as a…

Jack Evans, Chair of the Board of the Hall-Perrine Foundation, moderates a panel of Corridor business leaders at the CBJ's 2024 Economic Forecast Luncheon.