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TrueNorth recognized with national and regional industry awards

Insurance brokerage firm TrueNorth has received a series of national and regional accolades for industry leadership and workplace culture. The Cedar Rapids-based company was ranked No. 47 on Dowling Hales’ Hales Report Top 100, which highlights leading firms in the…

Wolf to schedule new CO2 pipeline meetings after ‘anomalies’ found in notifications

Wolf Carbon Solutions says it will conduct a series of new informational meetings about a…

Wolf Carbon pipeline meeting Geri Huser

UIHC pharmacy specialist wins excellence in innovation award

The Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) announced UIHC pharmacy specialist Deanna McDanel as the 2022 recipient…

Deanna McDanel was awarded the Excellence in Innovation award in the Iowa Pharmacy Association's 2022 annual meeting Sept. 22.

ISA Ventures partnership launches health care investment fund

A partnership between ISA Ventures and managed care nonprofit CareSource is creating an investment fund…

ISA Ventures and CareSource are launching the areSource Iowa Opportunity Investment Fund for Iowa startups.

Iowa receives $51.4 million for EV charging infrastructure

The state of Iowa is receiving $51.4 million over five years from the federal government…

Iowa is looking to use federal funds to build out EV charging capabilities across major corridors in the next five years.

Linn County supervisors approve second reading of shortened solar moratorium

UPDATED: The Linn County Board of Supervisors has approved the first two readings of an…

Linn supervisors solar moratorium

Viewpoint Molecular Targeting to merge with Isoray Inc.

Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting, a radiopharmaceutical company developing alpha-particle therapies and diagnostic imaging agents, is…

Viewpoint Molecular Targeting has merged with Richland, Washington-based medtech company Isoray Inc. CREDIT VIEWPOINT MOLECULAR TARGETING

Renewable energy report highlights economic impact in Iowa

A new study shows wind and solar renewable energy produces billions of dollars of economic…

Renewable energy

Whirlpool to reach 100% renewable electricity for plant operations

Whirlpool has entered into a second wind Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) to progress toward…

Whirlpool Corporation

UI health startup hopes test will prevent disease, improve nutrition

Kelsey Dawes expects cutting-edge technology will soon be able to motivate changed behaviors by personalizing…

University of Iowa researchers help discover 60 new autism genes

Scientists at the University of Iowa contributed to a study published in Nature Genetics that…

Jake Michaelson, associate professor of psychiatry in the UI Carver College of Medicine, was the lead scientist from the University of Iowa working on the study. identifying new autism genes.

Corridor businesses, leaders named Prometheus Awards finalists

Businesses and influential figures throughout the Corridor are finalists for the 2022 Prometheus Awards, presented…

2022 TAI Prometheus Awards

PepsiCo, ADM agree to regenerative agriculture partnership

PepsiCo and Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) agreed to a seven and a half year strategic commercial agreement…

Regenerative agriculture.

Steel Therapeutics completes first steps for Fizurex FDA approval

North Liberty-based Steel Therapeutics, an early stage pharmarceutical company focused on increasing access to compounded…

Steel Therapeutic's first product candidate is Fizurex, a disposable wipe.

IDT product expansion helps screen new drug candidates

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has expanded customization options for its unique custom CRISPR gRNA libraries…

Integrated DNA Technologies. CREDIT IDT

University of Iowa College of Law named Top 25 Most Innovative

The University of Iowa College of Law has been named a Top 25 Most Innovative…

The University of Iowa College of Law was named Top 25 Most Innovative law school.