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ImOn completes acquisition of Danville Telecom

ImOn Communications has completed its acquisition of Danville Telecom after receiving all necessary regulatory approvals, the company announced. Danville Telecom, founded in 1901 as Danville Mutual Telephone Company, provides fiber-optic telecommunications services to homes and businesses in Danville. Through its…

Five Corridor businesses make Inc. 5000 fastest growing list

Corridor businesses based in Cedar Rapids, Coralville, Hiawatha, Iowa City and Urbana have been named…

Five Corridor companies were named to Inc. Magazine's fastest growing companies list.

Tippie faculty study gender gaps in scientific research

Researchers from the Tippie College of Busines have been awarded a $288,779 grant from the…

Tippie College of Business faculty to study gender gaps in academic research.

Digital Diagnostics raises $75 million in Series B funding round

Coralville-based Digital Diagnostics, an AI diagnostic health care technology company, announced Aug. 23 it has…

Digital Diagnostics received $75 million during its most recent funding round.

University of Iowa OPL’s jets offer flight testing for DARPA project

The University of Iowa Operator Performance Lab (OPL), a flight test laboratory that conducts research…

The University of Iowa Operator Performance Lab (OPL) conducts research on flight systems.

Corridor, Quad Cities fall in 2022 Startup City rankings

Rankings from Midwest Startups, a job and news website for startups in the Midwest region,…

Startups, workforce

ICAD launches Youth Entrepreneurship Ambassador Program

One rising senior at Iowa City West High School sees an opportunity to better cultivate…

Himani Laroia, founder of the new Youth Entrepreneurship Ambassador Program, is a rising senior at Iowa City West High School.

NewBo City Market gets $25,000 donation from First Interstate Bank

NewBo City Market in southeast Cedar Rapids has received a $25,000 gift from First Interstate…

First Interstate NewBo Market gift

NASA funding for UI professor to aid next-gen nuclear propulsion

NASA has selected UI professor Xuan Song’s research proposal as one of four Iowa projects…

UI professor Xuan Song works on 3d printing of ceramics and polymers at the CCAD Engineering Research Facility.

Van Meter expands robotics capabilities with three supplier partnerships

Cedar Rapids-based Van Meter announced a new partnership Aug. 9 with robotics supply partners Comau,…

Van Meter

GDIT given prime position on $10 billion medical research contract

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded the…

GDIT

Linn County commission recommends Duane Arnold Solar rezoning

The Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of a renewable energy overlay…

Corridor employers collaborate on health care, workforce solutions

More than 30 Eastern Iowa employers in the Corridor met at TrueNorth Companies headquarters in…

Corridor employees collaborate

Inaugural Iowa Homeownership Incubator applications now open

The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) and the Iowa Association of Realtors (IAR) announced the inaugural…

Iowa Homeownership Incubator

Chemo Care Solutions wins first place at University Pitch Madness

Chemo Care Solutions, a University of Iowa-based small business in the medical device space, won…

Chemo Care Solutions founder Madeleine Humpal-Pash presents at University Pitch Madness in Chicago.

ADM launches online farming course

Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) has developed an online course, called Shift, for producers to better…

ADM Cedar Rapids