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Community Savings Bank plans Peosta branch

Community Savings Bank will open its 11th location in Peosta, pending approval from the Iowa Division of Banking and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The branch will be located in the Peosta Square Development Building and offer personal, business and…

Kirkwood’s Workplace Learning Connection named one of nation’s top 10 work-based learning programs

Kirkwood Community College’s Workplace Learning Connection has been recognized as one of the top 10…

Kirkwood Workplace Learning Connection

Hills Bank to host fraud prevention forum for Iowa businesses

Hills Bank will host the Fraud & Finance Forum 2025 on Oct. 29 at The…

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Eastern Iowa Airport records ninth straight passenger count record

The Eastern Iowa Airport recorded its ninth consecutive record month for passengers in September, with…

Eastern Iowa Airport passenger

Small business owners optimistic about growth despite rising costs, government shutdown concerns

More than 2,000 small business owners from across the country, including 48 from Iowa, are…

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit

NextEra, Google power purchase agreement propels Duane Arnold restart hopes

NextEra Energy officials say two “transformative” agreements, including one with tech giant Google, will further…

Workers perform maintenance at the Duane Arnold Energy Center nuclear after the plant was shut down for refueling.

Vantage Architects announces move to downtown Cedar Rapids

Vantage Architects relocated its office from Bowling Street to Alliant Tower in downtown Cedar Rapids…

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Veridian Credit Union seeks public nominations for $50,000 in Giving Tuesday donations

Veridian Credit Union will award $50,000 to five nonprofit organizations as part of its Giving…

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Van Meter CEO Lura McBride to receive business leadership award

Lura McBride, president and CEO of Van Meter Inc., will receive the Oscar C. Schmidt…

Lura McBride Van Meter Howard Hall award

Johnson County to present final non-metro housing study recommendations Nov. 12

Johnson County officials will present final recommendations from a non-metro housing study during a public…

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Mercy Cedar Rapids names new chief medical officer

Mercy Medical Center has appointed Dr. Matthew Fox as chief medical officer, effective December 2025.…

Mercy Cedar Rapids names new chief medical officer

Marion Chamber celebrates growth at 88th annual meeting (WITH GALLERY)

The Marion Chamber of Commerce presented two new awards, and announced two new Uptown Marion…

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Camp Courageous to announce new CEO Oct. 31

Camp Courageous will announce its next CEO at a press conference Friday, Oct. 31 at…

Camp Courageous

National Philanthropy Day awards reception set for Nov. 13 in Cedar Rapids

The Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Eastern Iowa chapter will hold its 2025 National Philanthropy Day…

Philanthropy awards reception

Nicolet Bankshares to Acquire MidWestOne Financial

Nicolet Bankshares Inc. has announced it will acquire MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. in an all-stock…

Retaining talent, building community: Meet the 2025 Forty Under 40

Each year, the Corridor Business Journal shines a spotlight on young professionals who have made…

Forty Under 40 2025