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Iowa Workforce Development awards more than $3.6 million to expand apprenticeship programs

Iowa Workforce Development announced it has awarded over $3.6 million in funding designated to create or expand Registered Apprenticeship Programs across Iowa. Benefiting both employers...
Home sales affordabiity declines

Nearly three in five Realtors say limited inventory kept clients from buying homes in...

Amid a persistent housing supply crunch, 57% of Realtors cited a lack of inventory as the leading reason limiting potential clients from completing a...

Derecho recovery funding session for housing developers set for July 15

The City of Cedar Rapids, in conjunction with the Iowa Economic Development Authority, will host a housing developer informational session Friday, July 15 regarding...
A classroom at the new child care center at Outlets Williamsburg.

Outlets Williamsburg becomes new home to child care center

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held July 12 to announce Williamsburg Child Care Center (W4C's) North, an expansion of a center also located in...
Cedar Rapids police annex

Cedar Rapids to purchase office building for police annex

The Cedar Rapids City Council voted unanimously at its meeting Tuesday, July 12 to move ahead with the purchase of a building at 101...
UnityPoint Marion

Ribbon cutting and open house planned for new UnityPoint clinic in Marion

UnityPoint Clinic– Tower Terrace, 3731 Irish Drive, Marion, is hosting a public open house on Wednesday, July 20, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. According...
Suicide prevention lifeline

Two Corridor centers launch national suicide prevention lifeline

CommUnity Crisis Services and Foundation2 are implementing a national suicide prevention lifeline starting July 16. Individuals who seek immediate emotional support will be able to...
Solar energy

Solar energy complaints on the rise, says Iowa Attorney General

Iowans looking to install solar panels are facing more trouble than ever before. From 2019 through 2021, the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division received 15...
UI professor Dr. Aaron Boes studies the impact brain lesions has on addiction.

University of Iowa study finds brain network linked to addiction

A study involving University of Iowa Health Care neuroscientists found a brain network associated with addiction while studying daily smokers who lost their nicotine...
Alliant Community Solar Garden site

Alliant to plant first Iowa community solar ‘garden’ in Cedar Rapids

Expanding on its goal to attain net-zero carbon emissions from energy generation by 2050, Alliant Energy said Tuesday, July 12 it will establish its...

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