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Keep Iowa Beautiful launches refreshed brand identity

Keep Iowa Beautiful has unveiled a refreshed brand identity aimed at better unifying the statewide nonprofit’s programs and communicating its work across Iowa communities. The Des Moines-based organization, a Keep America Beautiful affiliate focused on community beautification and volunteer engagement,…

GreatAmerica, CEO Juice announce enhanced integration for office equipment dealers

Cedar Rapids-based GreatAmerica Financial Services and CEO Juice have announced an expanded integration for office…

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Iowa City opens applications for climate action grants

Iowa City is accepting applications for its Climate Action Grant program, offering nonprofits and businesses…

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Real Success: Taylor Getting, Calyx Creek Lavender & Lodging

Taylor Getting is a pilot, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Calyx Creek Lavender & Lodging, an…

Taylor Getting

IDALS accepting applications for specialty crop grants

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) is accepting applications for its 2026…

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ImOn Communications to expand fiber network to Wisconsin, Minnesota

ImOn Communications is expanding its high-speed fiber internet service to Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota,…

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UI Health Care performs its first robotic living donor surgery for kidney transplant

University of Iowa Health Care has performed its first robotic living donor nephrectomy, a milestone…

The UI Health Care transplant team performs first robotic living donor nephrectomy, marking a major milestone in advancing kidney transplant care.

International Paper Foundation awards Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity $5,000 for construction internship

The International Paper Foundation has awarded Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity a $5,000 grant to…

The International Paper Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity to support their Students Building Community internship.

Collins Aerospace autonomy software completes successful test flight on uncrewed combat aircraft

Collins Aerospace successfully demonstrated its Sidekick mission autonomy software during a test flight of a…

Collins Aerospace Sidekick mission autonomy software

TrueNorth to host Warrior Rising Business Shower for veteran entrepreneurs

TrueNorth will host a Warrior Rising Business Shower on Friday, March 6, bringing together veteran…

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Iowa City hotel closures: What the data actually shows

At 15 stories high, The Chauncey building at 404 E. College St. in Iowa City…

hotelVetro, 201 S. Linn St. Iowa City, pictured Feb. 10, 2026. The hotel closed in November after the building it was housed in reverted to the bank in a foreclosure suit. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

Tee time, any time: The indoor golf boom that’s taking over the Corridor

When Sean McCarty was growing up in West Branch, he had an advantage not every…

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Ron Corbett retiring from Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance

Ron Corbett is retiring as vice president of economic development at the Cedar Rapids Metro…

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IEDA awards first BIG program incentives to five Iowa companies, including Hiawatha, Vinton projects

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board approved its first round of awards through the…

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Linn County supervisors schedule public meetings on gas-fired power plants ordinance

The Linn County Board of Supervisors has scheduled a series of public meetings to review…

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AI ‘game changer’ for health care, five hospital leaders weigh in

When Washington County Hospital and Clinics implemented an AI-powered ambient scribe system, CEO Todd Patterson…

Dr. Timothy Quinn, president and CEO of Mercy Cedar Rapids speaks at the CBJ's Health Care Symposium on Wednesday, February 11, at the Hyatt Regency in Coralville. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT