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Wellmark Foundation invests $5.3 million in University of Iowa’s SIM-IA program

The Wellmark Foundation is investing $5.3 million in the University of Iowa College of Nursing’s Simulation in Motion-Iowa (SIM-IA) program to expand mobile clinical training for rural health care providers. SIM-IA delivers on-site simulation training for first responders and health…

Collins Community Credit Union announces ‘The Collective’ locations

Collins Community Credit Union announces two new locations named  “The Collective, Powered by Collins Community…

Collins Community Credit Union

Heartland Express reports all-time high operating revenue for Q3

Heartland Express announced Q3 financial results Nov. 2, reporting record high operating revenue, total assets…

Heartland Express trucking

New NEX Senior housing project in Iowa City gets federal tax credits

The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors has awarded nearly $1 million in federal housing…

Iowa City senior housing tax credit NEX Senior

Hawkeye wrestling facility to be officially named after $7 million gift

Pending Iowa Board of Regents approval, the University of Iowa will officially name the future…

Johnson County seeking applications for emergency home repair program contractors

Johnson County is accepting applications for one or more contractors to administer and implement housing…

Johnson County home repair program

Voting open for Veridian’s local Giving Tuesday donations

Veridian Credit Union is accepting votes for nonprofit organizations across Iowa and eastern Nebraska to…

Mount Mercy announces Master of Science in Supply Chain Management

Mount Mercy University has announced the addition of a ninth graduate program, a Master of…

Mount Mercy University

BAE Systems dedicates new Cedar Rapids facility, touts ‘long-term commitment’ to Corridor

The completion of BAE Systems’ new $139 million manufacturing facility in southwest Cedar Rapids represents…

Tom Arseneault BAE Sytems facility dedication

ADM strike averted as Teamsters vote to ratify new contract

Teamsters Local 238 union members at ADM’s southwest Cedar Rapids plant voted early Tuesday, Nov.…

ADM

Involta named to Inc.’s inaugural Power Partner Awards

Involta, a hybrid IT, cloud computing and data center services company, was announced to Inc.’s…

Involta was named to Inc Magazine's inaugural Power Partner Awards list.

Private equity firm AAVIN ends funding round with $63 million in capital

Cedar Rapids-based private equity firm AAVIN Equity Advisors closed a third round of funding with…

The AAVIN third round of funding supports existing and instiutional investors.

Teamsters union workers at ADM preparing for strike Tuesday

Representatives of Teamsters union workers at the ADM corn processing plant in southwest Cedar Rapids…

ADM Cedar Rapids

ICAD celebrates successes, looks to reimagined future

If the past two years have brought any progress in economic development, it’s that a…

ICAD Kate Moreland annual meeting

‘The Story of The ESCO Group’ to feature business founder Nov. 1

Marion Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO) is hosting “The Story of The ESCO Group,” from 9-10…

ESCO Group CEO Ray Brown

Principal releases $600 million sustainability bond report

A five-year, $600 million funding agreement-backed note (FABN) issued through Principal Life Global Funding is…

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