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His Hands Free Clinic to unveil donor wall, welcome new executive director at June 27 open house

His Hands Free Clinic will host an open house on Friday, June 27, at 1 p.m. to celebrate the unveiling of its “Great Need. Great Care.” capital campaign donor wall and to introduce new executive director Cathy D’mello. The open…

Hometown Pride program to provide community coaching to five Iowa towns

A new partnership between the East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG) and Keep Iowa…

Hometown Pride

Iowa Women’s Foundation announces $3 million Legacy Fund

The Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF) is launching the public phase of a campaign that will…

Iowa Women's Foundation founders gather for their event.

Corridor businesses, leaders named Prometheus Awards finalists

Businesses and influential figures throughout the Corridor are finalists for the 2022 Prometheus Awards, presented…

2022 TAI Prometheus Awards

PepsiCo, ADM agree to regenerative agriculture partnership

PepsiCo and Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) agreed to a seven and a half year strategic commercial agreement…

Regenerative agriculture.

Steel Therapeutics completes first steps for Fizurex FDA approval

North Liberty-based Steel Therapeutics, an early stage pharmarceutical company focused on increasing access to compounded…

Steel Therapeutic's first product candidate is Fizurex, a disposable wipe.

Honkamp Krueger acquires Gosling & Company

Honkamp Krueger & Co., P.C. (HK) will acquire Gosling & Company, P.C.’s Cedar Falls and…

Honkamp Krueger

IDT product expansion helps screen new drug candidates

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has expanded customization options for its unique custom CRISPR gRNA libraries…

Integrated DNA Technologies. CREDIT IDT

Jones Regional Medical Center receives $655,000 for improvements from USDA

UnityPoint Health – Jones Regional Medical Center (JRMC) in Anamosa has received $655,000 in grants…

Coral Ridge Mall set to welcome more retailers

A candy and sweets shop, clothing outlet, jewelry store and fitness center are joining Coral…

Coral Ridge Mall first opened in 1998.

TrueNorth builds legacy from within 

“Our culture is what we call One TrueNorth,” said Jason Smith, CEO of the Cedar…

Two Cedar Rapids child care projects receive state grants

Child care projects at TrueNorth Companies and To The Rescue in Cedar Rapids could create…

Child care program

Kirkwood, University of Iowa announce nursing partnership

Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa (UI) will be finalizing a new partnership…

Creighton Rural Mainstreet Economic Index again falls below growth neutral

The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) fell for the fifth straight month in September,…

Ernie Goss Creighton University Mainstreet Index

Iowa unemployment increases slightly to 2.6% in August

Iowa’s unemployment rate increased from 2.5% to 2.6% in August with 1,300 Iowans leaving the…

Iowa unemployment

New Cedar Rapids McDonald’s opens, older Marion location closes

The opening of a new, state-of-the-art McDonald’s restaurant just south of Lindale Mall in Cedar…

New McDonald's Cedar Rapids