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Students to showcase real-world business solutions at Eastern Iowa Airport in Junior Achievement 3DE event
This Wednesday, the Coe College Hangar at the Eastern Iowa Airport will be filled with high school students from the Alburnett and College Community School Districts as part of a special Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa 3DE student showcase. From…
Local businesses gear up for Cinco de Mayo in Cedar Rapids
It may not be an official U.S. holiday, but many local businesses in Cedar Rapids…

Steel Therapeutics announces $1.5M in funding, addition of veteran Pharmaceutical Executive to board
Steel Therapeutics, Inc., an early stage pharmaceutical company focused on increasing access to compounded drug…

Groundbreaking set for Green Park apartment project
Developers will formally break ground Monday, May 9 on the Green Park Apartment Living development…

Kids invited to enter Iowa City Area Home Builders’ Lego Parade of Homes
Kids aged 17 and younger are invited to summon their inner builder and enter the…

Toyota Financial cuts 322 jobs in Cedar Rapids as part of office closure plan
Toyota Financial Services will be eliminating 322 positions at the company’s Cedar Rapids customer service…

Teamsters members say wage dispute at heart of strike against King’s Ready-Mix
Citing a wage dispute, members of Teamsters Local 238 are in the second day of…

DB&T celebrating grand opening of CR branch
Dubuque Bank and Trust (DB&T) is celebrating the grand opening of its first Cedar Rapids…
Mercy Iowa City hosting Clinical Hiring Event, seeking multiple positions in immediate need
Mercy Iowa City is hosting a Clinical Hiring Event to fill an immediate need for…

Duane Arnold Energy Center saves $100M from record-setting fuel transfer
The Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) safety team transferred spent fuel to Independent Spent Fuel…

University of Iowa professor honored for 3D printing innovations
Xuan Song, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Iowa,…

GDIT awarded $661M digital modernization contract for the EPA
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, announced April 27 that…

Iowa Leading Indicators Index remained unchanged in March
The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII), used by state officials to forecast tax revenues, remained…

His Hands Free Clinic Cedar Rapids celebrates 30 years of service
His Hands Free Clinic, 1245 2nd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, is celebrating 30 years of…

North Liberty narrowly fails in $650M biomanufacturing facility bid
Updated June 7 North Liberty’s proposal to bring a 500,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility — equal…

Mercy’s Inpatient Rehabilitation unit receives Top Performer Award
The Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit (IRU) at Mercy Cedar Rapids has been awarded the Uniform Data…