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Iowa Board of Regents finalizes contracts with COGS, SEIU
The Iowa Board of Regents voted Wednesday to ratify collective bargaining agreements with Campaign to Organize Student Workers, or COGS, the University of Iowa graduate student employee union, and the UI Health Care workers union, Service Employees International Union Minnesota…
Iowa’s unemployment rate drops to 3.3% in March
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 3.3% in March, which is down from 3.5%…

Amana Performing Arts Center launching at former Old Creamery site
The former Old Creamery Theatre in Amana is being reborn under a new moniker –…

Iowa City Community School District Foundation receives $1 million gift
Coralville resident Christine N. Boge committed a planned gift of $1 million to the Foundation…

Farm to Street Dinner seeking applications from restaurants
The Farm to Street Dinner, hosted by the city of Iowa City in partnership with…

Culver’s Garden Center & Greenhouse marks 25 years in retail
Culver’s Garden Center & Greenhouse, 1682 Dubuque Road in Marion, will mark 25 seasons in…

SBA approves $17.2 million in Iowa small business loans in March
The U.S. Small Business Administration backed 40 loans for $17,231,300 to Iowa businesses in March,…

Cedar Rapids council propels ‘complicated’ First and First West project forward
With acknowledgement from both city leaders and developers that the plan is among the most…

Linn County supervisors award first round of ARPA funding
The Linn County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday awarded the first round of funding from…

Red Vespa closes in Solon
Red Vespa, the first pizzeria in Iowa to be certified by the True Neapolitan Pizza…

OPN Architects opens new office in Minneapolis
OPN Architects, a Cedar Rapids-based design firm started 43 years ago in Eastern Iowa, has…

Real estate tech company STRATAFOLIO selected for REACH Scale-up Program
STRATAFOLIO, a leading provider of commercial real estate management software, has been accepted into the…

Shive-Hattery acquires WSM Architects in Tucson
Cedar Rapids-based Shive-Hattery has acquired WSM Architects, Inc., a 13-person architecture firm in Tucson, Arizona.…

UIHC giving on-site interviews, same-day offers for prospective nurses
Facing a nationwide shortage in nurses, University of Iowa Health Care will host a nurse …

Alliant Energy announces 2022 recipients of “One Million Trees” funds
Alliant Energy has announced that more than 30 Iowa communities are receiving tree planting aid…
South Slope bringing fiber network to rural Oxford
South Slope Cooperative Communications is bringing fiber optic technology to homes and businesses in Oxford.…
