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Clickstop Named to Inc. Magazine’s 2025 Best Workplaces list
Clickstop has once again earned national recognition as one of Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces for 2025, marking the fourth time the company has received the honor. The list, released June 17, highlights 514 companies across the U.S. that demonstrate exceptional…
Cedar Ridge Distillery’s Bagger Vodka marks $20,000 in donations to Iowa trails
Cedar Ridge Distillery has donated more than $20,000 to Iowa trails since it launched its…

Mercy endoscopy unit recognized for quality, safety
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has recognized the endoscopy unit at Mercy Cedar…

Buff City Soap to open second Cedar Rapids location Thursday
Buff City Soap, a handmade retail franchise known for its plant-based soap and body products…

Hinson announces affordable housing funding for Meskwaki Nation
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awarding $372,891 to the Sac…

Rising rental costs squeezing college graduates
College grads are getting ready to start their careers, but they’re finding soaring rental costs…

New McDonald’s coming to former bank site along First Avenue near Lindale Mall
Construction is under way on a new McDonald’s restaurant at the former site of a…

Spring tourism up 144% in Iowa City compared to pandemic levels
Iowa City is leading the Corridor in tourism recovery in 2022, according to data from…

Cargill RegenConnect expands to Iowa, encourages carbon sequestration
Cargill RegenConnect, a voluntary market-based regenerative agriculture program that helps producers access the carbon marketplace,…

Cedar Rapids raises lifeguard starting wage to attract more applicants
In an effort to recruit more lifeguards to work at Cedar Rapids municipal pools, the…

UI professor named one of top 40 MBA professors under 40 by Poets & Quants
Stephen Courtright, professor of management and entrepreneurship at the Tippie College of Business at the…

Iowa Utility Association’s annual development conference set for May 18
DEV2022, the Iowa Utility Association’s annual economic development conference, will be held this Wednesday, May…

New flex warehouse coming to southwest Cedar Rapids
A new flex warehouse building under construction along Interstate 380 on the south side of…

Ascent Therapy Group celebrates opening
Ascent Therapy Group held a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 13 to celebrate the opening…
St. Luke’s Hospital offering new prostate cancer imaging agent
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital Imaging/Nuclear Medicine Department is now offering the recent FDA…

Dollar General awards literacy grants to Cedar Rapids organizations
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $10,000 to Cedar Rapids organizations to…
