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Casey’s opens applications for 2025 Innovative Summit
Casey’s General Stores has opened applications for its 2025 Innovative Summit, an annual competition seeking brands with new and unique products for distribution across the retailer’s 2,900 stores. “We received an overwhelming response and were impressed by a range of…
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.…

Grow with Google trains Iowans for high-growth tech jobs
Iowa job seekers now have access to a valuable professional training program designed to prepare…

Iowa State breaking ground on next-generation agricultural markets
Iowa soil is good at growing crops. In fact, it’s probably the best agricultural soil…

Whirlpool wins 2022 Manufacturing Leadership Awards
Whirlpool has been recognized as a winner in the 2022 Manufacturing Leadership Awards for outstanding…

Iowa rolls out new quality rating system for child care providers
Iowa Quality for Kids (IQ4K), a new quality rating system for child care providers, was…

Iowa’s next marketing opportunity
Even before the pandemic, the State of Iowa and the Iowa Economic Development Authority were…
Infant patients have access to new kidney dialysis device
University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is using new technology to provide lifesaving dialysis…