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North Liberty-based Steel Therapeutics secures $2M in strategic investment
Steel Therapeutics, an early-stage pharmaceutical company based in North Liberty, has closed a $2 million financing round to support development of its lead product, the Fizurex wipe. The funding round was led by a group of new strategic investors and…
Collins Aerospace secures $80 million contract to upgrade Black Hawk avionics
Collins Aerospace has been awarded an $80 million contract to upgrade the avionics system of…

Darren Brown named Washington Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year
Darren Brown, founder and director of Tribulation & Trust Ministries and The Lighthouse Center, was…

Washington County Hospital and Clinics receives Business of the Year award
Washington County Hospital and Clinics was named Business of the Year at the Washington County…

Iowa unemployment rate holds steady in January; labor force participation increases
According to data compiled by Iowa Workforce Development (IWD), Iowa’s unemployment rate remained steady at…

Eastern Iowa Adapted Sports Clinic planned March 29
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is hosting its annual Adapted Sports…

Stead Family Children’s Hospital NICU one of only two in U.S. to receive new AAP designation
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at UI Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital is…

Northland Square in Cedar Rapids sold for $17.5 million
The Northland Square shopping center in northeast Cedar Rapids has been sold for $17.5 million.…

Honkamp named among top 10 Midwest firms by Accounting Today
Honkamp, P.C. has been ranked as one of the Midwest’s top accounting firms by Accounting…

Crystal Group to announce industrial workstation tech at Texas conference
Crystal Group, Inc., based in Hiawatha, will introduce its “RE0924 Industrial Workstation” at DISTRIBUTECH 2025,…

Riverside Drive Pancheros reopens with renovations ahead of 25th anniversary
The Riverside Drive Pancheros location in Iowa City has reopened following renovations that began last…

UPDATE: Iowa WARN notice confirms 160 Collins Aerospace workers being laid off in Cedar Rapids
Collins Aerospace had laid off 160 workers from its operations in Cedar Rapids, according to…

True North Restoration named IFA Franchisee of the Year
True North Restoration, which operates locations in Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids, has been recognized…

Development proposals for 21 S. Linn St. in Iowa City narrowed to two after developer merger
Development proposals for a prime downtown Iowa City property have been narrowed to two after…

IOWA 500: Q&A with Denise Jamieson, UI Health Care
This Q&A was originally published in the Corridor Media Group’s inaugural IOWA 500 magazine, which features…

Marion mayor AbouAssaly touts progress in annual ‘State of the City’ address
Marion Mayor Nick AbouAssaly began his annual “State of the City” address Tuesday, March 11…
