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ICAAR’s Community Outreach members pose with donated school supplies in August 2025. From left: Megan Flewellyn, ICAAR CEO; Kayla Fisher, Jessica Campbell, Sarah Miller and Tracey Molina

ICAAR completes successful school supply drive

The Iowa City Area Association of REALTORS has wrapped up its summer school supplies drive, contributing to United Way of Johnson and Washington Counties’ Ready, Set, School event, which supports more than 1,800 K–12 students in Johnson and Washington counties.…

Crystal Group sponsors University of Iowa student to attend USS Iowa commissioning

Current University of Iowa student and U.S. Navy veteran Thomas Lutz will attend the commissioning…

USS Iowa submarine

IOWA 500: Meet Vic Israni, president and CEO of GreenState Credit Union

This profile was originally published in the Corridor Media Group’s inaugural IOWA 500 magazine, which features…

Vic Israni

EntreFEST returns to Cedar Rapids in June

EntreFEST, Iowa’s premier entrepreneurship and innovation conference, returns June 12-13, offering professionals the opportunity to…

Andre Wright speaks at Entrefest 2024 at the Olympic Theater in Cedar Rapids on June 14, 2024.

Solberg selected for U.S. Chamber leadership program

Barbra Solberg, public policy strategist of the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, has been selected…

Barbra Solberg Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance Chamber leadership

Scheetz appointed as Linn County District 2 supervisor

The Linn County Committee of County Officers on Tuesday, April 1, appointed Sami Scheetz to…

Sami Scheetz

Relion Insurance Solutions acquired by ALKEME

Relion Insurance Solutions, one of Iowa’s largest insurance agencies, has been acquired by ALKEME, a…

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Commercial real estate showing resilience, despite volatile environment

Despite recent federal policy shifts creating a volatile environment, commercial real estate is continuing to…

Symposium keynote speaker Travis Deese, director of Multifamily Research with CBRE.

University of Iowa computer science professors earn NSF CAREER awards

Two assistant professors in the University of Iowa’s Department of Computer Science have received the…

Whirlpool to lay off 650 workers at Amana plant

Whirlpool has announced plans to lay off 650 workers at its Middle Amana location, effective…

Whirlpool plant Middle Amana

Steindler Orthopedics, PACIC form anesthesia partnership

Steindler Orthopedics has announced a formal partnership with Physicians’ Anesthesia Care of Iowa City (PACIC)…

Steindler Orthopedics exterior

ImOn Communications named a 2025 USA TODAY Top Workplace

Cedar Rapids-based ImOn Communications has been named a 2025 USA TODAY Top Workplace, an award…

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Eastern Iowa producers speak out against cancellation of food assistance funding

Operators of several Eastern Iowa small farms and food assistance programs gathered Monday, March 31…

Mari Hunt Wassink Black Earth Produce Iowa food assistance funding

Groundbreaking set April 24 for new AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston Yard

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held April 24 for the new AC Hotel by Marriott…

AC Hotel by Marriott Cedar Rapids

Diversions Tabletop Game Lounge opens in Coralville

Diversions Tabletop Game Lounge is rolling the dice on a brand-new venture, officially opening its…

Diversions Tabletop game Lounge co-owners Sean Finn and Nolan Petersen pose next to a stack of board games.

Iowa ABI quarterly survey: Business maintains strength through economic changes

As Iowa businesses prepare to navigate ongoing economic changes in the second quarter of 2025,…

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