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Jack Gonder and Curt Heideman

Gonder to retire as Bankers Trust Eastern Iowa market president, Heideman named successor

Bankers Trust announced Friday, Sept. 26, that Eastern Iowa Market President Jack Gonder will retire Jan. 2, 2026, with Senior Vice President Curt Heideman set to succeed him in the role. Mr. Heideman, who currently serves as senior vice president…

Ribbon cutting and open house planned for new UnityPoint clinic in Marion

UnityPoint Clinic– Tower Terrace, 3731 Irish Drive, Marion, is hosting a public open house on…

UnityPoint Marion

Two Corridor centers launch national suicide prevention lifeline

CommUnity Crisis Services and Foundation2 are implementing a national suicide prevention lifeline starting July 16.…

Suicide prevention lifeline

Solar energy complaints on the rise, says Iowa Attorney General

Iowans looking to install solar panels are facing more trouble than ever before. From 2019…

Solar energy

University of Iowa study finds brain network linked to addiction

A study involving University of Iowa Health Care neuroscientists found a brain network associated with…

UI professor Dr. Aaron Boes studies the impact brain lesions has on addiction.

Alliant to plant first Iowa community solar ‘garden’ in Cedar Rapids

Expanding on its goal to attain net-zero carbon emissions from energy generation by 2050, Alliant…

Alliant Community Solar Garden site

Knutson Construction reshapes leadership team

Knutson Construction is overhauling its leadership team with Brendan Moore replacing John Curry as president…

Knutson Construction

Kirkwood, TrueNorth give workers better understanding of truck driving as a career

Kirkwood Community College has collaborated with TrueNorth, a Cedar Rapids-based insurance and financial company, on…

trucking

Standard & Poor’s assigns Mercy “A-” level credit rating

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings has reaffirmed Mercy Medical Center’s “A-” credit rating, according…

Mercy Medical Center

Storey Kenworthy & Workspace accepting grant applications

The Storey Kenworthy & Workspace Foundation for Giving is accepting grant applications from qualified non-profit…

2022 Best of the Corridor

The CBJ is proud to unveil our 17th annual Best of the Corridor list, which…

CBJ Best of the Corridor

Wolf Carbon Solutions seeks public meetings for proposed liquid carbon dioxide pipeline

Wolf Carbon Solutions has requested a series of public informational meetings in five Iowa counties,…

Wolf Carbon pipeline route

Another $20 million in federal grant money coming to Eastern Iowa Airport

The Eastern Iowa Airport will be receiving another $20.4 million for terminal upgrades under the…

Eastern Iowa Airport terminal grant

Historic BetterLife building may get new life as Dunkin’ site

Plans are underway to transform a site in northeast Cedar Rapids where neighbors turned out…

Mid-Year Economic Review panelists address top-of-mind topics

A group of panelists addressed a variety of issues at the Corridor Business Journal’s Mid-Year…

KENT subsidiary Grain Processing Corporation acquires Natural Products Inc.

Grain Processing Corporation (GPC), a member of the Muscatine-based KENT Corporation family of companies, has…

Grain Processing purchase KENT Corporation