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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…
Survey: Business leaders see strength resilience in regional economy
The state of Iowa released results this week of the annual survey of local industry…

Iowa City Downtown District honors influential women
The Iowa City Downtown District annually celebrates Women’s History Month each March. A Downtown Woman…

Casey’s reports strong increases in total revenue, earnings
Casey’s General Stores reported dramatic increases in total revenue and diluted earnings per share (EPS)…

Initial steps toward new North Liberty downtown approved
The North Liberty City Council approved first consideration Tuesday of a request from Solomon Holdings…

MRA survey: Job turnover at highest rate in a decade
Job turnover increased to 25.4% in 2021, the highest rate it has been in the…
Iverson, Bohnsack installed to NAHB leadership roles at builders’ show
Jay Iverson, the executive vice president of the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Iowa, was…

Iowa Architectural Foundation to lead tour of Sullivan buildings in Cedar Rapids
The Iowa Architectural Foundation (IAF) will lead an in-person tour April 2 of two historic…

NAR blog: Impact of Russia-Ukraine tensions on the U.S. housing market
By Scholastica (Gay) Cororaton Any decline in international real estate transactions will have little direct…

Developer ‘highly encouraged’ after commission opens door to Linn County casino application
UPDATED MARCH 9: In Jonathan Swain’s view, there’s no better time than now for a…

NewBo City Market, Feed Iowa First partner to support immigrant farmers
Starting in May, the NewBo City Market will host weekly farmers’ markets featuring local farmers…

IntelliSee wins top NSCA production innovation award at annual conference
IntelliSee, an AI-powered risk mitigation platform based in Coralville, was named overall winner at the…

Transamerica acquires TAG Resources to boost pooled retirement plan offerings
Transamerica has expanded its pooled retirement plan capabilities with the acquisition of TAG Resources, LLC,…

Whirlpool outlines progress on Net Zero targets as part of sustainability commitment
Whirlpool Corporation issued an update Monday on progress towards achieving Net Zero targets the company…

State committee approves Steindler application for North Liberty ambulatory surgery center
The State Health Facilities Review Committee on Monday unanimously approved Steindler Orthopedic Clinic’s certificate of…

Corridor Companies awarded Iowa Manufacturing 4.0 grants
Nine Corridor manufacturers will be investing in new manufacturing and technology tools to improve their…