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Alliant Energy Foundation Awards Over $638,000 in Community Grants

The Alliant Energy Foundation announced Thursday it has awarded more than $638,000 in its first Community Grant cycle of the year to support 138 nonprofits and causes across Iowa and Wisconsin. The grants focus on four key areas: community safety…

Lloyd Companies and Hilton Garden Inn Cedar Rapids build beds for kids

A group of Lloyd team members drove from Sioux Falls to Cedar Rapids the weekend…

A team from the Hilton Garden Inn Cedar Rapids built beds for 40 area children in need.

TrueNorth wins American Trucking Associations Image Award

TrueNorth Companies, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, has won a Mike Russell Trucking Image Award from…

TrueNorth

West Bancorporation earnings decline slightly in third quarter

West Bancorporation, the parent company of West Bank, on Oct. 27 reported third-quarter net income…

West Bank Coralville

United Fire Group reports estimates for third quarter 2022 results

United Fire Group, Inc. announced that its third quarter 2022 results include estimated pre-tax catastrophe…

United Fire Group

New age-restricted housing development coming to northeast Cedar Rapids

A new four-story, age-restricted housing development is on its way to a northeast Cedar Rapids…

Cedar Rapids age restricted housing development

Fong’s Pizza closing Cedar Rapids location Nov. 5

Fong’s Pizza is permanently closing its Cedar Rapids location in the NewBo neighborhood Nov. 5.…

Fong's Pizza Cedar Rapids closing

Henderson named economic development manager for Iowa JPEC

Shannon Henderson, who for the past five years has been constituent relations coordinator in the…

SBA recognizes Nick Ford of Top RANK in honor of veterans week

The SBA Iowa District Office will recognize Nick Ford, managing partner of Top RANK LLC…

BioConnect Iowa and InnoVenture Iowa Fund announce $100K challenge

In partnership with BioConnect Iowa, the InnoVenture Iowa Fund, the state’s newest venture capital fund,…

Innoventure iowa

Marion opens Community Impact Award nominations

The Marion Chamber of Commerce and City of Marion have come together to present the…

Plans developing for new west side library in Cedar Rapids

A new west side public library in Cedar Rapids is one step closer to becoming…

Cedar Rapids new west side library

IEDA grants to fund more than $235 million in Cedar Rapids metro projects

The Cedar Rapids metro area projects recently awarded redevelopment grants from the Iowa Economic Development…

Loftus Lumber project Cedar Rapids IEDA grants

Pho House Vietnamese restaurant opening Oct. 29 in The Fountains

The owners of Mai Pho in southwest Cedar Rapids will soon be opening a second…

Pho House Vietnamese opening

ImOn completes second phase of accelerated network expansion in Iowa City

ImOn Communication, LLC, announced on Tuesday, Oct. 25, that an additional 10,200 residential and business…

ImOn

Iowa parks, schools receive water bottle filling stations

Visitors to Tucker Park in Hiawatha now have access to an Elkay water bottle filling…