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Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance announces 2026 LFS Executive Class

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance has announced its 2026 Executive Class of Leadership for Five Seasons (LFS). According to a news release, the Executive Class is only offered every other year, and is an exclusive, 9-month program designed for…

OPN Architects opens new office in Minneapolis

OPN Architects, a Cedar Rapids-based design firm started 43 years ago in Eastern Iowa, has…

Real estate tech company STRATAFOLIO selected for REACH Scale-up Program

STRATAFOLIO, a leading provider of commercial real estate management software, has been accepted into the…

Shive-Hattery acquires WSM Architects in Tucson

Cedar Rapids-based Shive-Hattery has acquired WSM Architects, Inc., a 13-person architecture firm in Tucson, Arizona.…

UIHC giving on-site interviews, same-day offers for prospective nurses

Facing a nationwide shortage in nurses, University of Iowa Health Care will host a nurse …

Alliant Energy announces 2022 recipients of “One Million Trees” funds

Alliant Energy has announced that more than 30 Iowa communities are receiving tree planting aid…

South Slope bringing fiber network to rural Oxford

South Slope Cooperative Communications is bringing fiber optic technology to homes and businesses in Oxford.…

South Slope grants

Grow with Google trains Iowans for high-growth tech jobs

Iowa job seekers now have access to a valuable professional training program designed to prepare…

Iowa State breaking ground on next-generation agricultural markets

Iowa soil is good at growing crops. In fact, it’s probably the best agricultural soil…

Whirlpool wins 2022 Manufacturing Leadership Awards

Whirlpool has been recognized as a winner in the 2022 Manufacturing Leadership Awards for outstanding…

Iowa rolls out new quality rating system for child care providers

Iowa Quality for Kids (IQ4K), a new quality rating system for child care providers, was…

Child Care Incentive

Iowa’s next marketing opportunity

Even before the pandemic, the State of Iowa and the Iowa Economic Development Authority were…

Infant patients have access to new kidney dialysis device 

University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is using new technology to provide lifesaving dialysis…

Mercy Auxiliary is hosting Spring Bazaar

The Mercy Auxiliary will host its Spring Bazaar after suspending it for two years due…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

Mental Health Access Center expands hours to include weekends

Linn County has expanded its walk-in hours at the Mental Health Access Center to include…

Web Exclusive: Frank Rolfe says he’s saving mobile home parks. Critics disagree.

On the homepage of the Mobile Home University (MHU) website, a four-minute introduction video gives…