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Dows Farm construction underway as Corridor’s first agri-community takes shape
The long-awaited and oft-delayed Dows Farm development on the southeast outskirts of Cedar Rapids — designed as the first “agri-community” in the Corridor — is finally going vertical. Chad Pelley of Twenty40 Building Concepts, the lead developer for the Dows…
Tippie Women’s Summit returns in March
Beginning in March, the Tippie College of Business is again hosting the Tippie Women’s Summit.…
Fourth round of Iowa Energy Center grant program now open
The Iowa Economic Development Authority has announced the opening of the fourth round of the…

New Iowa State research project will help aging population in rural Iowa
Rather than nursing homes being the default living option as people age, an Iowa State…

Energage recognizes TrueNorth as a 2022 Top Workplace
TrueNorth Companies has earned a 2022 Top Workplaces USA award from Energage, an organization that…

Whirlpool wins ‘Best Cause-Related Video’ highlighting work in social responsibility
Whirlpool Corporation has been named a winner of the “Best Cause-Related Video” in Ragan Communications’…

Linn County casino group not included in Peninsula Pacific acquisition
Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E), the parent company of the Cedar Rapids Development Group that’s pursuing…

Nebullam Farms to expand into Iowa City, Coralville ahead of schedule
Home to Iowa’s only indoor farms, Nebullam Farms is once again expanding – this time…

EIHC recipient of $500,000 Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation Grant
The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation has awarded a $500,000 System and Capacity Building grant…

JRMC named Top 100 Critical Access Hospital
UnityPoint Health – Jones Regional Medical Center (JRMC) in Anamosa has been recognized as a…

UI benefactor Henry Tippie dies
Henry Tippie, the Belle Plaine farm boy who went on to become a major benefactor…

Daylight Donuts in Iowa City to become Donutland on March 1
A Cedar Rapids-based donut shop is expanding again – this time as part of a…

ICAD quarterly investor council meeting previews development projects
City officials from Iowa City, Coralville, North Liberty, Tiffin and Solon met Feb. 17 to…

Alliant Energy reports increased earnings, income for 2021
Alliant Energy reported annual financial results Thursday for 2021, including substantial increases in adjusted earnings…

UI Health Care’s Brooks Jackson steps down, further reshuffles leadership
Brooks Jackson, the University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the…

UPDATE: Downtown IC high-rise site plan review fails
FEB. 28: The proposed 13-story high-rise at 21 S. Linn St. in Iowa City has…
