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Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation announces summer 2025 grant cycle
The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation has announced its summer grant cycle for 2025 for local charitable nonprofits. Grant applications will be accepted through Friday, June 27 at 4:30 p.m. According to a release, the Community Foundation accepts applications from…
Cornell students finish in top 3 of analytics competition
A team of four Cornell College students received third place in an analytics competition that…
Families Helping Families of Iowa finds a new building
Cedar Rapids-based Families Helping Families says they have found a new building. The group says…
Iowa banks’ net income up by double digits in first quarter
Iowa banks reported a net income of $391 million for the first quarter of 2021,…
Beating the market: UI’s student-managed Henry Fund wins national kudos
Some of the nation’s savviest investors reside right here in the Corridor. In fact, they’re…
Van Meter plans rebranding for Werner Electric
Van Meter Inc. has announced that Werner Electric Ventures LLC, known commercially as Werner Electric,…
Alliant donates to food pantries via My Account signups
More than 150 food pantries in Iowa and Wisconsin, including several in the Corridor, have…
Johnson County reopening offices to public June 1
Johnson County offices and facilities will fully reopen to the public June 1, county officials…
Cedar Ridge launches commemorative Fourth of July bourbon label
Cedar Ridge will release a commemorative label on its No. 1 selling Iowa bourbon whiskey…
Parisi named NewBo City Market executive director
NewBo City Market has named Julie Parisi as the organization’s new executive director. She began…
Branstad discusses trade agreement with China
At the CBJ’s first China & Trade Symposium held May 26 at the DoubleTree by…
Hot housing market shows few signs of cooling off
Iowa real estate activity remained fast-paced last month, eclipsing April 2020 in most categories according…
Area residents decry NextEra solar farm proposal near Palo
NextEra Energy’s proposed plan to build a large-scale solar farm at and around the now-shuttered…
Study: Iowa renters at high risk of falling off financial cliff
Iowa renters are among the Americans most at risk of crashing off a financial cliff…
Neumann Monson wins AIA Iowa Impact and COTE honors
Neumann Monson Architects earned a pair of awards last month from the American Institutes of…
UPDATED: UIHC reapplies for North Liberty facility
University of Iowa Health Care officials are again requesting permission to build a new $230…