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University of Iowa Venture School accepting fall 2025 applications
The University of Iowa’s Venture School is accepting applications for its fall 2025 cohort, which will begin the week of Oct. 6 at locations across the state. The Mason City program will start earlier, on Sept. 4. According to a…
Alliant Energy awards innovation scholarships
A total of 25 students in Iowa and Wisconsin recently received $1,000 Innovation Scholarships from…
EPA awards $2.5 million for Iowa farm water quality projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a $2.5 million award to the Iowa Department…
Proposed Cedar Rapids FedEx facility would bring 481 jobs
A massive new 479,000-square-foot FedEx facility could be coming to Cedar Rapids if the city…
Pancheros names Gale new franchise development director
Pancheros, the Iowa City-based fast-service burrito restaurant chain, has named Joe Gale the company’s new…
UScellular donating hotspots to Boys & Girls Clubs
UScellular is donating 35 wireless hotspots and at least 13 months of service to the…
IPERS board hires two new private credit managers
The Investment Board of the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) has hired two new…
Keene named Tippie College of Business undergraduate dean
Charles Wayne Keene has been named associate dean for undergraduate programs at the University of…
Iowa health department seeks input for assessment survey
The Iowa Department of Public Health is asking for public input for Healthy Iowans 2022-2026:…
NewBoCo teams with Kiva US to launch small biz hub
The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative (NewBoCo) is teaming up with Kiva US to launch a…
Heartlanders to be affiliated with NHL’s Minnesota Wild
The Iowa Heartlanders, the new ECHL hockey team slated to begin play at the Xtream…
The Grill Works a finalist in state competition
The Grill Works, located in Uptown Marion, has been selected as a finalist in the…
Dalton to succeed Sundall as PCI CEO on Jan. 1
Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa, located in Cedar Rapids’ Medical Quarter District, has announced a transition…
2021 list highlights Corridor’s resiliency
For a year in which nearly nothing was normal, the CBJ’s 14th annual Fastest Growing…
Iowa City HBA unveils Lego Parade of Homes winners
Two junior homebuilders, 12-year-old Colin and 9-year old Tyson, swept both categories last week in…
The Chocolate Shop changes hands in Uptown Marion
A mainstay of the Uptown Marion business community has changed hands in a deal announced…
