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This is the switchgear for a 16,000-kilowatt standby power plant installed by IEA Power. The company does not identify its customers. CREDIT IEA POWER

This company is helping Iowa businesses meet the energy challenge

As rising demand fueled in large measure by the recent and rapid development of data centers continues to strain the resources of Iowa’s electrical utilities, IEA Power’s business model provides “energy as a service” solutions, offering companies a reliable power…

Broadband’s big moment

Chris Ainesworth, an ImOn Communications OSP construction technician, splices two strands of fiber optic cable…

Finkenauer introduces bill to expand biofuels’ reach

A map showing the more than 2,100 retail locations selling E15 fuel across the nation.…

Frustration returns for bankers in round 2 of PPP

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa banks struggled to get Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans…

Reynolds begins reopening 77 of state’s 99 counties

IMAGE: Gov. Kim Reynolds announces the loosening of some restrictions during her Monday press conference.…

Ag tech startup Rantizo joins COVID-19 fight

A drone spraying seating in a stadium. CREDIT Rantizo   By CBJ News Staff [email protected] …

Feds set to refill loan fund for small business

By Katharine Carlon [email protected] More relief for small business is on the way after the…

ADM idles ethanol production at Cedar Rapids plant

The ADM dry corn milling ethanol plant in southwest Cedar Rapids. CREDIT KCRG-TV9   By…

ADM's Cedar Rapids plant. CREDIT CBJ

Restaurant Association says industry on ‘precipice of collapse’

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The Iowa Restaurant Association has released dire statewide numbers indicating…

Unemployment claims in Iowa still high, but falling

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa Workforce Development reports 27,912 initial unemployment insurance claims were…

EntreFEST going virtual for 2020

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] EntreFEST, June’s two-day conference celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation, has announced…

Amergint reaches deal to buy Raytheon optics business

Raytheon Technologies is developing a wide range of space-based sensors for missile warning. CREDIT RAYTHEON…

Iowa unions want better COVID-19 protection

The Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo. CREDIT KCRG-TV9   By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Unions…

Inside Iowa’s grassroots campaign to produce PPE

Engineered Plastic Components began producing FDA-compliant face shields at its Grinnell facility on April 3…

Raytheon Technologies lifts off with plenty to prove

By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Raytheon Technologies will have some big commitments to live up to…

P&G sees sales jump as consumers stock up

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Sales surged at consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble in…