Hibu enhances Google Business Profile optimization
Hibu Inc. has announced updates to its digital marketing solutions, which will increase online visibility for Hibu’s small business clients by adding advanced optimization...
Mount Mercy and St. Ambrose announce historic merger
In a landmark decision, Cedar Rapids’ Mount Mercy University entered into a "strategic combination" agreement with Davenport’s St. Ambrose University on Thursday, Aug. 1....
Kinze Manufacturing to lay off 193 employees
Kinze Manufacturing has announced it will lay off 193 employees, effective Aug. 1.
The layoff announcement was posted July 31 on the Iowa Worker Adjustment...
Corridor Media Group to launch statewide leaders magazine
In 2022, the Corridor Business Journal published its first iteration of Corridor Leaders 250, an annual magazine that featured 250 profiles of the Corridor’s...
Stamats sells Meetings Today brand to TPMG
Stamats Communications, Inc. has announced the sale of its group meetings and events media brand, Meetings Today, to Trade Press Media Group (TPMG).
Headquartered in...
Honkamp expands Midwestern presence with acquisition of The Brems Group
Honkamp, P.C., a leading Midwest CPA and business advisory group, is set to expand its footprint by acquiring a prominent CPA firm in the...
UI leads $6M NSF-funded initiative to combat severe weather in the Midwest
The University of Iowa has secured a $6 million, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to spearhead a multistate initiative aimed at...
Timberline announces retirement, succession plans for CEO Pientok
Timberline Manufacturing, a Marion-based electronics contract manufacturer and local employee-owned company, announced retirement plans July 31 for Tom Pientok, its president and CEO and...
Linn supervisors cast final vote for new wind energy ordinance
Even as the Linn County Board of Supervisors approved the third and final reading July 31 of a revised ordinance governing utility-scale wind energy...
Former Collins CEO Kelly Ortberg named new Boeing CEO
Boeing announced July 31 that its board of directors has elected Robert K. "Kelly" Ortberg, former CEO of Rockwell Collins, as the company's new...