Cedar Rapids

BHFO headquarters at 4520 20th Ave SW Cedar Rapids.

BHFO to lay off 32 workers in May

BHFO, an online discount designer fashion retailer based in Cedar Rapids, will lay off 32 workers in May, according to a notice posted to the Iowa WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act website. The BHFO lay off was announced…

Alliant to plant first Iowa community solar ‘garden’ in Cedar Rapids

Expanding on its goal to attain net-zero carbon emissions from energy generation by 2050, Alliant…

Alliant Community Solar Garden site

Knutson Construction reshapes leadership team

Knutson Construction is overhauling its leadership team with Brendan Moore replacing John Curry as president…

Knutson Construction

Kirkwood, TrueNorth give workers better understanding of truck driving as a career

Kirkwood Community College has collaborated with TrueNorth, a Cedar Rapids-based insurance and financial company, on…

trucking

Another $20 million in federal grant money coming to Eastern Iowa Airport

The Eastern Iowa Airport will be receiving another $20.4 million for terminal upgrades under the…

Eastern Iowa Airport terminal grant

T-Mobile bringing 5G home internet to Iowa

T-Mobile is expanding 5G home internet to 81 cities and towns across five states, including…

T-Mobile 5G Iowa

Site work under way for NewBo Lofts housing project

Construction is under way on the NewBo Lofts housing development in southeast Cedar Rapids –…

NewBo Lofts housing development rendering

Cedar Rapids council moves several development projects ahead

Two major projects wrapped up the Cedar Rapids City Council’s discussion Tuesday, June 28 of…

Loftus Lumber project Cedar Rapids IEDA grants

UnityPoint Health Cedar Rapids hosting a walk-in hiring fair

UnityPoint Health in Cedar Rapids is hosting a walk-in hiring fair on Wednesday, July 13…

UnityPoint Health in Cedar Rapids

Former Transamerica site sold in auction

The former Transamerica site in northeast Cedar Rapids has been sold, following a three-day online…

Former Transamerica site sold

King’s Ready-Mix strike resolved

UPDATED: The strike against Cedar Rapids concrete supplier King’s Ready-Mix has been resolved, according to…

King's Ready-Mix

Fed Chicago president: Inflation ‘clearly too high’

Aggressive action is needed to bring surging inflation under control, and that action will likely…

Fed Chicago chairman Charles Evans

Transamerica eliminates 40 more jobs in Iowa

Transamerica Life Insurance is laying off 40 employees in Iowa, according to a Worker Adjustment…

Transamerica

Iowa Economic Development Authority gives final approval for Sub-Zero facility

Updated June 17 The Iowa Economic Development Authority unanimously approved Sub-Zero Group Inc.’s financial incentive…

A photo of a Sub-Zero facility in Arizona that is expected to be a similar style as the proposed Cedar Rapids building.

Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market announces a new route

The Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market will have a new route beginning Saturday, June 18…

Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market 2022 map

Cedar Rapids opens final ARPA funding round

Beginning June 16, the City of Cedar Rapids and Linn County declared businesses are now…

The Linn County Jean Oxley Public Service Center in Cedar Rapids