Cedar Rapids

Helix Electric to hire 400 workers for Cedar Rapids data center project
Helix Electric Inc., a national electrical contracting firm, announced plans Wednesday to hire 400 workers to support “a new data center construction project in Cedar Rapids.” The company didn’t specify the project, but two major data center projects are currently…
AMPERAGE Marketing & Fundraising announce leadership changes
AMPERAGE Marketing & Fundraising, a multi-service agency with three locations in Iowa and Wisconsin, announces…

Market at the Mount planned Dec. 11
Mount Mercy University’s student Enactus team will host the seventh annual Market at the Mount…

Happy Joe’s near Lindale Mall permanently closed
The Happy Joe’s pizza restaurant at 5070 Lindale Drive NE in Cedar Rapids is permanently…

Dunn Brothers Coffee coming to northeast Cedar Rapids
Dunn Brothers Coffee will be opening its second Corridor location in Cedar Rapids Dec. 15.…

Nordstrom third-quarter earnings below estimates, but overall sales jump sharply
Nordstrom, with operations in southwest Cedar Rapids, reported third-quarter earnings that fell substantially below analysts’…

International Paper receives approval for carbon reduction target
International Paper, with operations in Cedar Rapids, has announced its 35% Greenhouse Gas reduction target…

BAE Systems awarded $316 million contract to deliver hardened military GPS modules
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has executed a $316 million contract option for BAE Systems’…

Hy-Vee to permanently close Collins Road grocery store
Collins Road Hy-Vee, located at 279 Collins Road NE in Cedar Rapids, will permanently close…

The Armstrong legacy continues
It was recently reported that the Esther and Robert Armstrong Charitable Trust, established in 2002,…
Private Wealth names former Wells Fargo leader as CEO
Private Wealth Asset Management has announced Bryan Johnson, a former Wells Fargo Wealth regional managing…

Hunter Companies cancels plans to purchase, redevelop former Transamerica site
Hunter Companies has withdrawn its proposal to purchase and redevelop the former Transamerica site in…

Circle Computer Resources awarded for commitment to veterans
Circle Computer Resources, of Cedar Rapids, was one of four Iowa businesses selected to receive…

QCR Holdings announces acquisition of Guaranty Federal Bancshares
QCR Holdings, a multi-bank holding company that serves the Cedar Rapids and the Quad Cities,…

Subscription-based produce company to deliver in Cedar Rapids
Nebullam Farms is taking its environmentally-conscious, same-day delivery produce business from Ames to Cedar Rapids.…

Cedar Rapids wedding venue, private park sold to new owners
Quint and Jennifer Howell, business owners of A Touch of Class Event Center and Private…






