Cedar Rapids

UPDATE: Iowa WARN notice confirms 160 Collins Aerospace workers being laid off in Cedar Rapids
Collins Aerospace had laid off 160 workers from its operations in Cedar Rapids, according to a notice posted Friday on the Iowa Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act website. According to the WARN notification, the workers were notified of…
Mediacom issues $5.7M in credits following derecho
Utility wires stand damaged after the Aug. 10 derecho. CREDIT KCRG By CBJ News Staff…
Mediacom issues $5.7M in credits following derecho
Utility wires stand damaged after the Aug. 10 derecho. CREDIT KCRG By CBJ News Staff…
$51M ‘Banjo Block’ project receives CR’s support
A rendering of the proposed “Banjo block” project in downtown Cedar Rapids. CREDIT City of…

A major Corridor attraction arrives
CBJ Editorial Steve Shriver, the well-known business owner and serial entrepreneur from Cedar Rapids, sagely…
Raytheon Technologies to cut more than 15,000 positions
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Collins Aerospace parent Raytheon Technologies will eliminate more than 15,000…

Collins secures $103M contract for helicopter avionics
The UH-60M helicopter. SOURCE WIKIPEDIA By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Collins Aerospace, a unit of…
Media lessons from the derecho
By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate When you study each generation’s “where were you…
General Mills project sends positive signal
CBJ Editorial An award of tax incentives for General Mills in Cedar Rapids by the…
CR asks businesses to complete storm loss questionnaire
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] In response to the business impacts of the Aug. 10…

Pandemic accelerating touchless tech adoption
A poster at Clean Laundry in Marion promotes Dexter Pay, a mobile app from Dexter…

TrueNorth names Mertz vice president of benefits division
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] TrueNorth announces that Benefits Principal and Practice Leader Kyle Mertz…
Replacing our ‘flyover’ image
CBJ Editorial The derecho that ravaged much of the Corridor, especially Cedar Rapids and Marion,…
Alex Taylor named managing director of ISA
IMAGE: Alex Taylor By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Alex Taylor has been named the new…

General Mills awarded tax credits for CR plant upgrades
The General Mills production facility in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT KCRG-TV9 By CBJ News Staff [email protected]…

Trump pledges federal help as power returns to CR
The heavily damaged MAC health club in southwest Cedar Rapids, shown on the morning of…
