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Media lessons from the derecho

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate When you study each generation’s “where were you when” stories, like the JFK assassination or 9/11, you’ll notice...

General Mills project sends positive signal

CBJ Editorial  An award of tax incentives for General Mills in Cedar Rapids by the state’s economic development board on Aug. 21 didn’t attract much...

CR asks businesses to complete storm loss questionnaire

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com In response to the business impacts of the Aug. 10 derecho, the city of Cedar Rapids is asking area businesses to...

Businesses face fall without Hawkeye football

By Katharine Carlon katharine@corridorbusiness.com Still reeling from the one-two-three blow of a crippling pandemic, a recession and a damaging derecho, battered Johnson County businesses are now...

Federal disaster assistance extended to 10 Iowa counties

Homeowners and renters in 10 more Iowa counties may now apply for FEMA Individual Assistance for losses sustained during the derecho. CREDIT KCRG By CBJ...

Replacing our ‘flyover’ image

CBJ Editorial The derecho that ravaged much of the Corridor, especially Cedar Rapids and Marion, has caused much lamentation that the national news neglected this...

MEDCO launches loan program for businesses

By CBJ News Staff newsroom@corridorbusiness.com Marion Economic Development Corp. has partnered with three community banks to launch the Derecho Storm Business Recovery Loan Program. Initial lending partners...

Duane Arnold to stay shuttered following derecho 

An aerial view of the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, with the cooling towers pictured at left. PHOTO NEXTERA  By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Iowa's only...

Project ReConnect aims to bring power back to customers

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com In the wake of the Aug. 10 derecho, a community collaboration has been formed to bring electricity to Alliant Energy customers...

A Big (Ten) loss

CBJ Editorial First came the COVID-19 pandemic, then the destructive derecho storm, and now the loss of the University of Iowa’s fall football season. “The mental...

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