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Coe College launches online business administration degree

Coe College will offer its first online degree this fall, introducing a bachelor of arts in business administration with a concentration in strategic leadership, the college announced this week. The degree, offered through the Stead Department of Business Administration and…

Defense contractor selects Crystal Group to provide radar servers for Army

Crystal Group, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of rugged high-performance edge computing solutions, has secured…

Crystal Group military radar servers

Study: Hiawatha could support full-service hotel

Hiawatha provides a solid and feasible market for a potential full-service hotel, according to a…

Hiawatha City Hall

Farm & Home Mutual Insurance celebrates 150 years in Washington

There’s no real secret why the Farm & Home Mutual Insurance Association in Washington has…

Suzanne Wood Farm & Home Mutual

Cedar Rapids wins SBA award as Iowa Small Business Community of the Year

The Iowa district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has named the City…

Cedar Rapids city hall

Real Estate Showcase to feature commercial opportunities in Uptown Marion

Uptown Marion will be hosting the Uptown Real Estate Showcase event Thursday, May 2, designed…

Uptown Marion

Matteson named new Linn County sustainability director

Cara Matteson has been named Linn County’s new sustainability director, county officials announced April 29.…

The Linn County Jean Oxley Public Service Center in Cedar Rapids

CSI releases Iowa Housing Competitiveness Index

Common Sense Institute (CSI) Iowa has released a new study providing a snapshot of the…

Kristin Strohm Common Sense Iowa

Blue Lagoon Pool and Spa celebrates move to Hiawatha

The Hiawatha Economic Development Corporation (HEDCO) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 18 to welcome Blue…

Blue Lagoon Pool and Spa ribbon cutting

Iowa unemployment rate decreases to 2.9% in March

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 2.9% in March, down from a revised February…

IowaWORKS Mobile Workforce Center

Coe College announces Iowa Ready Initiative

Amid a host of starts and stops by the U.S. Department of Education’s rollout of…

Coe College Sinclair Auditorium

Three Iowa entrepreneurs win top awards in Venture School competitions

SteerClear Mirrors, the AgriNet and Act Write Here were first-place winners when three Venture School…

Venture School winners Iowa

Marion wins Tree City USA Growth Award

The City of Marion recently received the 2023 Tree City USA Growth Award at the…

Marion Tree City USA Growth Award

Marion issues call for artists for Central Plaza sculpture

The City of Marion has opened a call for artists to design a signature sculpture…

Marion Central Plaza rendering 2

Marion hotel-motel grant applications now available

The City of Marion is now accepting hotel-motel grant applications from non-profit organizations for any…

City of Marion

Marion mayor: Central Plaza is ‘crowning jewel’ of recent improvement projects

The March 28 groundbreaking ceremony for the Central Plaza project in City Square Park represents…

Marion Central Plaza rendering