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From forge to high-tech auto haven

Instructor Jonathon Pope activates "bugs" he installs into vehicle electronics and assigns students to diagnose the problems. PHOTO DAVE DEWITTE By Dave DeWitte [email protected] When Kirkwood Community...

Making school work

By Katharine Carlon [email protected] School is back in session across much of the Corridor, and with so much instruction taking place online and child care in...

Big Ten reverses decision, fall football will resume

Hawkeye football players taking the field in 2019. CREDIT KCRG-TV9 By CBJ News Staff [email protected] University of Iowa athletics officials are hailing this morning’s Big Ten reversal...

New IowaWORKS app connects job seekers with services

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa Workforce Development has announced the launch of the new IowaWORKS mobile application that expands work search services for Iowans. The mobile...

Iowa Leading Indicators Index shows increase in July

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII), used by state officials to forecast tax revenues, increased 0.1% to 103.3 in July 2020...

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...

Businesses face fall without Hawkeye football

By Katharine Carlon [email protected] Still reeling from the one-two-three blow of a crippling pandemic, a recession and a damaging derecho, battered Johnson County businesses are now...

ECICOG doubles revolving loan fund with $4.25M award

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG) has been awarded $4.25 million for the Business Assistance Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)...

Hotel report shows dire numbers since start of pandemic

CHART: The percent of hotel rooms booked two weeks before Labor Day dropped dramatically from 41% in 2019 to 14% this year. SOURCE: Amadeus  By...

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...

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