America's unemployment rate tumbled last month to its lowest point since the pandemic struck, even as employers appeared to slow their hiring — a mixed picture that pointed to a resilient economy that's putting more people to work.
Here is a look at some small business in Corridor and how they’re managing to keep their lights on and be successful.
Gov. Kim Reynolds in June signed a bill that allows Iowa animal feeding operations to exceed confinement capacity if they install an anaerobic digester to treat all manure.
The Ankeny-based Iowa Soybean Association has offered $100,000 to address initial engineering and design modifications necessary to improve the aging infrastructure of Lock and Dam 25 on the Upper Mississippi River.
The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency has executed a $316 million contract option for BAE Systems’ advanced M-Code global positioning system modules, raising the contract funding to $641 million.
Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits rose by less than forecast last week after a plunge tied to seasonal adjustments in the previous period.
One important aspect of developing your cybersecurity program is ensuring there are checks and balances to verify that the work being done is adding value to your business and reducing organizational risk.
Planet Fitness and Kwik Trip — which is branded as Kwik Star in Iowa and Illinois — opened new venues in the Corridor in the past few weeks.
West Des Moines-based retail chain Hy-Vee will permanently close its Collins Road NE grocery store, adjacent to Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids, as of 6 p.m. Jan. 9.
U.S. consumer confidence fell to a nine-month low in November, clipped by rising prices and concern about the coronavirus.
Oil prices, which fell along with stock prices, failed to recover on Monday and could remain low enough to bring consumers relief at gas pumps, AAA says.
Despite assurances from county planning and development staff, the Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended denying a proposed solar farm near Coggon. A final decision will come from the Board of Supervisors.
Her talent for the homemade blanket that became an art form led Megan Bracy to build a studio in the basement of her family’s Marion home. There she stitches the finishing touches to others’ work.
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