Business News

Marion-based HVAC contractor Comfort Solutions’s insulation and gutter divisions has been acquired by Kinzler Construction services of Ankeny.

The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor.

In The Gazette’s first round of exploring what the new legislation means to Iowa, we’re focusing on six ways you’ll see changes in energy, climate and farming.

From the retail clothing chain that produced T-shirts proclaiming “Sex, drugs and Rockwell Collins” and the image of a cat on its hind legs holding a ray gun with the line “Pew pew pew” now comes “Davenport: More than just a great sofa.”

Instead of accumulating money to strictly watch your account balances grow, another healthy perspective is to understand how it can support and complement the important things in our lives.

Climate change is redrawing the agricultural map of the United States. As corn becomes less economically viable with changing Midwestern weather patterns, farmers look to a more diverse future.

Three businesses have been selected as finalists for the Race for the Space program, a partnership between the Downtown Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District and Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance.

In the most recent shift in corporate positions, Hy-Vee Tuesday announced Jeremy Gosch as CEO and president of the West Des Moines-based chain’s retail operations, as well as vice chairman of its board of directors.