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Daily NewslettersSome Iowa beekeepers make extra money by taking their bees to California for the winter to pollinate almond trees, but that work is literally drying up with the drought on the West Coast.
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Some Iowa beekeepers make extra money by taking their bees to California for the winter to pollinate almond trees, but that work is literally drying up with the drought on the West Coast.
Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids’ largest employer, won a $42 million, 30-month U.S. Air Force contract to develop a so-called very low frequency, or VLF, receiver for its strategic mission capability.
The project involves remodeling the terminal from Gate 4 to Gate 9 and extending the concourse. There also will be more amenities, including an outdoor patio area, more space for mothers and babies and an indoor area where service animals and traveling pets can go to the bathroom.
Winter’s imminent arrival means things are about to get busy at A-Maizing Kustoms, where Lynn Williams helps customers prepare their snowmobiles for the season.
Representatives of multinational ingredients maker Ingredion and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 100G plan to continue meeting next Monday and Tuesday, in hopes of resolving a strike against the Cedar Rapids facility that’s now in its 13th week.
Uptown Marion received a $100,000 Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant for the Davis-Draper Building from the Iowa Economic Development Authority, the district said Thursday.
Hy-Vee will close its more than 285 stores for Thanksgiving Day for the first time in its history, the West Des Moines-based retailer said
The two largest U.S. pharmacy chains announced agreements in principle Wednesday with and a bipartisan group of attorneys general to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced more than $223 million in grants and loans Wednesday to help small and mid-sized meat processing plants expand to help boost competition in the highly concentrated industry.
As more than one speaker noted Tuesday, BAE Systems’ new building in southwest Cedar Rapids marks a “significant milestone” in economic development for Cedar Rapids.
Teamsters Local 238 signed a new three-year agreement with A
Teamsters Local 238 said late Monday its 200 members were preparing for a possible strike beginning today at Archer Daniels Midland facility in Cedar Rapids.
Iowa agriculture officials said Monday that another commercial egg farm in the state has been infected with bird flu, the first commercial farm case identified since April.
