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Kum & Go opens walk-up store in Ames’ Campustown

Ames Tribune: Kum & Go opened a new store in Ames’ Campustown business district today, and the location is the company’s third in a new line of marketplace concepts for the 60-year-old convenience chain. The walk-up, …

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Hy-Vee to offer rapid antigen COVID-19 testing at 47 pharmacy locations

Hy-Vee Inc. announced that it will offer rapid antigen COVID-19 testing at 47 Hy-Vee pharmacy locations, including three Greater Des Moines stores, via an outdoor drive-thru testing process. The first 18 locations will begin testing …

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Pasta water spill reaches Little Four Mile Creek

A plugged wastewater line caused water used to cook pasta to spill into an Altoona company’s parking lot this week, flowing into a tributary and into Little Four Mile Creek. According to a news release …

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IEDA awards $3.6 million in grants for community improvements

The Iowa Economic Development Authority has awarded nearly $3.6 million in Community Development Block Grants for improvements in 10 communities statewide. According to a news release, the grants are for water and sewer infrastructure improvements, …

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Transamerica lays off 53 Cedar Rapids employees

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Transamerica laid off 53 Cedar Rapids employees at the end of November, according to a WARN notice filed with Iowa Workforce Development. A spokesman from Transamerica did not comment on the layoffs. …

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Collins Aerospace to lay off 65 employees in Decorah, Bellevue

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Collins Aerospace will lay off 65 employees in Decorah and Bellevue as of Jan. 2, according to a WARN notice filed with Iowa Workforce Development. The company will eliminate 36 positions in …

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VERBIO forms new company as it prepares for third-quarter opening of Nevada ethanol plant

VERBIO North American Corp. has formed VERBIO Farm Services LLC as it moves toward the opening of its renewable fuel production facility in Nevada. According to a news release, the recent construction of eight large …

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Amazon’s Bondurant fulfillment center opens

Amazon Inc. opened its fulfillment center in Bondurant on Sunday. Photo courtesy of Amazon 

Amazon Inc.’s first Iowa fulfillment center opened Sunday in Bondurant, the behemoth online retailer announced.

“We are thrilled to officially open our …

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Iowa City’s Pear Deck merges with L.A.-based edtech company

Corridor Business Journal: Pear Deck, an educational technology company based in Iowa City offering a web-based application to K-12 schools and teachers, announced a strategic merger with GoGuardian, a Los Angeles-based edtech company. As part of …

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$20.4M in tax credits awarded to Iowa historic preservation projects

The Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded $20.4 million in Historic Preservation Tax Credits to 10 projects. IEDA received 19 applications requesting $36.9 million in tax credits during the November application round; the next registration round …