IOWA

Longtime state epidemiologist Patricia Quinlisk plans to retire this fall, and she will be replaced by Nebraska counterpart Caitlin Pedati. Business Record 

As a write-in contest, the CBJ’s Best of the Corridor competition typically favors larger companies and firms with name recognition throughout the region, but that hasn’t kept several smaller businesses from making it onto this year’s list. Corridor Business Journal

Felicity Taylor capped her successful high school wrestling career with perhaps her most dominant performance to date. Taylor, a recent graduate of South Winneshiek High School in Calmar, took home first place at the junior women’s freestyle national championships in Fargo, N.D. Iowa City Press-Citizen 

A new massage parlor is coming to the east side of Main Street later this fall. Owner Catherine Christy said her parlor, Transform Massage and Spa, will open Sept. 4 on the ground unit of 130 Main St. Ames Tribune 

NATIONAL

The 60 women on Forbes’ list of richest self-made women entrepreneurs and executives have $71 billion in total net worth. They represent various fields, including cosmetics, technology and food. Forbes