Category Archives: economy, business and finance

Occupy Iowa Alliance gets attention, disrupts small businesses

CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowans protesting in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement got the attention of the media, general public, and flustered many business owners and patrons of the Cherry Building Saturday. Occupy supporters from Des Moines, Cedar Falls, Clinton, … Continue reading

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Occupy Cedar Rapids Planning To Protest “Drone” Production

CEDAR RAPIDS – As The Cherry Building in the New Bohemia district of Cedar Rapids sits, basking in the late afternoon December sun, Occupy Cedar Rapids members plan to protest outside the building on Saturday in what the group is calling “The … Continue reading

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Photos and Video: Fire at Freeman Construction

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City leaders offer “Occupy I.C.” protesters a four-month permit:unclear whether the group will accept

Updated 10/20 by Erica Pennington After calling Iowa City’s College Green Park home for nearly two weeks, “Occupy Iowa City” protesters now have a slightly clearer picture of just how long the City of Iowa City is willing to allow … Continue reading

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Corn Harvest 2011

WILLIAMSBURG — The 2011 corn harvest is in full swing in Williamsburg, Iowa. On Sunday morning, the Prizler Farm was busy gathering some corn for their cattle before they started the big harvest. The Farm will produce around 160,000 bushels of corn and … Continue reading

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Russell Gerdin dies at 70; Heartland Express founder considered extraordinary businessman and philanthropist

NORTH LIBERTY – Respected CEO and philanthropist Russell Gerdin has died. According to a news release, Gerdin passed away yesterday evening peacefully and at home with his family, after many years of health struggles. Gerdin founded Heartland with 16 trucks … Continue reading

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Protesters gather to rally for job creation and tax reform in Iowa City

The melody of the 1978 Village People hit “Y.M.C.A.” rang out in Iowa City at 9:00 a.m. Friday morning as protesters sang their rewritten lyrics expressing frustrations about the American job market. “Congress, you must act like a team, because … Continue reading

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Solon City Council Continues Discussing a New Community Center and City Hall

SOLON – At 5:30 p.m. the Solon City Council met at the Solon Public Library, on 320 W. Main Street, to continue the move toward acquiring a property and convert it into the town’s first city hall and community center, … Continue reading

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Bricks loses liquor license; shuts down

Bricks Bar & Grill’s application to renew its liquor license was approved by the Cedar Rapids City Council, denied by the state Alcoholic Beverage Division and the denial was upheld on appeal in a process that played out for almost … Continue reading

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Cedar Rapids office lays off one as Red Cross reorganizes

They aren’t seeing the wholesale office closings and layoffs happening elsewhere across the country, but Eastern Iowa Red Cross chapters are feeling the effects of a national reorganization effort. “It is happening all over the country,” said Angela Jordan, executive … Continue reading

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