Category: News

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Lane Shifts and Ramp Closures Begin May 6 on I-380 Between Raymond and Evansdale in Black Hawk County

 As part of the northbound Interstate 380 reconstruction, traffic will be shifted from the northbound to the southbound lanes in a two-lane, two-way pattern from U.S. 20 (exit 65) near Raymond to the west interchange of I-380 with U.S. 20, U.S. 218 and Iowa 27 (exit 71) near Evansdale beginning Monday morning, May 6, weather

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Disaster Planning Seminar Offered by Hawkeye Community College

Are You Prepared for the Unexpected? Do You Have a Disaster Plan in Place? A large percentage of businesses without a continuity plan fail within three years of an occurred disaster. Don’t let this be you! Learn how to prepare your business for the unexpected. This free seminar will review: • Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

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Upper Iowa University names William Duffy as 22nd president

FAYETTE, Iowa (April 26, 2013) – The Upper Iowa University Board of Trustees has named William R. Duffy II, Ed.D., as the 22nd president of the Fayette-based University. Board Chair Bob Firth and Trustee Bill Cook, chair of the presidential search committee, made the announcement Friday at the end of its regular Board meeting. “We

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Iowa Health System Changing Name to UnityPoint Health

Waterloo, IA—Iowa Health System (IHS), the nation’s fifth largest non-denominational health system, is now UnityPoint Health (www.unitypoint.org). The new name reflects the way its hospitals, physicians and home care entities are transforming health care delivery through patient-centered coordinated care. The new system name also includes the former Iowa Health Physicians & Clinics (now UnityPoint Clinic),

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Dust Optimistic About Cedar Valley Economy – Part 2

View the three part video of Steve Dust, CEO of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber on KWWL’s Steele Report. Click Here.

Dust Optimistic About Cedar Valley Economy – Part 1

View the three part video of Steve Dust, CEO of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, on KWWL’s Steele Report here. Click Here.

Vermeer CEO to speak at UNI

Vermeer CEO to speak at UNI CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Mary Vermeer Andringa, president and CEO of Vermeer Corporation in Pella, Iowa will speak at the University of Northern Iowa at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 11, in the University Room, in Maucker Union. Andringa is part of UNI’s distinguished guest lecture series featuring top corporate

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Keeping track of the bills that impact Cedar Valley business

We have posted the Iowa Chamber Alliance’s bill tracker for the week of March 11, 2013.  This document shows all of the bills under consideration in the current legislative session that are important to business and are being followed by the Alliance.  The Iowa Chamber Alliance is strong partner with the GCVAC in the Legislature;

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Dust comments on Deloitte study of Iowa’s competitiveness

In a recent Courier article Steve Dust, CEO of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber and chairman of the Iowa Chamber Alliance commented on a recent study performed by Deloitte Consulting LLP. The study was commissioned by ICA in hopes to provide the Legislature and policy makers current  information about where Iowa lines up competitively with the study’s benchmark

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