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Van Meter Inc. to buy full ownership stake in Minnesota-based Werner Electric BY BUSINESS RECORD STAFF Tuesday, April 6, 2021 2:52 PM Cedar Rapids-based electrical wholesaler Van Meter Inc. announced its intent to become 100% owner of the parent company of Werner Electric, a Minnesota-based electrical supplier, the Corridor Business Journal reported. Van Meter Inc. is currently a 50% partner in Werner Ventures LLC, the legal entity that owns Werner Electric. It now p...

Community Health Free Clinic opened appointments to anyone struggling to find shot Terry Bryant (left) and his step-mother Thaddy Woods both of Cedar Rapids receive their COVID-19 vaccines from nursing students Michael Riches and Brady Brown, respectively, at the Cedar Rapids Community Health Free Clinic on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette) Nurse practitioner Danielle Moore talks with Cindy Doermann of Tipton after her and her husband Tom receive their COVID-19 vaccines at the ...

Assuming COVID-19 vaccine will be “widely available” this summer, Mount Mercy University this week unveiled plans for “fully in-person operations” by Aug. 1 — reverting to a more normal college experience after hybrid learning this year kept students, at least some of the time, out of class and confined to Zoom screens. In-person plans for the Cedar Rapids-based private university apply to “all work, academic and student operations.” That means residence halls “will operate at ...

Leaders from the public and secondary education and business communities gathered for a virtual IT summit about ways to grow related jobs and interest in the area

Matthew 25 puts tools, hoes and hope in peoples hands Clint Twedt-Ball is executive director of Matthew 25. Photographed at its offices in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) Clint Twedt-Ball is executive director of Matthew 25. Photographed at its offices in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) The Tool Library at Matthew 25 in Cedar Rapids offers a basement workshop for members with large tool...

“If the past year has taught us anything,” Covenant Family Solutions CEO Dr. Jacob Christenson said, “it is that those of us in the mental health field need to be prepared to meet people where they are at — quite literally.” This past month Covenant, a Cedar Rapids-based mental health provider, launched a virtual mental health platform called StrengthenU. “StrengthenU takes virtual care to a new level and we are excited to be on the cutting edge of this much needed service for menta...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Susan Johnston, who grew up as a foster child in Des Moines,...

Stephanie Herzog, a University of Iowa golfer, didn’t mention the UI or golf in her 2019 book of short stories. The 21-year-old accounting major from Minnesota self-published the book on Amazon, setting a print price of $1. Making money wasn’t the goal for Herzog, who wrote her first novel — a clump of stapled papers with terrible spelling — when she was 6. Herzog’s 2019 book, “Bent Perspectives: A Collection of Short Stories,” might have gone under the radar if one of her coache...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Because of the economic hardship faced by many this year, one...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Officials have approved a minimum-wage increase for Mercy Medical Center and MercyCare Community Physicians employees beginning the first of the year. The minimum wage will increase to $15.25 per hour, according to a news release. Eligible employees also will see a 2 percent general wage increase throughout the fiscal year, starting in January. The board of trustees for the Cedar Rapids-based hospital and physician group announced the minimum wage increase on Tuesday, along wit...