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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 plans a stock purchase of the remaining business from MacDonald Ventures. The sale is expected to clo...

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 Cedar Rapids Community Health Free Clinic on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette) CEO ...

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 full capacity,” and administrators will assess vaccine adoption rates to determine whether to adju...

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 people's 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 tools such as this band saw. Membership in the Tool Library runs from $48-180 annually depending on inc...