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IOWA CITY — After condemning the Iowa City Council last week for their plans to temporarily suspend the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Raneem Hamad has resigned from the commission.

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa has a 79-applicant pool of prospects angling to become its 22nd president, and a 21-member search committee is spending Friday poring over application materials in hopes of whittling the dozens down to a smaller group of semifinalists it will interview early next month.

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent in February, Iowa Workforce Development said Friday.While the number of unemployed Iowans increased from 58,000 in January to 58,300 to February, the number of employed Iowans increased by 3,200. Iowa’s labor force participation rate rose slightly from 65.5 percent to 65.6 percent.

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance said it is working to help find jobs for Toyota Financial Services employees who do not relocate to the company’s out-of-state customer service centers.

The name Wanatee Creek is now official for the creek running through Linn County.Linn County announced the name change on Friday afternoon. The county was notified by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names on Friday that the name-change request was approved and the new name was entered into the Geographic Names Information System, according to a news release.

More than 40,000 children, age 17 and younger, have tested positive for COVID-19 since the coronavirus first reared its ugly head in Iowa last March. According to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health, a total of 40, 008 young people had tested positive for the virus as of 11 a.m. Friday.

Imagine if your workplace sent you to a training program for innovation. Before you go, your boss tells you, “We are going to need to change with the times, so we’re sending you to learn about how.”

CEDAR RAPIDS — For years, NewBoCo’s Intrapreneur Academy has encouraged participants to innovate and embrace change.When the COVID-19 pandemic forced many to shut down, Academy staff realized they’d have to rely on their principles to keep going.

Three years after its founding, Rantizo has outgrown its current Iowa City location.Rantizo, an agricultural drone-spraying company, is moving from its 105 Iowa Ave. office to a new facility close to Highway 1 at the southwestern edge of Iowa City.

If you happen to be one of the many people who follows Shannon Hanson on social media, you know she uses the platforms to spread positive, life-affirming reminders. But it’s not just for social media. Hanson brings her candor and positive attitude to her professional life and as a community advocate.