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Some 200 restaurants and bars in Linn and Johnson counties received more than $4 million in state funding through Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Restaurant and Bar Relief Grant Program, an analysis by The Gazette of IEDA data shows.» Scroll down for a searchable list of all Iowa restaurants and bars that received grants and the amounts awarded.

Police arrested an 18-year-old man was arrested last week after he was allegedly observed driving a stolen vehicle and led police on a high-speed chase. According to the Cedar Rapids Police Department, an officer observed a 2006 Pontiac Torrent with no license plates at a stoplight at 2:22 a.m. on March 6 near Interstate 380 on ramp at Glass Road NE.

More than 1 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in Iowa as of Friday afternoon, with 990,459 going to Iowa residents.

IOWA CITY — Without conducting a formal search — despite earlier suggestions it would — the University of Iowa on Friday named another interim administrator to assume a top leadership post on campus: dean of its largest college.

Jamie Henderson tries to be the type of person who shows up big time in her professional work, as a community member and for her family. Henderson manages the Marion branch office of NXT Bank. She has been with the financial institution for 10 years and has worked in a variety of roles, including in operations, with commercial clients and in electronic banking.

Cedar Rapids-based telecommunications equipment supplier CellSite Solutions bought a 22-acre property in southwest Cedar Rapids for its new corporate headquarters, according to a news release from GLD Commercial.

Two Corridor businesses and one association were among 13 recipients of matching grants from the Future Ready Iowa Employer Fund.The three were the New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative and Optimae LifeServices, both in Cedar Rapids, and the Home Builders Association of Iowa City Vocational Training Council.

TODDVILLE — Salamanders are on the move in Iowa, heading back to the ponds and wetlands where they were born so they can spawn. These secretive black or dark gray amphibians with colored spots can travel up to a mile to make it home, guided by magnetic fields, the moon, stars or reflections off the water.

CEDAR RAPIDS — A dispute over a postponed election for leadership of the Wellington Heights Neighborhood Association has resulted in the former president’s ouster, stirring new debates and reviving old ones as residents try to strike a balance between honoring the neighborhood’s history and pushing for a progressive evolution.

Across the country, furniture retailers are reporting months-long delays in every step of the supply chain — from overwhelmed factories to clogged ports — amid surging demand for desks, chairs and sofas during a pandemic that has kept millions of families largely stuck at home for nearly a year.