Mahaska Communication Group, based in Oskaloosa, announced on Aug. 20 that broadband internet service with speeds up to two gigabits per second will soon be available to Newton residents and businesses. MCG’s residential and business customers will also be eligible for television and telephone services. Construction on the underground network…
TrustLayer, a graduate of BrokerTech Ventures’ 2020 accelerator program, announced on Aug. 18 it raised $15.1 million in a Series A funding round. The risk management platform is working to automate the insurance verification process for businesses to save time, reduce administrative costs and correct errors in the previously used…
Alacriti, a financial technology company based in New Jersey, will partner with Iowa-based Veridian Credit Union to enable real-time payments over the Clearing House’s RTP network. Alacriti’s cloud-native program, Cosmos Payment Services, supports Fedwire payments as well as real-time transactions. Using Cosmos will help Veridian simplify operations by allowing access…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a formal safety probe Monday into Tesla’s driver assistance system, Autopilot, after identifying 11 crashes involving Tesla cars and first responder scenes since 2018. The NHTSA reported 17 injuries and one death resulting from the crashes. A 2017 NHTSA investigation into Autopilot concluded…
Facebook announced that U.S. employees will not return to the office until at least January 2022 due to concerns about the coronavirus delta variant. “Data, not dates, is what drives our approach for returning to the office,” Facebook said in a statement. The social media company is the latest among…
From a sales career at Wells Fargo to running a business building life-size Lego statues, Chris Ihle will celebrate his return to Iowa with a live Lego build of George Washington Carver at this year’s Iowa State Fair. He started his company, We Build U, in Iowa in 2018 with…
After its second-ever cancellation in 2020 due to the pandemic, it’s official: The Iowa State Fair is back, starting today. Even better, the typical wad of cash that often accompanies fairgoers can stay at home. The fair announced in July that all food and drink vendors will accept credit and…
The Securities and Exchange Commission green-lighted Nasdaq’s plan Friday to increase diversity among the members of its companies’ boards. Under the proposal, Nasdaq-listed companies need to meet ethnic and gender diversity targets and disclose the makeup of their boards, but it is not a full mandate. Companies can choose not…
Per Mar Security Services will acquire Armor Security, a residential and commercial security and locksmith provider out of Minnesota. The owners of Armor Security, Doug and Margarita Wilson, are retiring and decided to hand over the business to another company. “We chose Per Mar because it is a well-respected, family-owned…
Mason City manufacturer Metalcraft, a provider of property identification solutions, is launching a new arm focusing specifically on custom RFID inlay design, testing and production. The addition of Inlay Innovations is meant to meet demand for custom RFID products. “In a turbulent time for our global partners and RFID customers, we…