The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest ...

Karen Hynes started her 50-year banking career at Citizens State Bank on July 25, 1961, after graduating from Brainerd High School at age 17. The bank was located at the corner of Seventh and Laurel ...