Business Notes for July 20, 2025
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Business Notes for July 20, 2025
The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events. Information and photos can be submitted at https://www.thegazette.com/business-notes/submit/ Tisha Ritter recently joined Hills Bank as treasury management sales officer in its Marion office. Dr. Matthew Soltys, MD, MME at the Iowa City VA Health Care System was awarded the David M. Worthen Award.
New hires
Tisha Ritter recently joined Hills Bank as treasury management sales officer in its Marion office.
Promotions
Community Savings Bank has promoted Rachel Hauck from vice president-lending, to regional vice president-lending.
Kudos
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Dr. Matthew Soltys, MD, MME at the Iowa City VA Health Care System, one of VA’s highest honors for health professions education, the David M. Worthen Award. Soltys has established himself as a leader in health professions education, particularly in quality improvement and patient safety. He has developed groundbreaking training courses, expanded curriculum content on patient safety and leadership, and founded quarterly conferences to enhance patient safety events. Soltys was honored in the Worthen Award’s rising-star category, which recognizes an early career champion of health professions education. (The award also has innovation and career achievement categories.)
Other news
Small Business of the Week: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has announced Groom Curriculum of Palo Alto County in northwest Iowa as her small business of the week. In 2022, Sierra Elbert established Groom Curriculum with the vision of teaching others the intricacies of pet grooming. The nationally accredited small business offers a 10-week program that prepares students to be high-skilled applicants in the industry. By working with 21 community college programs, workforce training organizations, and registered apprenticeship programs, Groom Curriculum promotes safe and professional grooming practices that meet the education standards established by The American Kennel Club. Ernst, chair of the Senate’s Small Business Committee, is naming one exceptional small business of the week in each of Iowa’s counties during this congressional session.
Business Notes for July 20, 2025 — Rachel Hauck, Tisha Ritter, Dr. Matthew Soltys
Rachel Hauck, Community Savings Bank
Tisha Ritter, Hills Bank
Dr. Matthew Soltys, Iowa City VA Health Care System
Source: https://www.thegazette.com/business/business-notes-for-july-20-2025/