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Cedar Ridge Distillery marks 20 years with limited anniversary bourbon release

Cedar Ridge Distillery is commemorating its 20th anniversary with the release of its first-ever Anniversary Edition Bourbon, a limited offering that highlights two decades of Iowa whiskey-making influenced by wine country traditions. The new expression, crafted by Master Distiller and…

Wings2Water recognizes Nitrate Watch initiative for public water testing effort

The Nitrate Watch program, which provides free nitrate test kits to the public, has been…

Wings2Water nitrate watch kit

WRH rebrands as Wendler Inc., plans move to Cedar Rapids’ NewBo District

WRH, the heavy civil contractor whose recent work has involved development of Cedar Rapids’ permanent…

Wendler team Kurt Reihmann

University of Iowa Venture School accepting fall 2025 applications

The University of Iowa’s Venture School is accepting applications for its fall 2025 cohort, which…

UI Venture School logo

Eastern Iowa Health Center opens new Cedar Rapids pharmacy

The Eastern Iowa Health Center will celebrate the opening of its new pharmacy with a…

Eastern Iowa Health Center pharmacy

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa launches new financial literacy program

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa has been selected as one of the few JA locations…

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa logo

Can Shed selects Kids First Law Center as third quarter nonprofit partner

Can Shed has named Kids First Law Center as its featured nonprofit partner for the…

Can Shed Hiawatha Iowa

Helix Electric to hire 400 workers for Cedar Rapids data center project

Helix Electric Inc., a national electrical contracting firm, announced plans Wednesday to hire 400 workers…

Data center server racks

Coe College’s aviation program earns Part 141 ground certification

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Coe College’s application to operate the ground portion of…

Big Grove Brewing to host Neighborhood Block Party weekend, boost community grants

Big Grove Brewing will host its annual Neighborhood Block Party weekend Aug. 15-17 at all…

A smiling woman brings a tray of Neighborhood Beer to some women sitting at a picnic table.

Clock House Brewing to assume operations of Iowa Brewing Company

Clock House Brewing will take over operations of Iowa Brewing Company’s Third Street taproom, continuing…

Iowa Brewing Company interior

Brucemore to mark 100 years of Grant Wood Sleeping Porch

Historic Cedar Rapids landmark Brucemore will celebrate the 100th anniversary of one of its most…

Grant Wood's decorative mural gracing Brucemore's sleeping porch is one of the few surviving examples of his interior design work, the nonprofit says.

Theatre Cedar Rapids to celebrate 100th birthday, kick off renovation

Theatre Cedar Rapids will mark its 100th anniversary Aug. 12 with a public celebration and…

TCR

Steindler Surgery Center performs its first anterior hip replacements

North Liberty-based Steindler Surgery Center announced the successful completion of its first three hip replacement…

Steindler Orthopedics exterior

QTS formally announces Cedar Rapids data center in lieu of groundbreaking ceremony

In lieu of a formal groundbreaking ceremony following the deadly July 28 shooting at Blackstone…

QTS data center

NERD STEM Box wins Iowa JPEC Startup Incubator Demo Day

Iowa City innovator and entrepreneur Dasia Taylor and her venture, NERD STEM Box, took first…

University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) Startup Incubator Summer Track Demo Day on Aug. 7. Front and second from left is first-place winner Dasia Taylor of NERD STEM Box.