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Iowa City Downtown District seeks volunteers for new committees

The Iowa City Downtown District is forming four committees and task forces to guide its strategic work and is seeking applications from downtown property owners, business operators and stakeholders. The committees will support ICDD’s mission to champion a thriving downtown…

MidWestOne to host annual Rock the Chalk event Aug. 8

MidWestOne Financial Group Inc., parent company of MidWestOne Bank, will host the ninth annual Rock…

Sidewalk chalk

FedEx to close Dubuque facility, cut staff in Cedar Rapids as part of network overhaul

FedEx will close one facility in Dubuque and reduce staffing at a Cedar Rapids operation…

FedEx delivery van

Fieldhouse Bar in Iowa City moving to new downtown location

Fieldhouse Bar, a longtime staple in Iowa City’s nightlife scene, is relocating to a new…

The new location for Fieldhouse Bar at 138 S. Clinton St. The space, currently under construction, formerly housed Active Endeavors.

Cedar Rapids bar Hazzard County bringing country vibes – and line dancing – to Iowa City

A popular Cedar Rapids watering hole is expanding to Iowa City, with plans to open…

Hazzard County Iowa City is located at 118 S. Dubuque St. on the Ped Mall. The bar occupies the former site of Fieldhouse Bar and opens Aug. 6.

Hibu named to Selling Power’s 2025 list of ‘60 Best Companies to Sell For’

Hibu Inc., a Cedar Rapids-based provider of digital marketing solutions for U.S. businesses, has earned…

Hibu Cedar Rapids

Inaugural Iowa Supportive Housing Institute celebrates finale of first cycle with presentation of development projects

The Iowa Supportive Housing Institute celebrated the completion of its inaugural cycle on Wednesday, July…

The exterior of a house under construction.

Durham to keynote Hiawatha State of the City event

Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority Director Debi Durham will deliver the keynote…

Hiawatha Iowa sign

Don Hummer Trucking earns elite fleet certification

Don Hummer Trucking has been certified as a Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) Elite Fleet carrier,…

Don Hummer Trucking

GALLERY: University of Iowa researchers celebrate launch of satellites

On July 23, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in…

People watch the TRACERS launch from the Harris Grade Road in Lompoc, California and then celebrate the launch and follow developments on the livestream.

UI Pharmaceuticals partners with MimiVax on brain cancer treatment

UI Pharmaceuticals (UIP), a division of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, has partnered…

Empty test tubes line a tray

Tippie College of Business earns top-10 national ranking for Iowa MBA program

The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business has earned national recognition for its Iowa…

Pappajohn Business Building University of Iowa

Coe launches risk management/insurance concentration

Coe College is adding a risk management/insurance concentration within its Stead Department of Business Administration…

Coe College

University of Iowa hospital technology helps save world’s most premature baby

A combination of advanced technology, standardized protocols and highly specialized care at University of Iowa…

Neonatologist Patrick J. McNamara MB, BCh, visits with Nash Keen and Nash’s parents Mollie and Randall Keen at University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Nash was born in July 2024 as the earliest baby ever born at 21 weeks, 0 days gestation. He has survived with very minimal complications and is home and thriving.

St. Luke’s performs Cedar Rapids’ first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker implant

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has performed Cedar Rapids’ first implant of the AVEIR…

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Electrophysiologist Talha Farid, MD, holds a set of Abbott AVEIR DR dual-chamber leadless pacemaker devices. Implanted into the upper and lower chambers of the heart, these devices communicate and pace the heart without the use of lead wires. Dr. Farid is one of the first cardiologists in Iowa, and the only one in Cedar Rapids, who is trained to implant the AVEIR dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system.

State awards $1.12M for biofuels infrastructure projects across Iowa

The Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program (RFIP) Board has approved more than $1.12 million in…

The green handle of a gas pump is inserted into a car's fuel tank.