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Age On to host brain health and exercise orientation for older adults

Age On, a fitness community focused on older adults, will host a special educational event on the connection between exercise and brain health on Monday, April 1, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Versa Fitness, 100 Windflower Ln, Solon. The…

NAHB: Housing affordability declines again, but turning point ahead

Mirroring a steep rise in mortgage rates that began in the early part of 2022…

Home sales

Forbes Home study: Iowans spend eighth lowest income percentage on rent

New research from Forbes Home has found the states that are spending the least percentage…

Forbes Home rent income

Think Iowa City Restaurant Week introduces passport, food drive

Think Iowa City’s 2023 Restaurant Week is shifting back to its roots, after pandemic changes…

Leadership Iowa opens nominations for 2023-24 class

The deadline to nominate Iowans for Leadership Iowa’s 2023-24 class is April 1.  Nominations are…

UI flight expert briefs DARPA on AI in aerial combat

Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) director and University of Iowa industrial engineering professor Tom “Mach” Schnell…

The Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) is working with DARPA to improve AI capabilities in aeria combat. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

GoDaddy confirms 35 layoffs in Hiawatha

GoDaddy has confirmed that 35 employees will be laid off from its Hiawatha operation. The…

GoDaddy Hiawatha

Coe College receives Prison Learning Initiative grant

Coe College in Cedar Rapids has received an Associated Colleges of the Midwest grant to…

Kirkwood terminates programs, reduces faculty and staff

Kirkwood Community College announced Feb. 13 it is closing or modifing three programs and is…

Students listen to a professor's lecture at Kirkwood Community College. CREDIT KIRKWOOD

UI researcher wins global biomedical science prize

University of Iowa researcher Dr. Michael Welsh will receive the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences…

Michael Welsh, pictured in 2022, has researched mechanisms and treatment of cystic fibrosis for decades. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Integrated DNA Technologies debuts collab network

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has launched the Collab Network Program, an inaugural program between next…

IDT has launched the Collab Network Program to ramp up scientific discovery. CREDIT IDT

ADM takes steps to protect South American ecosystems

Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) company, recently named a best-managed company in the U.S. by the Wall Street…

ADM's Cedar Rapids plant. CREDIT CBJ

Johnson County supervisor to open soul food restaurant

Johnson County Board of Supervisors Chair Royceann Porter is opening a soul food restaurant. According…

Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week brings back specialty menus

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is bringing back popular, exclusive features during its 2023…

Medtech companies merge to form Perspective Therapeutics

Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting has formally merged with Isoray Inc. out of Richland, Washington to…

Perspective Therapeutics has formed following a merger between Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting and Isoray Inc. in Washington. CREDIT PERSPECTIVE THERAPEUTICS

Design & Construction Week attracts record-breaking attendance

Over 200,000 housing and design professionals flocked to Las Vegas for the 10th annual Design…