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Casey’s, Hy-Vee among local fuel retailers awarded grants for biofuel upgrades

Three Casey’s General Stores in Linn County and three fuel retailers in Johnson County were among 90 Iowa sites awarded state funding to upgrade their ethanol infrastructure. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure…

Zach Bohannon

2024 Forty Under 40: Zach Bohannon

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2024 Forty Under 40: Brittany Barnhart

Kelli Albert

2024 Forty Under 40: Kelli Albert

SBA announces entrepreneurship training funding for service-disabled veterans

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced a new funding opportunity for eligible non-profit organizations, state…

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans Iowa

Iowans create record number of new businesses in FY2022

Secretary of State Paul Pate has announced Iowans have registered the highest number of new…

June real estate sales decrease 12.8%, report finds

June’s real estate sales decreased 12.8%, according to the Housing Trends by the Iowa Association…

Real estate sales

Elevation HomeBuilders earns 2022 Parade of Homes People’s Choice award

Elevation HomeBuilders was chosen as the winner of the 55th Greater Iowa City Area HBA…

Iowa City HBA Parade People's Choice winner

North Liberty wins neighborhood ambassadors partnership award

The City of North Liberty, and the volunteer residents who serve as Neighborhood Ambassadors, will…

North Liberty Liberty Centre

Clickstop expands to South Carolina, underscoring growth

Get customers what they want when they need it.  That’s the rationale Clickstop and CEO…

ADM launches online farming course

Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) has developed an online course, called Shift, for producers to better…

ADM Cedar Rapids

Iowa Technology Leadership Institute applications are open

The Iowa Technology Leadership Institute (ILTI), an initiative of the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI),…

Iowa Technology Leadership Institute

Iowa City Downtown District adding more than 1,100 beds this year

Numerous housing developments underway in and near the Iowa City Downtown District (ICDD) this year…

The Iowa City Downtown District currently has around 2,000 residents living within district boundaries.

University of Iowa welcomes summer cohort of professionals from Africa

Two dozen young entrepreneurs from sub-Saharan Africa are hoping a six-week trip to Eastern Iowa…

Update: The Housing Fellowship agrees to vacant lot price for Student Built House

The city of Iowa City has reached an agreement to sell the vacant lot at…

The former house at 724 Ronalds Street in Iowa City that has since been demolished. The Housing Fellowship is attempting to purchase to the land.

Video: Committee to share findings of Indian Creek master plan study

Creekside Pride, an initiative that surfaced in 2018 through the Marion Chamber-led community visioning process…

Iowa City High School receives donated trailer for vocational trade program

The Iowa City Area Association of REALTORS (ICAAR) donated a trailer to hold construction supplies…

The Iowa City Association of Realtors donated a trailer for Iowa City High School's vocational trade program.

Iowa City hosts 54th Annual Sidewalk Sales this weekend

Downtown Iowa City’s 54th Annual Sidewalk Sales returns this weekend, today-Sunday. More than 30 downtown…

Iowa City sidewalk sales

Goldman Sachs survey: Small business facing unprecedented challenges

Ahead of the largest gathering of small business owners in U.S. history – Goldman Sachs…