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Shive-Hattery acquires Houston architecture firm Montgomery Roth

Shive-Hattery has acquired Montgomery Roth Architecture & Interior Design, a 14-person Houston firm specializing in gaming, hospitality and multi-family housing. The acquisition marks Shive-Hattery’s third office in the Southwest, following expansions to Tucson, Arizona, in 2022 and Tempe, Arizona, in…

Iowa City VA to unveil expanded Decorah clinic with ribbon-cutting ceremony

The Iowa City VA Health Care System will host a ribbon-cutting Monday, April 28 on…

The Iowa City VA Medical Center, 601 Highway 6

UPDATED: Longtime Cedar Rapids jeweler Herman Ginsberg dies at 99

Emil Herman Ginsberg, an icon of the Cedar Rapids area jewelry community and a prominent…

Herman Ginsberg portrait

WATCH: Greater Iowa City Business Resource Center supports local business

Greater Iowa City, Inc. (Greater IC) has reaffirmed its commitment to local businesses and entrepreneurs…

Business Resource Center

Jennie Wunderlich: Inspiring local youth to grow and connect

Jennie Wunderlich knows her two strongest passions in life are logistics and youth. She also…

Jennie Wunderlich

Deborah Lindberg Gertsen: ‘Don’t wait for someday…’

Deborah Lindberg Gertsen works in a bank, but she is not a banker. She brings…

Deborah Lindberg Gertsen

UI professor awarded $600K NSF grant to accelerate drug development

A University of Iowa engineering professor is developing advanced computer models aimed at accelerating the…

UI professor of biomedical engineering Michael Schnieders.

Iowa’s labor, unemployment rate steady in March

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment and labor force participation rates held steady in March amid modest…

Iowa Workforce Development office unemployment

Cedar Rapids hospitals warn of potential phone scam

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital and Mercy Medical Center, both in Cedar Rapids, are warning the…

Hospital phone scam

Grain Indemnity Fund assessment to end September

The Iowa Grain Indemnity Fund Board has voted to end assessments on grain sold to…

Grain silos

Field to Family’s online market returns weekly for the season

Field to Family will launch its 2025 weekly Online Market on Sunday, April 20, with…

Field to Family kicks off its Online Market season the week of Earth Day. Pictured: Online Market food drive in September 2023, hosted by CommUnity Crisis Services.

Holiday Inn Express opens new location in Marion

Holiday Inn Express has opened its new location in Marion, developers announced this week. The…

Holiday Inn Express Marion

Ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for completion of Marion’s Central Plaza

The City of Marion has scheduled a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the…

A rendering of Marion's Central Plaza in the summer.

Iowa Leading Indicators Index again up slightly in February

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII) increased to 107.0 in February from 106.7 in January,…

Iowa Leading Indicators Department of Revenue

BHFO to lay off 32 workers in May

BHFO, an online discount designer fashion retailer based in Cedar Rapids, will lay off 32…

BHFO headquarters at 4520 20th Ave SW Cedar Rapids.

Three finalists announced for Grand Impact pitch competition

The Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids has announced that NewBoCo, Trees Forever, and Willis Dady…

Grand Impact