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Cornell students use AI to improve financial forecasting tools
Two Cornell College students are using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a more efficient tool for financial forecasting as part of this year’s Cornell Summer Research Institute (CSRI). Jillian Witt, a rising junior, and Liam Borer Seabloom, a rising senior,…
Survey: Americans happy with pandemic home purchases
Despite the frenzied nature of today’s housing market, prompting conversations about buyer’s remorse, more than…
Marion city manager resigning, moving to Washington state
Longtime Marion city manager Lon Pluckhahn has submitted his resignation to the Marion City Council…
University of Iowa startups featured in Science Coalition report
A growing number of Iowa-based companies trace their roots to federally funded University of Iowa…
Spanish, ASL Grow Solar recordings now available
Grow Solar Linn + Johnson Counties’ “Solar Power Hours” recordings are now available online with…
Cornell students finish in top 3 of analytics competition
A team of four Cornell College students received third place in an analytics competition that…
Families Helping Families of Iowa finds a new building
Cedar Rapids-based Families Helping Families says they have found a new building. The group says…
Iowa banks’ net income up by double digits in first quarter
Iowa banks reported a net income of $391 million for the first quarter of 2021,…
Van Meter plans rebranding for Werner Electric
Van Meter Inc. has announced that Werner Electric Ventures LLC, known commercially as Werner Electric,…
Alliant donates to food pantries via My Account signups
More than 150 food pantries in Iowa and Wisconsin, including several in the Corridor, have…
Johnson County reopening offices to public June 1
Johnson County offices and facilities will fully reopen to the public June 1, county officials…
Parisi named NewBo City Market executive director
NewBo City Market has named Julie Parisi as the organization’s new executive director. She began…
Hot housing market shows few signs of cooling off
Iowa real estate activity remained fast-paced last month, eclipsing April 2020 in most categories according…
Study: Iowa renters at high risk of falling off financial cliff
Iowa renters are among the Americans most at risk of crashing off a financial cliff…
Neumann Monson wins AIA Iowa Impact and COTE honors
Neumann Monson Architects earned a pair of awards last month from the American Institutes of…
UPDATED: UIHC reapplies for North Liberty facility
University of Iowa Health Care officials are again requesting permission to build a new $230…