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Iowa Donor Network reports 376 organ transplants in 2025
Iowa Donor Network served 1,604 donor families in 2025, with 124 organ donors and 1,308 tissue donors helping transform lives across the state and beyond, the organization announced in a news release. The year’s donation activity resulted in 376 organs…
Build Iowa’s Future Design Challenge now open to K-12 students
The Iowa Department of Education is holding Build Iowa’s Future Design Challenge, an opportunity for…
NAHB report: Fastest home building activity continues in suburban, exurban communities
Residential construction continued to shift toward the suburbs and lower-cost markets, and the trend is…
Iowa fitness centers now eligible for COVID-19 relief funds
Iowa fitness centers that meet defined requirements may electronically apply for funding from the federal…
Cornell College welcomes largest new class in nearly two decades
404 new students are calling Cornell College home this school year, making it the largest…
Welcoming Week returns to Cedar Rapids Sept. 10-19
In the fall of 2018, the City of Cedar Rapids and key partners, including the…
University of Iowa engineer wins NASA funding to study effects of wildfires
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a scientist from the University of…
Collins Aerospace announces world’s first military Underwater Navigation System
Collins Aerospace has announced the world’s first Military Underwater Navigation System with M-Code (MUNS-M), a…
PepsiCo, Foundation support Hurricane Ida disaster relief
PepsiCo and its philanthropic arm, The PepsiCo Foundation, have announced a commitment of over $500,000…
Iowa Department of Education selects CoderZ for new grant program
The Iowa Department of Education is selecting CoderZ for its Computer Science Curriculum and Professional…
Report: Beauty premium affects income levels
Physically attractive people make more money than perceived less attractive people, a new study from…
IC Area Home Builders Association wins workforce leadership award
The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association’s (HBA) Vocational Training Council (VTC) has been…
RE | Connect collective forms to address racial equity in Eastern Iowa
Members of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Immigrant, Asian, and People of Color populations who lead nonprofit…
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs announce three new grant programs
The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs has announced three new grant programs to spur recovery…
BerganKDV merges with Kansas City-based Miller Haviland Ketter
BerganKDV is merging with fellow professional service firm Miller Haviland Ketter (MHK) in Kansas City,…
Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program to reopen
The U.S. Small Business Administration will begin sending invitations for supplemental awards for the Shuttered…
