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X Marks the Arts’ Free Week brings 50-plus free arts events to downtown Iowa City
X Marks the Arts has announced the schedule and lineup for Free Week 2026, Downtown Iowa City’s Winter Arts & Culture Festival. The seven-day festival will run from Feb. 16 to Feb. 22, featuring more than 50 admission-free events across…
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…
Iowa emergency notification system getting upgrade
Alert Iowa, Iowa’s statewide emergency notification system, is receiving an upgrade that will increase its…
Cargill, Frontline partner on cooking oil management system
Cargill has joined with Frontline International to develop the Kitchen Controller automated oil management system.…
