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Iowa Mustangs Unstabled to sponsor Cedar Rapids Dyno Night Meet Aug. 8

Iowa Mustangs Unstabled will sponsor the upcoming Dyno Night Meet in Cedar Rapids, scheduled for Aug. 8 at the Marion Airport. The car-focused community event will begin at 6 p.m. with vehicle staging starting at 5 p.m. Organizers expect more…

Outlets & Marketplace Williamsburg sold to Experimental Holdings

Outlets & Marketplace Williamsburg has been sold to Experimental Holdings, a Cincinnati-based commercial real estate…

Outlets & Marketplace Williamsburg

Downtown District launches Downtown Cedar Rapids Trolley

The Downtown District has announced the launch of the Downtown Cedar Rapids Trolley, a new,…

Downtown Cedar Rapids Trolley

Cedar Rapids theater on the auction block, with no bids so far

The AMC Classic Westdale 12 theater, a longtime fixture in southwest Cedar Rapids, is now…

AMC Theater Cedar Rapids

Cargill to lay off 5% of global workforce

Cargill, the largest privately-held company in the U.S. according to Forbes, is laying off 5%…

Cargill corn plant Cedar Rapids

FBB Biomed partners with Verici Dx to advance research on neurologic diseases

FBB Biomed, headquartered in Coralville, has entered into a Master Services Agreement with Verici Dx…

Iowa Department of Agriculture opens applications for Choose Iowa Value-Added grants

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced the return of the Choose Iowa Value-Added Grant…

Stephanie Getting leans over one of her lavender plants. The lavender takes up 20 of 200 acres at Calyx Creek.

Registration opens for 2025 Corridor Corporate Games

Corridor Corporate Games (CCG), a project of the Iowa Sports Foundation and the Iowa Games,…

Corridor Corporate Games logo

ITC Midwest relocates Cedar Rapids headquarters

ITC Midwest, a regional electric transmission company, has relocated its headquarters to a newly renovated…

ITC Midwest new Cedar Rapids facility

Construction begins on new B-Bop’s in Cedar Rapids; more on the way

Construction has begun on a new B-Bop’s location in northeast Cedar Rapids, company officials have…

B-Bop's newest store

24 Iowa food supply chain projects receive millions in grant funding

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced it is channeling more than $5.2…

A worker with Grimm Family Farm plants potatoes in April 2020. The business is the only supplier of dry beans in Iowa and is one of several businesses to receive a USDA RFI grant.

CCR Media partners with NCTC to provide local TV channel access nationwide

CCR Media, based in Cedar Rapids, and the National Content and Technology Cooperative (NCTC) have…

University of Iowa earns gold rating for sustainability efforts

The University of Iowa has been recognized for its sustainability initiatives, earning a gold rating…

Students walk past Jessup Hall on the Pentacrest on a fall afternoon.

University of Iowa engineering leverages P3 seed funding to secure $9.4 Million in NASA grants

The University of Iowa’s P3 grant program is reshaping Earth observation research within its College…

View of cloud formations on earth taken from space

University of Iowa Innovation Challenge awards $75,000 to entrepreneurs

The University of Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) awarded $75,000 to winners of…

Competitors in the Iowa JPEC Innovation Challenge converged at MERGE in Iowa City Nov. 20 for the awards ceremony.

Hibu recognized as Microsoft Advertising’s 2024 Channel Partner of the Year

Hibu Inc., provider of digital marketing solutions to local businesses across the United States, has…

Hibu Cedar Rapids