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Benefit concert at Iowa City brewery to support Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity home repair program

Iowa City rock band HomeBrewed, in collaboration with Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity, will host a fundraising event Dec. 14 at ReUnion Brewery benefiting the nonprofit’s Helping Hands home repair program. “HomeBrewed, Home Renewed” begins at 5 p.m. at the…

Marion Economic Development Corporation announces new leaders

The Marion Economic Development Corporation (MEDCO) announced a leadership transition within its board of directors…

Center Point family honored with Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award

The Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Naig, presented the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to…

The Ditch Family of Center Point was honored with the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor at the 2025 Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines. Front left to right: Bob Quinn (Host of The Big Show), Matt Ditch, Joshua Ditch, and Victoria Ditch. Back left to right: AJ Ditch, Ken Ditch, Becky Ditch, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, Brian Waddingham (Executive Director of the Coalition to Support Iowa Farmers), and Pat McGonegle (Chief Executive Officer of the Iowa Pork Producers Association).

Iowa REALTORS 2024 year-end housing market report shows optimism amidst continued adjustments

Iowa REALTORS, the state’s largest real estate professional organization, has released its December and year-end…

Iowa REALTORS 2024 year-end report

St. Luke’s celebrates new vascular, interventional radiology labs

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has reached a significant milestone with the completion of…

St. Luke's Interventional Radiology ribbon cutting

Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week participants announced

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance has announce the restaurants selected to participate in the…

Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week

Hy-Vee replacing Wahlburgers with Market Grille locations

Hy-Vee will transition all its in-store restaurant locations across the Midwest from Wahlburgers back to…

Wahlburgers at Hy-Vee

Cedar Rapids casino could generate $2.25 billion in economic impact after 10 years

Decision Innovation Solutions (DIS), an Urbandale-based economic research and analysis firm, has released an economic…

Cedar Crossing casino new rendering

IEDA Board approves grants for UI biomanufacturing facility, other Corridor projects

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board has approved awards for two manufacturers, two startups…

Iowa Economic Development Authority

Crystal Group to debut two new technologies at San Diego conference

Crystal Group, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of rugged computing solutions in Hiawatha, has announced…

Crystal Group

Mercy Medical Center partners with Texas-based virtual care solutions provider 

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has entered into a new business agreement with CareView…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Stock Market Challenge returns for sixth year

The sixth annual Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge is set for April 24 at the…

Students from Anamosa High School were the 2024 winners of JA's Stock Market Challenge.

Common Sense Institute Iowa taps Lisa Feuerbach as executive director

Common Sense Institute Iowa has a new executive director, the organization announced Friday. Lisa Feuerbach’s…

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Pizza World in Cedar Rapids to move to the Fountains; Voodoo Brewing to debut at same time

Pizza World in Cedar Rapids has found a new home for its restaurant and its…

Pizza World Voodoo Brewing new location

Anne Dugger named executive director of Catherine McAuley Center

A new executive director is at the helm of the Catherine McAuley Center. The board…

A new executive director is at the helm of the Catherine McAuley Center. CREDIT CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER

The Wedge Pizzeria moves back to downtown Iowa City 

The Wedge Pizzeria, which originally opened in 1999, has announced its return to downtown Iowa…