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Sip at Midtown Reserve wine bar opens in Cedar Rapids

Sip at Midtown Reserve has now opened, adding a new wine-focused venue next to the Midtown Reserve steakhouse. The wine bar, located at 319 Seventh St, SE in Cedar Rapids, offers curated wine flights, small plate pairings and a vine-covered…

Hoover’s Hometown Days celebrates president’s 150th birthday with new ale from Big Grove

This weekend’s annual Hoover’s Hometown Days festival will feature a new presidential ale from Big…

Adam Keune named executive director of Iowa JPEC at University of Iowa

Adam Keune, co-founder of Higher Learning Technologies based in Coralville, has been appointed as the…

Adam Keune, new executive director of the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business.

HACAP acquires Olivet Mission property, expands community services

In a move aimed at bolstering community services, the Hawkeye Area Community Action Program, Inc.…

Olivet Neighborhood Mission building

Five small businesses receive Main Street Iowa Open 4 Business grants

Five small businesses from Main Street Iowa districts received $50,000 in state grants after successfully…

John and Taylor Lillibridge owners of Goldfinch Tap + Eatery in Marion. CREDIT MAIN STREET IOWA

Collins Aerospace awards NewBoCo $100,000 grant to support STEM programs

The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative (NewBoCo) announced on Tuesday that the organization has been awarded…

Young participants work with LEGO-based projects during a CoderDojo held at Wellington Heights Community Church in Cedar Rapids in February. Cedar Rapids-based NewBoCo has been offering a number of learning opportunities, including CoderDojos and Code 101s, in public spaces throughout the community in an effort to make them more accessible. CREDIT NEWBOCO

Greater Iowa City, Johnson County nonprofits launch new Board Leadership Program

Greater Iowa City, the Community Foundation of Johnson County, and United Way of Johnson &…

The Greater Iowa City, Inc. blue banner displays its new logo.

University of Iowa launches new mobile app for students

On Aug. 1, the University of Iowa rolled out a new mobile app designed to…

Icons of mobile apps

The 20 acquires Collabrance, marking ninth MSP acquisition of 2024

The 20, a prominent managed service provider (MSP) growth platform, has announced its acquisition of…

Exterior view of the GreatAmercia building in downtown Cedar Rapids.

Hibu enhances Google Business Profile optimization

Hibu Inc. has announced updates to its digital marketing solutions, which will increase online visibility…

Hibu Cedar Rapids

Kinze Manufacturing to lay off 193 employees

Kinze Manufacturing has announced it will lay off 193 employees, effective Aug. 1. The layoff…

Kinze Manufacturing new 5900 series planter

Stamats sells Meetings Today brand to TPMG

Stamats Communications, Inc. has announced the sale of its group meetings and events media brand,…

Meetings Today logo

Honkamp expands Midwestern presence with acquisition of The Brems Group

Honkamp, P.C., a leading Midwest CPA and business advisory group, is set to expand its…

Honkamp

UI leads $6M NSF-funded initiative to combat severe weather in the Midwest

The University of Iowa has secured a $6 million, four-year grant from the National Science…

A sensor peeks over the top of some corn stalks

Timberline announces retirement, succession plans for CEO Pientok

Timberline Manufacturing, a Marion-based electronics contract manufacturer and local employee-owned company, announced retirement plans July…

Tom Pientok Timberline

Former Collins CEO Kelly Ortberg named new Boeing CEO

Boeing announced July 31 that its board of directors has elected Robert K. “Kelly” Ortberg,…

Kelly Ortberg Rockwell Collins Boeing