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The new location for Fieldhouse Bar at 138 S. Clinton St. The space, currently under construction, formerly housed Active Endeavors.

Fieldhouse Bar in Iowa City moving to new downtown location

Fieldhouse Bar, a longtime staple in Iowa City’s nightlife scene, is relocating to a new downtown location at 138 S. Clinton St. The move marks a new chapter for the 50-year-old bar, which previously operated at 118 S. Dubuque St.…

Eastern Iowa Airport staging an emergency exercise

The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) is holding a full-scale emergency exercise Saturday, Sept. 23. The exercise…

Eastern Iowa Airport passenger

Navy awards Collins, Elbit $16 million for fighter pilot helmets

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division has awarded Collins Elbit Vision Systems (CEVS) –…

Zero-G fighter pilot helmet Collins Aerospace

Kirkwood to dedicate new veterinary building

Kirkwood Community College will hold a ribbon cutting and open house to celebrate the completion…

Kirkwood Community College

Student builders begin affordable housing project in Iowa City’s historic northside neighborhood

An affordable housing project in Iowa City’s historic northside neighborhood is underway, thanks to the…

A rendering of the current construction project at 724 Ronalds St. CREDIT C-Wise Design and Consulting

Johnson Co. Public Health receives Excellence in Action award

The Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) has selected the Johnson County Public Health Jynneos…

SBA awards $300,000 grant to boost Iowa exporting efforts

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded $300,000 to the Iowa Economic Development Authority…

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans Iowa

Hospice House of Mercy dedicates new gazebo on Sept. 13

A newly constructed gazebo at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, located…

Mercy Medical Center

Community Health offering free prostate cancer screening

Community Health Free Clinic, First Light Christian Fellowship and Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids…

Matt Getz named Iowa Heartlanders team president

The Iowa Heartlanders, ECHL affiliate of the Minnesota Wild and Iowa Wild, have named Matt…

Iowa Heartlanders hockey team

Iowa Utilities Board sets public meetings for Alliant Energy’s proposed electric, gas rate increases

The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) has scheduled four public consumer comment meetings for November 2023…

Alliant Energy

Cedar Rapids area company teams gearing up for CycleNation

Dozens of employee teams from leading companies around Cedar Rapids will ride to improve brain…

Cedar Rapids CycleNation

Celebrate Towncrest businesses during Successful Living’s 25th anniversary

The public is invited to celebrate Iowa City’s eastside Towncrest businesses during Successful Living’s 25th anniversary…

Vision to Vitality forum to address workforce, talent retention

The Iowa Business Council (IBC) will hold a Vision to Vitality forum with UnityPoint Health…

Iowa Business Council

Welcoming Week in Cedar Rapids launches this Friday

The annual Welcoming Week celebration begins this Friday in Cedar Rapids, with several inclusive events…

Cedar Rapids Welcoming Week 2023

SBA approves $17.5 million in small business loans in August

For the month of August, the U.S. Small Business Administration backed 30 loans for $17,582,300…

In August, the SBA backed 30 loans for a total of $17,582,300 and 112 new jobs. CREDIT US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION