Cindy Hadish's stories

Customers make their way through the Downtown Farmers Market in Cedar Rapids during opening day in 2025. Iowa’s farmers market season begins in May, with the large-scale downtown market opening on May 30.

As grocery prices climb, Iowa farmers markets try to hold steady

Iowa farmers markets could be a refuge from food inflation, at least in the short term. Surging fuel prices, fertilizer prices that have risen nearly 50% since the war in Iran began and other input costs that affect farmers won’t…

Matthew 25 opens Cultivate Hope Corner Store in Cedar Rapids

Curtis Odom was happy to buy bacon and a dozen eggs during a quick stop…

Queen Anne Victorian home in North Liberty offered for free under one condition

A Queen Anne Victorian that has stood the test of time in North Liberty needs…

Newsmakers: MediRevv acquired by Tegria

AUG 16 Following a four-year investment partnership, MediRevv, a Coralville-based health care revenue cycle management…

Newsmakers: Shopping ahead

MAR 1 With online grocery sales projected to reach $250 billion by 2025, Corridor stores…

Iowa winter farmer’s markets kick off this month

Outdoor farmers markets in Iowa generally end their seasons in October, with indoor markets closely…

Buying the Farm

Kristy and Bob Walker each made a wish list of features to include in the…

End of an era: Czech Village meat market closes

The legacy of a Czech Village meat market isn’t lost on Steven Prochaska, who is…

Restaurant survived pandemic and derecho: Ongoing road construction could end it

More than four years ago, Jess Johnson opened Runt’s Munchies, a diminutive restaurant in a…

Runt's excavator

Frontier Co-op program gives workers a second chance at employment – and life

Alisia Weaver is unsure where she would be without her job at Frontier Co-op. With…

NIH innovation grants propelling Viewpoint Molecular forward

Millions of dollars in federal funding helped leverage private investment in a growing Corridor-based radiopharmaceutical…

MediRevv acquired by Tegria

Following a four-year investment partnership, MediRevv, a Coralville-based healthcare revenue cycle management company, has been…

Breaking barriers

As a Black woman entrepreneur, Ashlee-Symonne Mooney felt her skills were underestimated at times, but…

Reconstructed railroad bridge connects past to new trail in Marion

A bridge that once shouldered cattle cars, passenger trains and more is now taking on…

Gardeners encouraged to share a row with those in need

Gardeners unsure of what to do with their surplus bounty can participate in the Share…

Resurrecting Sinclair: Derecho-damaged Coe building has a Brucemore connection  

Work is underway to restore windows broken and damaged during Iowa’s 2020 derecho at one…

Sinclair Auditorium Coe College