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Eastern Iowa Airport logs seventh straight record month for passengers in July

The Eastern Iowa Airport recorded its seventh consecutive record month for passenger traffic in July, with totals coming in 6% higher than July 2024, the airport announced Aug. 27. Year-to-date passenger traffic is up 9% compared with the same period…

Novy begins development of first portfolio company

Novy, a Cedar Rapids-based health care venture studio, has entered the creation stage of its…

David Tominsky, Eric Engelmann, Sarah Wallace, Jess Greiner, Krista Martin, Novy venture studio

Iowa City nonprofit cinema FilmScene announces purchase of Ped Mall building

FilmScene has partnered with Resilient Sustainable Future for Iowa City (RSFIC) to purchase the historic…

Interior of FilmScene on the Ped Mall, 118 E. College St. in Iowa City.

Ingredion hosts groundbreaking ceremony for $50 million Cedar Rapids expansion

Ingredion leaders and government officials took an opportunity Wednesday, at a groundbreaking ceremony in Cedar…

Ingredion plant manager Patrick Small

Cedar Rapids to host first marathon weekend in 2026

A new running event is coming to Cedar Rapids in 2026, featuring a full Boston-qualifying…

Cedar Rapids marathon

Airport commissioner: ‘We feel blindsided’ by Alliant power plant proposal

The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission and Alliant Energy representatives shared starkly different perspectives Tuesday morning…

Marty Lenss Eastern Iowa Airport

Glide & Go Skate City to launch this winter in Iowa City

A new skating rink will make its debut at the Iowa City Marketplace this winter.…

A rendering of one of the skating rinks at Glide & Go Skate City.

NewBo City Market executive director steps down

NewBo City Market Executive Director Julie Parisi is stepping down after seven years leading the…

Julie Parisi NewBo City Market

The Potters’ Obsession marks 25 years with summer celebration

The Potters’ Obsession, a paint-it-yourself pottery studio, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a four-day…

A wall-length shelving unit teems with pottery waiting to be painted at The Potter's Obsession, 1941 51st St. NE Cedar Rapids.

City of Anamosa in final phase of downtown revitalization efforts

The city of Anamosa lies at the confluence of the Wapsipinicon River and Buffalo Creek,…

A painter on an extension ladder works on a second story building facade in downtown Anamosa on July 8, 2025.

Zeam focuses on ‘life in real time’ streaming

In a way, Jack Perry’s launch of Zeam has been a natural progression of the…

Zeam encoding studio

University of Iowa Health Care to purchase Cedar Rapids medical office

The Iowa Board of Regents Wednesday approved the University of Iowa’s $4.2 million purchase of…

University of Iowa Health Care clinic at 411 10th St. SE in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Kirkwood and IowaWORKS to open joint location this week

Kirkwood Community College and IowaWORKS will open a joint location this Friday, Aug. 1, on…

Kirkwood IowaWORKS partnership building

Real Success: Mike and Nate Dunn with F&M Bank

Mike and Nate Dunn are the father and son duo leading F&M Bank, the local…

Nate Dunn and Mike Dunn with F&M Bank

FedEx to close Dubuque facility, cut staff in Cedar Rapids as part of network overhaul

FedEx will close one facility in Dubuque and reduce staffing at a Cedar Rapids operation…

FedEx delivery van

QTS data center groundbreaking canceled in wake of deadly New York shooting

The groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for this morning at the QTS data center site in southwest…

QTS data center