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Vermeer, Sukup cultivate access to health care for rural employees

Nearly 40% of Iowa’s 3 million people live in a rural area, according to the most recent U.S. Census data. With that comes a variety of oft-reported health care issues, including provider shortages, hospital closures, declining maternity care and difficulty…

Cedar Rapids Tourism selected for 2024 Smart Stars Awards

As part of the 2024 Smart Stars Awards, Media company Smart Meetings selected The Cedar…

Former Stamats building to become new home of AbbeHealth Mental Health Services

AbbeHealth Mental Health Services, an affiliate of UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids, will be consolidating…

Stamats Abbe Community Mental Health

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza crisis spurs request for USDA action

With the latest case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) detected in a herd of…

UI Health Care seeks $74 million OBGYN expansion, renovation

Next week, University of Iowa Health Care will petition the Iowa Board of Regents for…

Andrea Greiner, division director of the maternal-fetal medicine division in the UIHC's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, performs an ultrasound on a patient.

Ignite IC aims to connect young talent to Iowa City community

A free event series sponsored by Greater Iowa City Inc. is seeking to recruit and…

Greater Iowa City Inc. is welcoming summer interns to join Ignite IC and foster connections to the community. workforce

Harbor Freight Tools to open new Cedar Rapids store June 15

Harbor Freight Tools will officially open its new store in Cedar Rapids June 15, company…

Harbor Freight new Cedar Rapids store

Iowa City Downtown District reflects on 2023, looks to future initiatives

Attracting thousands of visitors, improved placemaking, enhancing night-time safety measures and recruiting and retaining local…

Iowa City Downtown District's executive director, Betsy Potter, takes the podium at the Englert Theatre for the 2024 State of the Downtown, June 5.

ABI members applaud Reynolds’ Iowa pro-business reforms

Taking Iowa’s state income tax rate from sixth highest to sixth lowest in the nation…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, center, greets members of the Iowa Association of Business & Industry in the Davenport RiverCenter Great Hall before speaking at ABI’s 2024 Taking Care of Business Conference. CREDIT KENDA BURROWS

Vermeer’s self-propelled baler is Coolest Thing Made in Iowa

The coolest of the cool products manufactured in the Hawkeye State is an innovative piece…

Vermeer Corporation team members pose with their Coolest Thing Made in Iowa trophy during the Iowa Association of Business & Industry (ABI) annual conference in Davenport. Front row, from left, are: Vermeer team members: Kent Thompson, R&D senior engineering manager; Stan Fynaardt, assembler III; Terry Patterson, assembler II; and Mindi Vanden Bosch, vice president of operations. Back row, from left, are: MidWestOne CEO Chip Reese and ABI President Mike Ralston. CREDIT IOWA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Fashion accessory retailer Kendra Scott joins Iowa River Landing

Coralville’s Iowa River Landing (IRL) continues to expand its offerings with the addition of Kendra…

Streetscape view of the Iowa River Landing in Coralville.

Travero holds grand opening of wind turbine blade recycling plant

After over a year in the making, REGEN Fiber’s new Fairfax recycling facility saw its…

The interior of REGEN Fiber's wind turbine blade recycling plant. CREDIT REGEN FIBER

University of Iowa seeks expansion, renovation of Tippie College of Business

The University of Iowa is seeking approval to move forward with expansion and renovation plans…

Pappajohn Business Building University of Iowa

From farm to feast: How Corridor restaurants work with local farms to enhance their menus

The phrase “farm-to-table dining” evokes many images: steaming platters of bacon and greens, freshly collected…

The exterior of Cobble Hill restaurant as seen on May 30, 2024, in Cedar Rapids. farm-to-table dining

Mercy Cedar Rapids to host career fair in partnership with IowaWORKS

Mercy Cedar Rapids is hosting a career fair from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday,…

Plumb Heart Center exterior career fair

‘Coolest Thing’ contest spotlights Iowa’s diverse, creative manufacturing sector

Even Chip Reeves, who heads Iowa’s largest publicly-traded bank and oversees deals every day that…

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