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QTS data center project will put Cedar Rapids on ‘cutting edge,’ leaders say after site tour

The massive QTS data center campus now under construction on the south edge of Cedar Rapids – the largest data center project in the QTS portfolio – will put the city on the “cutting edge” of industrial and technological development…

National Science Foundation awards time management grant to Tippie researcher

The National Science Foundation has granted $257,000 to a Tippie College of Business researcher to…

Yiduo Shao

North Liberty’s new Pizza Ranch combines dining, entertainment

A new restaurant in North Liberty is offering diners more than just pizza and wings…

Diners line up outside Pizza Ranch in North Liberty

UI Health Care reaches halfway point on Emergency Department expansion

The University of Iowa Health Care Emergency Department, one of the busiest in the state,…

Cedar Rapids council approves $348 million bid for Water Pollution Control Facility project

Even as the Cedar Rapids City Council unanimously approved a $348 million bid this week…

Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control Facility

Tata laying off 23 in Hiawatha, will close Hiawatha location

Tata Consultancy Services in Hiawatha is laying off 23 employees in Hiawatha as part of…

Tata Consultancy Services

Horizons CEO Mike Barnhart to retire at end of November

Horizons chief executive officer (CEO) Mike Barnhart has announced his intention to retire, effective Nov.…

Horizons CEO Mike Barnhart

Schroeder named new Uptown Marion Main Street program director

The Marion Chamber of Commerce and Uptown Marion Main Street program have announced the hiring…

Lacey Schroeder Uptown Marion Main Street

Iowa unemployment rate remains at 2.8% for fourth straight month

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.8% in July, unchanged from June and .2% lower…

Iowa Workforce Development office unemployment

Construction set to begin soon on new Kingston Yard parking ramp

Construction of a new 463-space parking ramp in the Kingston Yard development in Cedar Rapids…

Kingston Yard parking ramp

Historic Lighthouse Inn destroyed in fire

The Lighthouse Inn and Supper Club, Cedar Rapids’ oldest restaurant that has hosted several historical…

Lighthouse Inn fire

Kinseth announces AC Hotel by Marriott for Kingston Yard

Kinseth Hospitality announced Tuesday that they will be developing a new AC Hotel by Marriott…

AC Hotel by Marriott Cedar Rapids

Raygun breakdancing at Olympics brings windfall for Iowa’s Raygun

A viral breakdancing performance at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris has proven to be…

Raygun Mike Draper

Iowa’s youth labor law leaves small businesses and teen workers in hot water

An Iowa bill meant to expand employment opportunities has backfired on the businesses it aimed…

Savannah Dixon, 17, reaches for some fried chicken with a pair of tongs. Ms. Dixon has worked at Sugapeach Chicken & Fish Fry for two years. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

Big Grove pours life back into Iowa’s trees with new lager collab

Big Grove Brewery and Marion nonprofit Trees Forever have continued their partnership to launch a…

LocoCR set to provide locally-based food delivery option

Steve Shriver admits the idea for LocoCR, a new local food delivery service set to…

Steve Shriver stands outside of Brewhemia, located at 1202 Third St. in southeast Cedar Rapids. LocoCR