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The Iowa Board of Regents at their meeting Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Iowa Board of Regents votes to increase universities’ tuition, raise presidents’ wages

Students at Iowa’s public universities will see higher tuition and fees in the 2025-26 academic year following the Iowa Board of Regents’ vote June 12 to approve rate increases across the board. The new rates apply to resident and nonresident…

Solar utility projects seek approval in Johnson County

A solar utility project has its sights set in rural Johnson county, with the potential…

Site of the proposed solar utility project in Lone Tree.

New Starbucks to replace former Cedar Rapids Hardees

A new Starbucks location is set to replace the former Hardees restaurant at the corner…

Starbucks at former Hardees

VIDEO: Ginsberg Jewelers closing after 93 years, four generations of family ownership

Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, one of Iowa’s oldest family-owned jewelers, is closing after 93…

Ginsberg Jewelers

Mercy, Fairfax State Savings Bank announce Giving Tuesday challenge

The Mercy Medical Center Foundation has announced that Fairfax State Savings Bank will be matching…

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza cases confirmed in Jones County

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture…

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed positive cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Taylor and Jones Counties.

Oral-B enters contract to purchase Kirkwood’s Iowa City campus

After 273 days on the market, Kirkwood Community College has announced a buyer for its…

Kirkwood's Iowa City campus, located at 1828 Lower Muscatine Road.

Housing Fund for Linn County offering loans for housing initiatives

The board of directors of the Housing Fund for Linn County is making up to…

Uptown Marion awarded $100K Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) has awarded Uptown Marion – A Main Street Iowa…

$335,000 donation to The History Center endows Oral Histories LIVE! program

Local philanthropist Myron “Mike” Wilson recently donated $335,000 to the Cedar Rapids’ History Center to…

The History Center Cedar Rapids

IWD, SkillBridge partner to help Iowa employers hire service members transitioning out of military life

On Nov. 9, Iowa Workforce Development announced a new partnership to help Iowa businesses expand…

Military family

PinSeekers golf facility ready for business

Commuters on Interstate 380 may be wondering about the mammoth, 200-foot-tall netting that shoots into…

The outdoor driving range at Pinseekers uses Toptracer technology and features 10 Smart Target Greens that illuminate upon impact.

Tom’s New Best Friend: Raina Harmon with UI Women’s Basketball

Meet Tom’s New Best Friend: Raina Harmon, Assistant Coach with the University of Iowa Women’s…

Tom Cilek

Three Iowans receive inaugural Iowa Ambassador of Craft award

Doug Alberhasky, owner of John’s Grocery in Iowa City, is one of three recipients of…

CREDIT IOWA BREWERS GUILD

VIDEO TOUR: Pickle Palace inches closer to completion

The name “Pickle Palace” started as an inside joke. But as the 37,455-square-foot, three-story entertainment…

A view of the construction on the Pickle Palace's indoor courts from the building's second-floor balcony. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

Frontier Co-op investing $210k at Etzel Sugar Grove Farm

Frontier Co-op is investing $210,000 to advance regenerative agriculture at Etzel Sugar Grove Farm over…