Innovation

Field Day Brewing Lime Featherweight silver medal

Field Day Brewing wins silver medal at national beer competition

Field Day Brewing earned a silver medal at the 2025 Great American Beer Festival competition for its Lime Featherweight beer. The North Liberty brewery competed against more than 8,500 entries from across the country in the competition hosted by the…

MidWestOne Bank becomes presenting sponsor of Iowa Hawkeye men’s basketball

Iowa City-based MidWestOne Bank has partnered with University of Iowa Athletics as the presenting sponsor…

MidWestOne Bank Iowa Hawkeye men's basketball

NextEra president addresses Duane Arnold nuclear plant’s potential restart

NextEra Energy chairman, president and chief executive officer John Ketchum said this week the company…

Duane Arnold Energy Center

Marion ribbon-cutting to celebrate completion of CeMar Trail Bridge over Marion Boulevard

Marion Chamber ambassadors and community leaders will come together on Wednesday, Oct. 23, for a…

CeMar trail bridge Marion Boulevard

Winners of 2024 Corridor Vegan Chef Challenge announced

The winners have been announced from the month-long Eastern Iowa Corridor Vegan Chef Challenge. Winners…

Full Bowl entree Corridor Vegan Chef Challenge

Marion city council approves six-month extension of limited development moratorium

The City of Marion has extended its development moratorium in key rapidly-growing portions of the…

Marion development moratorium map

Iowa City launches weekly initiative to connect with local developers

In an effort to foster collaboration and support between developers and the city of Iowa…

Iowa City logo

Leaders praise ‘transformational’ new Westside Library at groundbreaking ceremony

As hundreds of community leaders and library officials gathered Oct. 18 for a groundbreaking ceremony…

Dara Schmidt Cedar Rapids westside library groundbreaking

Iowa Economic Development Authority approves innovation funding for FBB Biomed

Last month, the Iowa Economic Development Authority approved a $250,000 Innovation Acceleration Launch Fund loan…

Iowa Economic Development Authority

CRBT donates $100K for new Linn County housing program

Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust (CRBT) has announced that it has donated $100,000 to the…

crbt

UI Health Care and Air Methods to open new AirCare helicopter base in Quad Cities

University of Iowa Health Care, in conjunction with air medical service Air Methods, has announced…

The new AirCare helicopter, a Bell 429, on the helipad at the university campus of UI Health Care on Friday, July 26, 2024.

CBJ symposium highlights challenges, opportunities of AI

It’s hard to consider any trend in today’s business world without acknowledging the impact –…

Jim Chaffee CBJ AI Symposium

Kirkwood’s Benton County Leadership Council discusses local workforce, educational triumphs and challenges

Training the next generation to succeed in the workplace is half the battle, if you…

Kirkwood Benton County Center, 111 W. 3rd St. in Vinton.

NSF awards $600,000 to University of Iowa professor for cutting-edge autonomous vehicle safety research

The National Science Foundation has awarded professor Guanpeng Li of the University of Iowa’s Department…

University of Iowa Department of Computer Science professor Guanpeng Li.

MedBerry wins top prize at University of Iowa’s Startup Games

The 2024-25 edition of the Startup Games, hosted by the University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn…

Members of the MedBerry team pose with the $1,000 check they received for first place at the Startup games Oct. 5.

Board of Regents approve UI Health Care’s acquisition of oncology clinic

The Iowa Board of Regents has approved University of Iowa Health Care’s $280 million asset…

Exterior twilight view of UI Hospitals and Clinics.