Innovation

Hiawatha mayor Steve Dodson State of the City

Hiawatha leaders celebrate city’s past, future at State of the City event

Most towns like to claim they’re experiencing dramatic growth, but Hiawatha Mayor Steve Dodson found a humorous way to encapsulate the city’s progress at the annual Hiawatha State of the City address Aug. 19. “When people ask me how Hiawatha…

CRST signs agreement with Optimal Dynamics for artificial decision intelligence system

CRST The Transportation Solution has signed an agreement with Optimal Dynamics to implement the company’s…

CRST Cedar Rapids headquarters

Site work finally under way on Dows Farm ‘agri-community’ project

After a series of procedural delays and setbacks, work on the Dows Farm “Agri-Community” project…

Rendering for Dows Farm

Coe College’s REU site secures $464k National Science Foundation grant for three-year renewal

Coe College’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site has secured a three-year renewal backed by…

Student scientist

New search engine launches for Iowa City area

After moving to Iowa City four years ago, Sam Johnson wanted a way to discover…

Meal POPs mobile app partners with Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival

The restaurant cash voucher app Meal POPs has announced a partnership with the Freedom Festival…

Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival

Act Write Here wins $15,000 first prize at Venture School Statewide Launch Day

Virtual playhouse Act Write Here won first place and a $15,000 prize at the University…

Venture School first-place winner Laney Kraus-Taddeo, founder of Act Write Here.

Terracon named Design Firm of the Year by ENR Midwest

Terracon Consultants Inc., which grew from a single office in Cedar Rapids six decades ago…

Terracon Engineering

Crystal Group, Buena Vista University form educational partnership

Through a new partnership with Buena Vista University, Crystal Group, Inc. is broadening educational benefits…

Crystal Group

EntreFEST: Andre Wright speaks on climate activism, empowering youth

Fashion activist Andre Wright rang in the third and final day of EntreFEST 2024 as…

Andre Wright speaks at Entrefest 2024 at the Olympic Theater in Cedar Rapids on June 14, 2024.

Area leaders travel to Washington, D.C. to seek support for Tower Terrace Road project

This week, representatives of Marion, Cedar Rapids and other area communities traveled to Washington, D.C.,…

Tower Terrace Road Robins Road intersection

Cedar Rapids med clinic aims to break world record for donated shoe collection

His Hands Free Clinic aims to break the world record for most pairs of shoes…

Cedar Rapids council advances projects for proposed Google data center

A pair of initiatives advanced by the Cedar Rapids City Council this week are helping…

Cedar Rapids Google data center location

Fareway partners with Alliant Energy on Boone solar field

Boone-based Fareway Stores is harnessing the power of solar energy with its recent partnership with…

Fareway Solar Field, located at the grocery chain’s distribution center in the Boone Industrial Park.

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

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