Innovation

Wings2Water water quality award

Eastern Iowa Airport director, Wings2Water founder Lenss receives Iowa Water Quality Award

Marty Lenss, director of the Eastern Iowa Airport and founder of Wings2Water, will receive the Individual Impact Award at the 2025 Iowa Watershed Awards for his water quality conservation efforts. The Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance announced Mr. Lenss will be…

Corridor, Quad Cities fall in 2022 Startup City rankings

Rankings from Midwest Startups, a job and news website for startups in the Midwest region,…

Startups, workforce

ICAD launches Youth Entrepreneurship Ambassador Program

One rising senior at Iowa City West High School sees an opportunity to better cultivate…

Himani Laroia, founder of the new Youth Entrepreneurship Ambassador Program, is a rising senior at Iowa City West High School.

NewBo City Market gets $25,000 donation from First Interstate Bank

NewBo City Market in southeast Cedar Rapids has received a $25,000 gift from First Interstate…

First Interstate NewBo Market gift

NASA funding for UI professor to aid next-gen nuclear propulsion

NASA has selected UI professor Xuan Song’s research proposal as one of four Iowa projects…

UI professor Xuan Song works on 3d printing of ceramics and polymers at the CCAD Engineering Research Facility.

Van Meter expands robotics capabilities with three supplier partnerships

Cedar Rapids-based Van Meter announced a new partnership Aug. 9 with robotics supply partners Comau,…

Van Meter

GDIT given prime position on $10 billion medical research contract

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded the…

GDIT

Linn County commission recommends Duane Arnold Solar rezoning

The Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of a renewable energy overlay…

Corridor employers collaborate on health care, workforce solutions

More than 30 Eastern Iowa employers in the Corridor met at TrueNorth Companies headquarters in…

Corridor employees collaborate

Inaugural Iowa Homeownership Incubator applications now open

The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) and the Iowa Association of Realtors (IAR) announced the inaugural…

Iowa Homeownership Incubator

Chemo Care Solutions wins first place at University Pitch Madness

Chemo Care Solutions, a University of Iowa-based small business in the medical device space, won…

Chemo Care Solutions founder Madeleine Humpal-Pash presents at University Pitch Madness in Chicago.

ADM launches online farming course

Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) has developed an online course, called Shift, for producers to better…

ADM Cedar Rapids

Iowa Technology Leadership Institute applications are open

The Iowa Technology Leadership Institute (ILTI), an initiative of the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI),…

Iowa Technology Leadership Institute

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation to host entrepreneurship competition

Reserved for Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IBFF) members aged 18-35, the organization is accepting applications…

General Dynamics supercomputers begin running NOAA forecast models

Experts anticipate new supercomputers, first announced in February with a contract award to General Dynamics…

GDIT

T-Mobile bringing 5G home internet to Iowa

T-Mobile is expanding 5G home internet to 81 cities and towns across five states, including…

T-Mobile 5G Iowa