Innovation
Grinnell restaurant wins Iowa’s best breaded pork tenderloin contest
Hometown Heroes in Grinnell has been named the winner of the 2025 Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin Contest by the Iowa Pork Producers Association. The downtown Grinnell restaurant at 908 Main St. will receive a $500 cash prize, a plaque…
University of Iowa OPL’s jets offer flight testing for DARPA project
The University of Iowa Operator Performance Lab (OPL), a flight test laboratory that conducts research…
Corridor, Quad Cities fall in 2022 Startup City rankings
Rankings from Midwest Startups, a job and news website for startups in the Midwest region,…
ICAD launches Youth Entrepreneurship Ambassador Program
One rising senior at Iowa City West High School sees an opportunity to better cultivate…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Inaugural Iowa Homeownership Incubator applications now open
The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) and the Iowa Association of Realtors (IAR) announced the inaugural…
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…
ADM launches online farming course
Archer Daniel Midlands (ADM) has developed an online course, called Shift, for producers to better…
Iowa Technology Leadership Institute applications are open
The Iowa Technology Leadership Institute (ILTI), an initiative of the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI),…
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…