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Briana and Ean Mills launched Flight Ready in February 2025, striving to provide a seamless car-to-gate-and-back experience at the Eastern Iowa Airport. CREDIT ALEXANDRA OLSEN

Flight Ready Parking promises seamless car-to-gate experience

An educational IT consultant, Briana Mills quickly came to know what to expect from business travel. “Every time it’s the same experience,” said Ms. Mills, 37, of Cedar Rapids. “I was arranging for rides, and if there were delays or…

Cedar Rapids’ Kingston Yard expands north with mixed-use development

With the recent opening of the city-owned Kingston Yard parking ramp and the pending completion…

Joe Ahmann stands on the roof of the Pickle Palace at 101 First Ave. SW, with the north portion of the Kingston Yard development in the background. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

Keep Iowa Beautiful launches refreshed brand identity

Keep Iowa Beautiful has unveiled a refreshed brand identity aimed at better unifying the statewide…

Keep Iowa Beautiful logo

Tip Big Grove Brewery’s new ‘Tigerhawk’ and help the Hawkeyes

The University of Iowa Athletics Department and Big Grove Brewery have announced a new licensing…

Iowa leading indicators inch up in April

Iowa’s leading economic index edged higher in April, though persistent weakness in nonfarm employment continues…

Iowa Department of Revenue

NJCAA volleyball championship partnership extended with Cedar Rapids through 2030

Cedar Rapids will continue to host the NJCAA Division II Volleyball Championship through 2030 after…

NJCAA Division II Volleyball Championship

Whirlpool to cut second shift at Amana plant; ‘fewer than 300’ workers affected

Whirlpool Corporation will cut second-shift production at its Middle Amana manufacturing facility effective July 5,…

Whirlpool plant Middle Amana

DICK’S House of Sport opens in Cedar Rapids, featuring ‘experiential elements’

DICK’S House of Sport will celebrate a grand opening for its new House of Sport…

Dick's The Cage scaled

Officials investigating reports of drones near Eastern Iowa Airport

The Eastern Iowa Airport’s Public Safety Department and federal aviation officials are investigating reports of…

Eastern Iowa Airport

Mi-T-M ePowerStation named 2026 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa

A Peosta-based manufacturer has taken the top prize in this year’s statewide competition celebrating Iowa-made…

Mi-T-M Corporation team

Five Cedar Rapids companies receive SBA loans in May

The U.S. Small Business Administration has released its monthly approval figures for loans in Iowa…

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans Iowa

Iowa Architectural Foundation opens nominations for 2026 Community Enhancement Awards

The Iowa Architectural Foundation is seeking nominations for its 2026 Community Enhancement Awards, an annual…

2026 Choose Iowa Passport driving business to local farms and flavors

The State of Iowa is rolling out a free digital passport that encourages Iowans to…

University of Iowa launching research initiative to study state’s environmental health risks

The University of Iowa is launching a new research initiative July 1 aimed at studying…

Iowa health outcomes

Tri-County Enterprises acquires Community Builders Supply Co.

Cedar Rapids-based exterior contractor Tri-County Enterprises has acquired the assets of Waterloo-based Community Builders Supply…

Google grants $1.7 million for Iowa water stewardship

Google is granting $1.7 million to the Great Outdoors Foundation to support water conservation efforts…

Construction continues at Google’s data center project, near the intersection of 76th Avenue and Edgewood Road SW, Cedar Rapids.