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UI commits $15M in P3 funds to advance cancer care, renovations in FY 2026

The University of Iowa will invest up to $15 million in public-private partnership (P3) funding during fiscal year 2026 to support continued progress on its strategic plan, including faculty hiring and retention, facilities renovation and a new interdisciplinary project. University…

Veridian celebrates Giving Tuesday with nonprofit donations

Veridian Credit Union is celebrating Giving Tuesday with $35,000 in donations to six nonprofit organizations…

Veridian Credit Union Cedar Rapids

Big Grove Brewery opens grant applications on Giving Tuesday

Big Grove Brewery is awarding six grants totaling $48,000 to nonprofits in Polk, Johnson and…

Big Grove Brewery logo

An Iowa first: Novy startup venture studio launches

Launching a startup is nothing new for Eric Engelmann, Krista Martin and David Tominsky. Still,…

David Tominsky Krista Martin Eric Engelmann Novy venture studio

Iowa City’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $20.4 million in economic activity

Downtown Iowa City’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $20.4 million in economic activity in…

Holmes Murphy recognized on Best Places to Work list

Holmes Murphy, an independent insurance brokerage headquartered in Waukee, Iowa, has been recognized as one…

Holmes Murphy

Cedar Rapids dementia forum advances plan to improve life for patients, families

Health care professionals, community advocates, caregivers and individuals living with dementia will gather for the…

DeWulf dementia innovation center

Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce makes its debut

The Iowa LBGTQ Chamber of Commerce made its debut Oct. 18 in Des Moines, becoming…

Iowa LGBTQ chamber of commerce logo

Cedar Rapids vintage clothing store finds a market in Iowa City

A popular Cedar Rapids vintage store has joined forces with Heim, a downtown Iowa City…

Heim, located at 112 E. Washington St. in Iowa City.

Collins Aerospace is continuing its evolution, with an eye on the future

For nearly a century, Collins Aerospace – and its corporate predecessors – has been inexorably…

Collins Aerospace delivered a tailor-made Large Format Display system that will play a key role in the mission of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft. CREDIT LOCKHEED MARTIN

Cedar Rapids council picks HACAP to own, operate The Heights

The Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP) will own and operate The Heights affordable housing…

Colonial building The Heights affordable housing

Cedar Rapids startup FES Solutions receives IEDA loan

A Cedar Rapids-based startup was recently named a recipient of an innovation funding loan from…

Iowa Economic Development Authority

VIDEO: See what’s in store at Big Grove’s Cedar Rapids location

The Big Grove Brewery and Taproom in Cedar Rapids’ Kingston Yard development will be the…

A view of the front entrance of the Big Grove Brewery’s Cedar Rapids taphouse at a recent sunset. CREDIT BIG GROVE

Scholarships help further nonprofit’s musical mission

The drums and horns have long been silent, but an event sponsored by a local…

Southwind Drum & Bugle Corps, of Mobile, Alabama, performs Aug. 4 at Tournament of Drums, held for the first time at Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT CINDY HADISH

Square foot prices more than double inflation in 2022

Median square foot prices for new for-sale single-family detached (SFD) homes started in 2022 increased…

Alliant Energy rate increase hearing set for May 21-24, 2024

A public hearing will be held May 21-24, 2024, to consider Alliant Energy’s request to…

Alliant Energy tower