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Grow Solar program returns to East Central Iowa, offering savings

Homeowners, businesses and farmers in a six-county East Central Iowa region can again access discounted solar installation prices through the return of the Grow Solar program. This group purchase initiative allows individual property owners to pool their buying power for…

Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, SBA Iowa District Office form alliance

The Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, an affiliate of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce…

Dan Jansen, Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce chair, and Dawnelle Conley, SBA deputy district director, sign the strategic alliance memorandum on June 11 in Des Moines.

Iowa unemployment rate holds steady at 2.8% in May

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.8% in May, unchanged from April and the same…

Unemployment rate

Insure Your Future targets next generation of risk management professionals

Approximately 75 Eastern Iowa college students gathered Tuesday at TrueNorth’s Cedar Rapids headquarters, 500 1st…

Leaders: Eastern Iowa Airport success depends on continuing usage

The post-COVID years have seen substantial success at the Eastern Iowa Airport (CID), with ever-increasing…

Marty Lenss State of Your Airport Eastern Iowa Airport

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

Field Day Brewing, Climbing Kites file lawsuit against Iowa over new THC limits

Two Iowa companies, including Field Day Brewing in North Liberty, have filed a lawsuit against…

Field Day Brewing's THC cannabis-infused sparkling beverage, Day Dreamer, makes its debut Feb. 23.

First Chipotle restaurant opens in Coralville

Chipotle Mexican Grill opened its first location in Coralville on Wednesday, June 19.  The new…

Prospect Meadows sports complex to see busiest season yet

The Prospect Meadows sports complex in Marion is on track to have its busiest summer…

St. Luke’s offers free pharmacy delivery to offset Hy-Vee closure

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Pharmacy is now offering free pharmaceutical delivery and mail service…

Hy-Vee First Avenue NE Cedar Rapids

Corda Credit Union to open new location in North Liberty

Corda Credit Union, formerly known as Linn Area Credit Union, is opening a new location…

A rendering of the new Corda Credit Union in North Liberty.

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.

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s named among top 100 community hospitals in the nation

Hospital publication Becker’s Hospital Review has named UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s to this year’s nationwide…

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids.

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

The Downtown Dish: Summer events in Iowa City, with special guest Nancy Bird

On today’s episode: Anna and Charlie go over some of the upcoming summer events in…

The Downtown Dish episode 1

Martin Equipment celebrates groundbreaking for new Cedar Rapids facility

Martin Equipment, a fourth-generation, family-owned John Deere Construction & Forestry dealer, celebrated the groundbreaking of…

Martin Equipment Cedar Rapids groundbreaking