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Kirkwood IowaWORKS partnership building

Kirkwood and IowaWORKS to open joint location this week

Kirkwood Community College and IowaWORKS will open a joint location this Friday, Aug. 1, on the college’s main campus. The new partnership, previously announced in April, will offer professional education, and support both current workers and future job seekers, according…

University of Iowa to form Center for Hydrologic Development

The Board of Regents recommended approval June 1 for the University of Iowa to create…

Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory

South Slope provides matching grants to several organizations

North Liberty-based South Slope Cooperative Communications and West Des Moines-based Aureon announced Wednesday, June 1,…

Left to right: Eric Benson (Aureon), Joe Kell (Commander Fairfax American and Park Director) William Wicks (Boy Scout Troop 37), Mark Ekstrom (Fairfax American Legion), Bernie Frieden (Fairfax Mayor), Bre Horstman (South Slope). CREDIT SOUTH SLOPE

2022 Iowa City Area Parade of Homes set for June 4-12

The 55th annual Iowa City Area HBA Parade of Homes, presented by Hills Bank and…

Cookies & Dreams expanding to Ankeny, Chicago suburbs

Cookies & Dreams, a Quad Cities-based cookie store with a store in Coralville, is expanding…

The inside of Cookies & Dreams' Iowa River Landing location.

Despite two-year moratorium, developers unveil plans for Cedar Rapids casino complex

While acknowledging the likelihood that a two-year moratorium on new casino licenses will be enacted,…

A rendering of the proposed Cedar Crossing casino project

Uptown Marion Market opens on new festival street

The Uptown Marion Market season starts on Saturday, June 11 from 8 a.m. to noon…

Hall-Perrine Cancer Center celebrates 10th anniversary, Cancer Survivors Day

Mercy’s Hall-Perrine Cancer Center is marking its 10th anniversary this summer. The Hall-Perrine Cancer Center…

Mercy Medical Center

Cedar Rapids conference speaker: Economic growth rooted locally

As a native of the Chicago suburb of Matteson, Illinois, Dr. Keith Taylor said it…

Dr. Keith Taylor

PepsiCo named to 100 Best Corporate Citizens List

PepsiCo ranked first among food, beverage and tobacco industry companies and second overall on the…

PepsiCo

University of Iowa researchers selected to aid NASA mission

Jun Wang, assistant director of the Iowa Technology Institute, was named the principal investigator for…

Iowa Technology Institute Assistant Director Jun Wang and a team of researchers will collect data to help improve regional air quality monitoring and support public health management. CREDIT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Iowa investing $20 million in Nonprofit Innovation Fund

Governor Kim Reynolds announced a $20 million investment to help nonprofit organizations in Iowa through…

Nonprofit Innovation Fund

Affordable housing crisis: Limited options among issues facing low-income families

The cost of limited affordable housing has dramatically outpaced wages, and local families cannot keep…

Monroe Place Apartments was converted from an elementary school to 19 affordable apartment units in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING NETWORK

Cedar Ridge Distillery receives top honors at Ascot Awards

A selection of whiskeys from Cedar Ridge Distillery received top honors as part of the…

Cedar Ridge

Courage Ride charity bike ride planned for sarcoma cancer research

Courage Ride, an annual charity bike ride benefiting the University of Iowa’s sarcoma cancer research…

Supply, workforce shortages drive up prices, slow down projects

In our new COVID reality, even a rapid economic recovery from a global pandemic has…

Construction of new homes has been delayed due to supply and workforce shortages.