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Hawkeye Downs Speedway to host dirt track events for 100th anniversary
Hawkeye Downs Speedway will return to its dirt track origins this fall with a series of special racing events commemorating the venue’s 100th anniversary. The quarter-mile track operated as a dirt facility from its founding in 1925 until the mid-1980s,…
Return to the office?
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to subside in both case numbers and hospitalizations, many Corridor…
Tips to support anxious employees returning to the office
The COVID-19 omicron wave is receding, so many employers have announced plans to reopen offices…
Welcome to the club
Traditional service groups like Kiwanis and Rotary are not your grandfather’s clubs anymore. Instead, they…
Back to Basix
A couple of days after the grand re-opening of Basix, former owner Andrew “Belle” Harrison…
From computers to smoked meats
Tim Sines worked as a computer systems engineer for more than two decades. But there…
How federal loans altered the manufactured housing landscape
As litigation director for Iowa Legal Aid, Alex Kornya has noticed the trend of large,…
Advocates fight for manufactured housing rights against Havenpark Communities
Candi Evans bought her mobile home with her husband in 1998. The two, hoping to…
Iowa’s unemployment rate declines to 3.5% in February
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in February, the second consecutive 0.2% decrease…
Leaders discuss Corridor’s development, challenges at CBJ symposium
The 2022 CBJ Real Estate Symposium held March 24 brought industry leaders together to review…
CR hospitals adjust visitor guidelines
UnityPoint Health–St. Luke’s Hospital and Mercy Cedar Rapids are adjusting visitor guidelines for hospitalized patients.…
Johnson County votes to increase minimum wage
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors has voted to increase the county’s recommended minimum wage…
SBA continues Boots to Business entrepreneurship training
The U.S. Small Business Administration invites eligible non-profit organizations, state and local government agencies, private…
McGrath confirms purchase of Toyota of Iowa City
UPDATED MARCH 25 McGrath Auto is buying Toyota of Iowa City, general manager Gavin McGrath…
Cedar Rapids, National Gay Pilots Association to host summer fly-in event
Together with the Eastern Iowa Airport (CID), Cedar Rapids Tourism Office and the National Gay…
Four Oaks to receive generous gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, mom, writer and advocate, has made a generous gift to Four Oaks…