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Iowa awards more than $600,000 in dairy innovation grants
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced Wednesday that 11 dairy farms and businesses have received grants to modernize their operations and improve efficiency through the Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grant Program. The program is awarding a total of $614,620…
Camp Courageous, Watts Group to unveil $5 million cabin project
Camp Courageous and Watts Group are set to announce a $5 million camper cabin project…

Mercy adds positioning technology to radiation therapy program
Mercy Medical Center has expanded its cancer treatment capabilities with a new technology that allows…

Corridor Business Journal hiring business reporter
The Corridor Business Journal is the publication that the area’s most influential business leaders and…

Opinion: Iowa’s innovation economy needs this law
An important new piece of legislation that affects Iowa’s startup ecosystem passed the Iowa Legislature…

Real Success: Nate Kaeding bets on a new kind of golf club
Nate Kaeding, the former University of Iowa All-American and NFL All-Pro kicker who has since…

Search for new South of 6 executive director under way after Maurice Davis resignation
The South of 6 Business District is searching for a new executive director following the…

QTS planning temporary power plant for Cedar Rapids data center
QTS is planning to bring a temporary power plant online soon to support testing operations…

The Downtown Dish: Adam Knight, producing artistic director of Riverside Theatre
In this episode of Downtown Dish, hosts Anna Moyers Stone and Charlie Nusser chat about…

Cedar Rapids Marathon Weekend draws double the expected field in first year
All it took was a simple call to Cedar Rapids Tourism and director of sports…

Hall-Perrine Cancer Center, Kernels to host prostate cancer awareness game June 7
Mercy Urology Clinic and Hall-Perrine Cancer Center are partnering with the Cedar Rapids Kernels to…

Iowa Travel Industry Partners announces award winners
Iowa Travel Industry Partners (iTIP), the leading statewide association of the tourism and hospitality industry,…

Robins economic development group names new director
The Robins Economic Development Initiative (REDI) has appointed Ken Paxton as its new economic development…

O’Donnell stresses ‘The Long Run’ in Cedar Rapids State of the City speech
The theme of race-running – anchored by Cedar Rapids hosting its first-ever marathon June 7…

Iowa City firm is cracking the reading code
More than 20 years ago, two researchers in different fields decided to tackle a shared…

Iowa City Transit to temporarily move interchange June 1
Iowa City Transit will move its bus interchange to Court Street between Clinton and Dubuque…






