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Tickets on sale for 2025 District Dinner on the Bridge
The District: Czech Village & New Bohemia will bring back its Dinner on the Bridge event on Sept. 11, after pausing in 2024 due to construction. The annual event is scheduled to take place on the 16th Avenue Bridge of…
Ready Wireless jumps into IoT market with Ready Fleet
A Ready Fleet screen displays 138 incidents on a company driver’s trip from Chicago to…

Booming Tiffin gets a telecom boost
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Iowa’s fastest-growing city, Tiffin, is getting a long-sought telecommunications upgrade that…

Bringing a soccer tradition from Bosnia
Instructors Haris Hadzalic (left) and Sanel “Sonny” Dzafic work on a drill with students Oscar…

Latinos bienvenidos?
Most Latino business owners in the Corridor say it’s business as usual despite the raging…

You got those jeans at Hy-Vee?
Joe Fresh departments like this one that have begun popping up in Des Moines and…
Performance center planned in CR’s College District
A new sign and new ADA-compliant entrance are part of recent improvements to the historic…

E-commerce makes dust fly at Premier 1 Supplies
Premier 1 Supplies CEO Ben Rothe believes the 45,000-square-foot warehouse addition underway will set the…

Small retailers look to the web warily
Deb Weiser, who owns and operates DKW Art Gallery and Studios in Marion with husband…
Big batch: Raining Rose scales up CR plant
Raining Rose Automation Engineer Steve Giese cuts the ribbon at a ceremony marking the completion…
Is Amazon headed to Iowa City?
Amazon is investing heavily in its national delivery infrastructure to provide faster shipping to Prime…
Real Success with Nate Kaeding: Tim Semelroth
Tim Semelroth, shown with Nate Kaeding following their recent recording session at CBJ Studios in…

(Un)Hired Help: How more diversity can build a better workforce
Iowa’s workforce shortage has underscored the need to hire for diversity with a bright red…

Ahmann takes aim at redevelopment in College District
Plans are being made for redevelopment of the rambling Main Building of the former Terex…
Ahmann takes aim at redevelopment in College District
Plans are being made for redevelopment of the rambling Main Building of the former Terex…

PC Matic makes a non-televised push into Iowa
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Former Gateway Inc. executives at anti-virus software provider PC Matic are…






