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Goolsbee cautions Iowa ag, manufacturing industries: Economic changes ahead
With its reliance on agriculture and manufacturing, the Midwest economy is especially sensitive to global economic challenges such as tariffs, Chicago Fed President and CEO Austan Goolsbee told leaders at the Corridor Media Group’s Mid-Year Economic Review events. The Q&A-style…
Familiar face steps into IWLC role
By Angela Holmes CEDAR RAPIDS—Iowa Women Lead Change (IWLC) has experienced so much change in…

Prairiewoods event aims to inspire hope
By Angela Holmes [email protected] HIAWATHA—In a time of upheaval, people need a catalyst to help…

Keeping it local pays off in online learning
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Corridor residents considering an online degree program have a growing…

Dairy farms partnering to meet organic milk demand
Farmers Creamery in Wellman, Marilyn Farms in Kalona and the Kalona Amish and Mennonite dairy…

Corridor companies turn to video to gain exposure
Stephanie Mettille, CPA, tax manager for Honkamp Krueger, and Mike Smith, an actor for Happee…

Cedar Bayou water park swirls into shape
By Cindy Hadish [email protected] CEDAR RAPIDS—Ground could be broken as early as next spring…

Making your gift count
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Philanthropy is one arena in which emotion can easily run away…

Coralville bike shop to tap the trail
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Jessica Skeie and her father Bob Wolff opened Trail’s End,…

Airport site positioned to be Iowa’s first “Super Park”
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] The first industrial park to be designated a “Super Park” under…

Iowa City gears up for Mission Creek
By Angela Holmes [email protected] Over the past 10 years, Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival…

Plugging the service gap
By Dave DeWitte and Chase Castle [email protected] Hiring, retention and staffing levels are becoming more…

Metronet eyes IC Internet market
By Chase Castle [email protected] Crews from Metronet Technologies, a fiber optic networking company, started…

Painting the town green
By Angela Holmes [email protected] Each year downtown Cedar Rapids sees green as thousands turn out…

Driverless push continues, despite roadbump
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] The University of Iowa will host a symposium next month to…

Coralville undergoes hotel, motel reboot
By Chase Castle [email protected] Plans for a Drury Inn & Suites in Coralville have been…






