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Council member Todd at LightLine groundbreaking: Project will restore ‘circle of life’
Cedar Rapids City Council member Dale Todd borrowed a trope from a classic Disney movie to celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning for the city’s new roundhouse and LightLine Loop project. “The circle of life was once broken,” Mr. Todd…
Kirkwood’s Benton County Leadership Council discusses local workforce, educational triumphs and challenges
Training the next generation to succeed in the workplace is half the battle, if you…
Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance announces BRAVO Awards, Community Spotlight recipients
The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance (CRMEA) has announced the 2024 BRAVO Award Winners and…
New Chicken Salad Chick location coming to Coralville
Chicken Salad Chick, a national fast-casual restaurant concept specializing in chicken salad dishes, is opening…
Big Grove Brewery takes gold at 2024 Great American Beer Festival
Iowa’s craft brewing scene received national recognition at the 2024 Great American Beer Festival (GABF),…
Linn County nonprofit agencies tout proposed casino benefits
Representatives of several Linn County nonprofit agencies touted the financial benefits of a proposed Cedar…
Collins Community Credit Union selects new CEO
Collins Community Credit Union has selected Jason MacDonald as its next president and CEO. The…
Farm-to-table dinner series to showcase local agriculture and culinary talent, benefit culinary education
The Iowa Tourism Office and Choose Iowa have teamed up with the Iowa Restaurant Association…
‘We deserve better’: Teamsters host strike rally at Cargill plant in Cedar Rapids
Amid raucous rallying chants such as “when we fight, we win,” members of Teamsters Local…
SBA approves loans to seven Iowa Corridor small businesses in September
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has released its monthly loan approval figures in Iowa…
Kinseth Hospitality selected as Iowa hoteliers of the year
Coralville-based Kinseth Hospitality Companies have been named the 2024 Hoteliers of the Year by the…
Muscatine memories: Dr. Kim gets ready for homecoming
Dr. Jim Yong Kim — a former World Bank president, and current educator and global…
NSF awards $600,000 to University of Iowa professor for cutting-edge autonomous vehicle safety research
The National Science Foundation has awarded professor Guanpeng Li of the University of Iowa’s Department…
MedBerry wins top prize at University of Iowa’s Startup Games
The 2024-25 edition of the Startup Games, hosted by the University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn…
Long John Silver’s reopened in southwest Cedar Rapids
The Long John Silver’s restaurant at 2630 Williams Blvd. SW in Cedar Rapids has now…
Years in the making, work on ConnectCR project set to begin next year
In the grassroots planning stages since the early 1970s, construction of the two-phased ConnectCR project…
