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Smurfit Westrock plant in Cedar Rapids closing

The Smurfit Westrock packaging facility in northeast Cedar Rapids will be closing its doors in early October, according to a notice posted this week to the Iowa Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification (WARN) Act website. According to the notification, dated…

Iowa Architectural Foundation names new director

Laura Porter has been named the new director of the Iowa Architectural Foundation (IAF). Ms.…

Laura Porter Iowa Architectural Foundation

HousingIowa Conference set for Sept. 7-9 in Des Moines

The Iowa Finance Authority will host the 2022 HousingIowa Conference Sept. 7-9 in Des Moines.…

HousingIowa Conference

Cedar Rapids building permits hit all-time record

There’s never been a better year for construction projects in Cedar Rapids. City manager Jeff…

Cedar Rapids city hall

ECICOG to present Homes for Iowa webinar Aug. 11

The East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG) will present a webinar Aug. 11 to…

Homes for Iowa webinar

Graf Home Selling Team affiliates with ERA Real Estate

The Graf Home Selling Team & Associates, based in Hiawatha, has affiliated with the ERA…

Graf Real Estate

Iowa’s first fiber internet search service launches

Fiber Homes, the nation’s first fiber internet search service for rural and suburban home buyers,…

Iowa fiber internet search

Raising Cane’s opening in Cedar Rapids in January

Raising Cane’s has relaunched plans to develop a new restaurant location along Collins Road in…

Raising Cane's Cedar Rapids

North Liberty to hear bids for reimagined city hall

The city of North Liberty will receive bids for the construction of a two-story, 10,700-square-feet…

A new North Liberty City Hall would council chambers with TVs on the side walls and an entrance at the back of the room.

Tower Cafe opening in Alliant Energy tower

A new restaurant, Tower Cafe, is opening Friday, Aug. 5 on the street level of…

Tower Cafe Alliant Energy

ICCSD seeks North Liberty Junior High School building addition

The Iowa City Community School District is looking to move sixth graders to North Liberty…

A rendering of the proposed sixth grade classrooms addition to North Central Junior High.

Iowa City real estate weekly trend: Higher prices, lower pending sales

Weekly trends in Iowa City real estate sales for the week ending July 30 were…

Iowa City weekly real estate

Cedar Rapids council rejects appeal of Kestrel Heights plat approval

The Cedar Rapids City Council has rejected an appeal of the City Planning Commission’s approval…

Kestrel Heights appeal denied

Second hotel under construction at Westdale Town Center

Construction is underway on a second hotel at the Westdale Town Center. Todd Nelson, executive…

Home2 Suites Westdale

IEDA awards $9 million grant for Cedar Rapids reinvestment

The Iowa Economic Development Authority Board has given final approval to a grant to support…

IEDA Cedar Rapids award