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Laura Van Wyhe

Meld Marketing delves into unsolved Laura Van Wyhe case

Melinda Pradarelli never imagined Meld Marketing, the Iowa City marketing agency she founded in 2016, would become linked to a cold case involving the...
SBA

Iowa City named SBA Iowa Small Business Community of the Year

The Iowa District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration has named the City of Iowa City as the recipient of its 2023 SBA...
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Big Grove launches Gold Can Giveaway in honor of RAGBRAI 50th anniversary

Big Grove Brewery, the official brewery of RAGBRAI and the maker of Iowa’s top-selling hazy IPA Easy Eddy, is commemorating the 50th and golden...
Uptown Marion Main Street awards

Uptown Marion wins two Main Street Iowa development awards

Uptown Marion received two top awards at the Main Street Iowa Development Awards program April 21 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center...
The 2023 Iowa Brewers Guild UNIFY hazy IPA. CREDIT IOWA BREWERS GUILD

Iowa Brewers Guild release new, hazy IPA

The Iowa Brewers Guild (IBG) has announced its collaborative new beer, the UNIFY Hazy IPA. Each purchase of UNIFY will directly benefit the mission of...
The permanently closed Tiki Tacos 'n Burgers 'n Wings will now be home to Taco Depot. CREDIT NOAH TONG

Taco Depot headed to downtown Iowa City

Taco Depot, a Cedar Rapids-based restaurant, is expanding to 119 E. Washington St. next to Target in downtown Iowa City. The former home of Tiki...
Taco Gato Cedar Rapids

Taco Gato now open to public in downtown Cedar Rapids

After a brief soft opening, Taco Gato is now fully open to the public in the heart of downtown Cedar Rapids. Taco Gato, in the...
Noah Laird, co-foundre of Petrost Therapeutics, at the Innovation Challenge Awards event on April 12, 2023, at MERGE in Iowa City, Iowa. CREDIT DARREN MILLER

Petrost Therapeutics wins $25,000 at Iowa JPEC awards

Petrost Therapeutics recently won first prize at the UI John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (Iowa JPEC) Innovation Challenge Awards event. A total of $125,000 was given...
Jacob Vander Sanden

UI student Vander Sanden heading for entrepreneur competition

Losing $40 on an initial business venture would discourage most 15-year-olds. Instead, it thrust Jacob Vander Sanden into a life of entrepreneurship. A sophomore at...
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans Iowa

SBA approves $20.2 million in Iowa small business loans in March

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has released its monthly loan approval figures in Iowa for the month of March 2023, including several loans...

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