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Adam Zimmermann

2025 Forty Under 40: Adam Zimmermann

Adam Zimmermann Chief of Innovation and Research  |  Cedar Rapids Community School District  |  AGE: 38 Family: Wife, Leah; sons, Abe (7) and Lukas (4) Residence: Swisher Hometown: Iowa City Education: Master of Philosophy and Education, Education Specialist What was…

Whirlpool reorganization won’t impact Amana operations, officials say

A corporate reorganization at Whirlpool Corporation, announced earlier this month, is not expected to impact…

Whirlpool plant Middle Amana

Every Bloomin’ Thing moves to Coralville location

Iconic Iowa City floral shop, Every Bloomin’ Thing, has moved locations after over 20 years…

Owners of Every Bloomin' Thing, Kerrie and Zach Buettner. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

This local pharmacy works with businesses to reduce health care costs, improve transparency

As the cost of employee-sponsored health plans continue to rise each year, an Iowa pharmacy…

Aaron McDonough browses through prescription drugs at Towncrest Wellness Apothecary.

Incentives, interest rates top concerns for commercial real estate industry

The commercial real estate industry is facing challenges from rising interest rates, making incentives for…

Panelists at the 2024 CBJ Commercial Real Estate Symposium. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

Surgeon-turned-entrepreneur creates device to prevent surgical delays

Bariatric and general surgeon Dr. Maria Iliakova sets a silver, metal canister on the wooden…

Maria Iliakova poses with some surgical tools that were housed in a metal container. Dr. Iliakova says she has found a more efficient way to keep track of the container and its tools.

Marion ‘setting the standard,’ Mayor AbouAssaly says in State of the City address

Since being elected to his first term in November 2015, Marion Mayor Nick AbouAssaly has…

Nick AbouAssaly Marion State of the City 2024

A new Raising Cane’s coming to Iowa City

Raising Cane’s, a chicken-finger fast food chain, is opening a new location in Iowa City…

‘I am the American Dream’: Immigration awards recognize courage, resilience

The 2024 Catherine McAuley Center (CMC) Immigration & Business Luncheon and Awards celebrated and recognized…

Two women embrace at the Catherine McAuley Center Immigration & Business Luncheon Awards, at the Radisson Hotel Cedar Rapids.

Board of Regents approve new major for Tippie College of Business

A new major in entrepreneurship from the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business was…

Pappajohn Business Building University of Iowa

Iowa Business Council Competitive Dashboard: Labor shortage remains state’s biggest economic challenge

It may seem like an old refrain, but the song remains the same: Iowa’s greatest…

Iowa Business Council

Sherry Bates elected new Board of Regents president

Sherry Bates was unanimously elected as president of the Iowa Board of Regents on Wednesday,…

Dubuque Street businesses prepare for months-long reconstruction

A portion of Dubuque Street between cross streets Iowa Avenue and Washington Street is slated…

Josh Silver, long-time co-owner of Nodo Iowa City at 5 S. Dubuque St., says the restaurant may have to reduce staff hours to make up for loss of business during reconstruction.

‘A historic moment’ as Cedar Rapids council authorizes data center development agreement

Even as the Cedar Rapids City Council voted unanimously Feb. 27 to authorize a development…

Cedar Rapids Google data center location

Shive-Hattery announces acquisition of Helix Design Group in Tacoma, Washington

Shive-Hattery, an architecture and engineering firm headquartered in Cedar Rapids, has announced the acquisition of…

Shive-Hattery office Cedar Rapids

‘Angel of Czech Village’: Mary Kay Novak McGrath passes away at 69

Over the years, Mary Kay Novak McGrath became affectionately known as “The Angel of Czech…

Mary Kay Novak McGrath 2022 Chadima Award