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Robert Rathje

2025 Forty Under 40: Robert Rathje

Robert Rathje HR Program Manager  |  UFG Insurance  |  AGE: 32 Family: Wife, Taylor; son, Rowan; daughters, Harlow and Winnie Residence: Marion Hometown: Watkins Education: MBA from the University of Iowa, exercise science degree from the University of Northern Iowa What…

New Chipotle location to be latest arrival in Coralville

A Chipotle Mexican Grill is set to be the newest addition in what is already…

Chipotle in Gurnee, Illinois. CREDIT CHIPOTLE

GreenState lending program helping hundreds of immigrant entrepreneurs

As GreenState Credit Union’s vice president/bilingual business director, Kenia Calderon Ceron launched an ITIN loan…

Eastern Iowa Airport to demolish former Guard armory, add two new hangars

The former National Guard armory on the Eastern Iowa Airport grounds will be demolished in…

Eastern Iowa Airport passenger

Evolving First and First West now includes larger, relocated hotel

As progress on the First and First West development in downtown Cedar Rapids grows more…

Construction of the Pickle Palace at First and First West is well underway.

Champions of Nature: Indian Creek Nature Center celebrates 50 years of growth

John Myers, executive director of Indian Creek Nature Center (ICNC) in Cedar Rapids, often contemplates…

Students taking part in Indian Creek Nature Center's Fresh Air Academy play in water on the center's land. CREDIT INDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER

Child care worker wage raise approved in Johnson County

A resolution to increase wages by two dollars an hour for eligible child care workers…

Johnson County Board of Supervisors have voted to raise wages for eligible child care workers. CREDIT PEXELS

ACT to lay off 106 employees, continuing edtech spiral in Iowa City

ACT, Inc. has let go of 106 employees, 40 of which are located in the…

Fulton Lofts project breaks ground in Cedar Rapids’ NewBo district

Business and government leaders gathered Wednesday morning to break ground on Fulton Lofts in Cedar…

Fulton Lofts groundbreaking

Hybrid work in the Corridor opens opportunities for real estate

As some of the largest companies across the country push for more employees to return…

A Skogman Realty commercial real estate sign is seen on West Benton Street in Iowa City on May 16. CREDIT ELEANOR HILDEBRANDT

Iowa City Starbucks union vote passes unanimously

Workers at Starbucks in Iowa City, after announcing plans to unionize in late March, have…

Workers at the Iowa City Starbucks, located at 228 S Clinton St., have voted to unionize. CREDIT NOAH TONG

Commission advances rezoning for new Dunkin’ at former Western Fraternal Life building

The Cedar Rapids Planning Commission has advanced a rezoning proposal that would transform the former…

Western Fraternal Life building

Interstate 380 widening, new Highway 151 interchange included in Iowa DOT project draft

A draft of the Iowa Department of Transportation’s improvement program for fiscal years 2024 to…

Interstate 380 traffic

Cedar Rapids council endorses Conveyor Engineering expansion plan

The Cedar Rapids City Council has approved financial support for a planned $5 million expansion…

Conveyor Engineering & Manufacturing

New owners of Cedar Rapids’ Caucho plan to extend menu

Caucho, a Latin American restaurant in Cedar Rapids’ New Bohemia neighborhood, is under new leadership.…

Caucho

Mark Butland leaving Iowa EdTech Collaborative

Mark Butland, the director of the Iowa EdTech Collaborative (IETC), is joining a higher education…

Mark Butland is headed west to California and leaving the Iowa EdTech Collaborative.