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MidWestOne Bank named Top Workplace in Iowa, Minnesota

MidWestOne Bank has earned recognition as one of Iowa and Minnesota’s Top Workplaces for 2025 by the Des Moines Register and Minnesota’s Star Tribune. The designation reflects employee feedback collected through surveys issued by Energage, which administers the Top Workplaces…

MidWestOne to host annual Rock the Chalk event Aug. 8

MidWestOne Financial Group Inc., parent company of MidWestOne Bank, will host the ninth annual Rock…

Sidewalk chalk

FedEx to close Dubuque facility, cut staff in Cedar Rapids as part of network overhaul

FedEx will close one facility in Dubuque and reduce staffing at a Cedar Rapids operation…

FedEx delivery van

QTS data center groundbreaking canceled in wake of deadly New York shooting

The groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for this morning at the QTS data center site in southwest…

QTS data center

Fieldhouse Bar in Iowa City moving to new downtown location

Fieldhouse Bar, a longtime staple in Iowa City’s nightlife scene, is relocating to a new…

The new location for Fieldhouse Bar at 138 S. Clinton St. The space, currently under construction, formerly housed Active Endeavors.

Cedar Rapids bar Hazzard County bringing country vibes – and line dancing – to Iowa City

A popular Cedar Rapids watering hole is expanding to Iowa City, with plans to open…

Hazzard County Iowa City is located at 118 S. Dubuque St. on the Ped Mall. The bar occupies the former site of Fieldhouse Bar and opens Aug. 6.

Proposed Alliant power plant near airport raises concerns

The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission is expressing safety and proximity concerns about an Alliant Energy…

Alliant power plant proposed location

2025 Entrepreneur of the Year: Brandon Pratt

Lion Development Group owner Brandon Pratt was living in Florida when the housing market crashed…

Lion Development Group owner Brandon Pratt poses in front of a wall display of the company’s core values at his headquarters in North Liberty on July 1, 2025. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

North Liberty’s Copper Boar named CBJ’s Fastest Growing Company

There’s no requirement that partners in a locally-owned restaurant have a longstanding personal friendship that…

Ty Medema, Shane Durian and Zeph Leaton are the co-owners of Copper Boar American Pub in North Liberty, the CBJ’s Fastest-Growing Company in the Corridor for 2025. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

Hibu named to Selling Power’s 2025 list of ‘60 Best Companies to Sell For’

Hibu Inc., a Cedar Rapids-based provider of digital marketing solutions for U.S. businesses, has earned…

Hibu Cedar Rapids

Inaugural Iowa Supportive Housing Institute celebrates finale of first cycle with presentation of development projects

The Iowa Supportive Housing Institute celebrated the completion of its inaugural cycle on Wednesday, July…

The exterior of a house under construction.

Don Hummer Trucking earns elite fleet certification

Don Hummer Trucking has been certified as a Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) Elite Fleet carrier,…

Don Hummer Trucking

GALLERY: University of Iowa researchers celebrate launch of satellites

On July 23, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in…

People watch the TRACERS launch from the Harris Grade Road in Lompoc, California and then celebrate the launch and follow developments on the livestream.

UI Pharmaceuticals partners with MimiVax on brain cancer treatment

UI Pharmaceuticals (UIP), a division of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, has partnered…

Empty test tubes line a tray

Tippie College of Business earns top-10 national ranking for Iowa MBA program

The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business has earned national recognition for its Iowa…

Pappajohn Business Building University of Iowa

Coe launches risk management/insurance concentration

Coe College is adding a risk management/insurance concentration within its Stead Department of Business Administration…

Coe College