Steve Gravelle

UI economist reviews efforts toward easier tax returns and sees potential for change in U.S. But it won’t be easy.

Former high school teammates launch Encourage Golf to offer affordable, inclusive instruction.

The most common vision problem in children is really a communication issue. Often known as “lazy eye,” amblyopia develops when the brain isn’t properly processing what at least one eye sees.

Iowans are more likely to develop lung cancer than the average American. Demographics and even geology play a role, but beyond the numbers, there are steps many Iowans can take to avoid becoming among the state’s cancer statistics.

Neumann Monson architects continues to evolve while creating innovative designs across the state.

A car ferry moves people and vehicles between Lansing, Iowa and Wisconsin on the Mississippi River, but business owners say they still are feeling the effects of the closure of the Black Hawk Bridge, a year and a half before the replacement bridge is set to open.

The population of Lansing may have doubled Friday morning as the community and onlookers watched a planned implosion of the 94-year-old Black Hawk Bridge over the Mississippi River.

Cyclist Nancy Footner, a founding board member of the Iowa City Bike Library, first heard of Cycling Without Age when a short feature on the program ran on PBS News Hour.

Recognizing opportunities to build on lifetime experiences and interests has been key to Rich and Marion Patterson’s retirement strategy.

Solon has more than tripled in population since 1978, when Frank and Shelly Kuennen bought Solon Feed Mill. The business has grown and changed with the town, as many of today’s 3,300 residents live subdivisions that were once the mill’s farm customers.

Owners of Ideal, Olympic theaters aim to create “movement and energy between the two venues” to enhance “alive-ness,” cohesion of the New Bohemia neighborhood.

The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business is recognizing Cedar Rapids-based Van Meter Inc., and its CEO, Lura McBride, with its Oscar C. Schmidt Iowa Business Leadership Award. McBride will receive the award Tuesday on behalf of Van Meter’s employee owners.

Solon contractor got an early start on then-new home heating and cooling tech.

Two weeks after the 94-year-old Black Hawk Bridge was closed permanently — and more than a year until the new bridge will open — a car ferry began service Monday, transporting motorists, pedestrians and others across the Mississippi River in northeast Iowa.

Just under 7 percent of American men ages 18 to 49 had a vasectomy in 2022-23, according to the Center for Disease Control. That share increases among men with two or more children, to just over 18 percent.