For many local parents, a new drag queen story time event was a time for parents to teach important lessons to their children. With an overwhelmingly positive response from many parents, tickets for last Wednesday’s event’s small venue sold quickly, prompting English to open a second story time an hour later. Before the events started, about 150 tickets were sold.
Far Above Rubies Spa offers consultations, facials, makeup lessons
New anchor store Ollie’s Bargain Outlet on track to open later this year.
The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor.
For 101 years, the Leo family has been serving family Italian recipes. But after three generations, the Oelwein restaurant owner ponders the future of the family-owned business.
Planning points: Tips for couples on managing their household expenses
Chuck Grassley says measure will ‘make sure Iowa pork can be sold everywhere in the nation’
JARVIS will leverage artificial intelligence technologies
Rachael Scott takes her passion on the road with Cafe On The Go in Iowa City
A biodiesel refinery in Crawfordsville — about 20 miles south of Riverside — that was capable of producing about 10 million gallons of the fuel each year has ceased operation.
The project, which was funded through a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation and $400,000 from the Iowa DOT, tested the automated vehicle on rural roads over the last two years. It made 80 trips on a 47-mile loop through Iowa City, Hills, Riverside and Kalona.
She signed a letter urging Congress to overturn California’s law dictating the conditions of livestock that produce meat sold in the state, joining the chorus of Iowa Republicans calling the law disastrous for agriculture.
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