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Five years after lawmakers denied Iowa State University the full $100 million it sought for a new and updated Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory – which underpins Iowa’s $32.5 billion dollar animal agriculture industry and aids in animal health emergencies, like the bird flu – Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday committed another $40 million to the new lab.

Cryptocurrency mining, which relies on cheap, abundant energy, is expanding in Iowa, with Hardin County considering two new sites.

Iowa’s largest five-and-dime store was in C.R. before closing after Christmas 1986.

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.

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Citing growing concern about Chinese investment in U.S. agriculture, Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson announced a renewed push to more closely monitor foreign ownership of farmland across the country.

It has been a month since the state confirmed its last case of the bird flu.