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Longtime Cedar Rapids advertising and public relations executive Bill Munsell died earlier this month, at age 96, in Englewood, Fla.

In Iowa, last year, there were 373 crashes directly related to distracted driving resulting in six fatalities and more than $4 million in property damage, Iowa State Patrol Maj. Mark Stine told lawmakers.

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell to 3.5 percent in December, the Iowa Workforce Development said Tuesday.

Here’s what we know about the Coggon Solar project in Linn County, approved by Linn County supervisors on Monday and expected to break ground in March.

As a result of congressional approval of the bipartisan infrastructure package, Iowa DOT officials expect the five-year highway program to grow from $3.6 billion to about $4 billion.

For the second year in a row, Cedar Ridge Distillery in Swisher outsold legacy whiskey brands — some 100 other brands — to become the No. 1 selling 750 ml bourbon in the state of Iowa.

Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is asking its shareholders to help it fight off a hostile takeover offer from “vulture hedge fund” Alden Global Capital.

The global supply chain challenges that are hampering shipments of a growing number of items now include Monday-through-Saturday delivery of the New York Times newspaper in Eastern Iowa.