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Caleb Knutson, a Des Moines native, will lead efforts to attract, retain and expand downtown businesses. He also will be charged with implementing the Downtown Vision Plan, which was adopted by the city council last year.

The state commission has previously rejected two proposals to bring a casino to Cedar Rapids, citing concerns about cannibalizing revenues from other Iowa casinos.

Reynolds and Iowa state officials and business leaders said the trip will create economic opportunities for Iowa’s agriculture industry as India’s need for food grows with its population

A mismanaged manure basin at an open cattle feedlot east of Cascade leaked manure at a "very high rate" and contaminated a creek that flows to the North Fork Maquoketa River.

An established Hiawatha bakery is moving down the road to Cedar Rapids.

From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time in decades. And the work stoppage could snarl supply chains — leading to shortages and higher prices.

The comprehensive package of legislation that sets agriculture and food policy is supposed to be updated every five years. But partisan gridlock got in the way last year, forcing Congress simply to extend the 2018 bill another year. That extension expired Monday.

The union represents about 100 employees across a range of positions at the Cargill corn milling plant in Cedar Rapids. The bargaining unit’s contract expired at 11:59 p.m. Monday.