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Job-hopping, so rampant two years ago, has slowed as workers have gradually lost confidence in their ability to find better pay or working conditions somewhere else. Just 3.3 million Americans quit their jobs in July, compared with a peak of 4.5 million in April 2022.

The Winneshiek County supervisors did not allow residents to fully opine about a recent rezoning request for a new manure digester and erred when they voted to approve that request, an environmental group alleges in court.

A new Raising Cane’s location, anticipated for several months, opened on Aug. 27 in downtown Iowa City.

Palisades Cafe, 117 First St. NW, announced its closure Aug. 26 on social media.

Mike Naig, the state’s agriculture secretary, discusses the next Farm Bill, ethanol, bird flu and conservation.

Drawing investment and leadership solely from Cedar Rapids restaurant owners, the new venture hopes to take on the outsized power big players like DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats wield over locally owned restaurants.

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.

Cheryl Schlote can relate well to the clients she sees at her business, Scarlet’s Unmentionables in North Liberty.