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Katie Rygh was recently recognized as the Kemin7 Industries and Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council’s Southeast Iowa STEM Region Teacher of the Year.

The second annual Southeast Iowa Community STEM Day is set for July 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot in the Collins Aerospace facility at 400 Collins Road NE in Cedar Rapids.

For the past several years, Lynette Voss has been instrumental in ensuring the Eastern Iowa Honor Flights truly take flight.

Class cohesiveness through the years has made the class of 1954 feel special.

Mike Nemeth opened a music store that aims to be fun. This engineer turned entrepreneur opened Music151 in Fairfax.

Food booth lets owner interact with customers while he cooks

The timeless tale of Cinderella will come to life in a particularly vibrant and eclectic way on the Paramount stage next week.

When Carissa Johnson came upon a luxury picnic business in Arizona in 2021, she recalled, “The idea stuck with me and I wondered if I could do something like that in Cedar Rapids.” So she started Boujee Picnic.

Maher Brothers Transfer and Storage was started in 1922 in Iowa City as a company that worked moving consumer goods across the country after World War I. Today, it is led by brothers — and equal business partners — Tom and Tim Riley who have been at the helm for several decades.

Julie Parisis knows the experience of being a NewBo City Market shopkeeper firsthand, having run a space several years ago before joining the administrative staff.

Deb Ralston has long worked in the medical field, but the work she does today — both professionally and as a volunteer — is the most fulfilling, she said.

Members had met weekly at Elmcrest Country Club for a number of years, but the group voted to move to a new meeting space, at Groundswell Cafe, located next to and operated by not-for-profit Matthew 25 on Third Avenue SW in the Kingston neighborhood, near downtown Cedar Rapids.

The decision to to pull Cedar Rapids-based Phelan’s Interiors out of the retail sector was nearly a decade in the making, said Paul Phelan Jr., the company’s CEO and president. And it did not come lightly.

Mayzie Tucker decided to turn her talents into a floral preservation business. And so far, business is blossoming

Green-ish Iowa at Outlets Williamsburg sells houseplants to wine