Steve Gravelle

The University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business is recognizing Cedar Rapids-based Van Meter Inc., and its CEO, Lura McBride, with its Oscar C. Schmidt Iowa Business Leadership Award. McBride will receive the award Tuesday on behalf of Van Meter’s employee owners.

Solon contractor got an early start on then-new home heating and cooling tech.

Two weeks after the 94-year-old Black Hawk Bridge was closed permanently — and more than a year until the new bridge will open — a car ferry began service Monday, transporting motorists, pedestrians and others across the Mississippi River in northeast Iowa.

Just under 7 percent of American men ages 18 to 49 had a vasectomy in 2022-23, according to the Center for Disease Control. That share increases among men with two or more children, to just over 18 percent.

COPD emerged as an umbrella term for several respiratory diseases, including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, caused by lung damage. Because its effects are irreversible, early diagnosis and treatment are essential to supporting a patient living with its effects.

Two friends launch a deranged Belle Plaine tradition that has grown out of a love for Halloween.

Under current federal law, truck drivers may drive for no more than 11 hours before taking at least 10 hours’ rest. But what if the truck itself did a good share of the driving?

Veteran entertainment agent and manager Jeff Johnson was surfing online video when he hit upon a new venue for his clients: harassing golfers at corporate outings and charity benefits.

Industry demand fuels additions to Iowa, ISU, Coe business majors. In just its third year the University of Iowa’s risk management and insurance program is already the nation’s fifth-largest. This fall, Coe College in Cedar Rapids is launching a risk-management concentration for its Business Administration major, and Iowa State University is adding its own risk management certificate.

A redevelopment project for decades, the Cedar Rapids neighborhood’s significant investments in recent years has neighborhood at inflection point nearly 20 years after the 2008 Flood which brought it renewed vibrancy.

A redevelopment project long before the Flood of 2008, NewBo came to life with a series of recovery projects following the flood. Redevelopment of the area of the city continues today.

Cedar Rapids and Dubuque are the latest FedEx locations to undergo the changes, which have already been implemented at 300 sites in the U.S. and Canada, the company said. Most employees are being offered other positions within the company.

Owners Forrest Ward and Aaron Nelson have seen a shift from an online store to a focus on local customers. Their Cedar Rapids store has become a go-to for radio controlled hobbyists.

Where many economists, CEOs and workers see potential lost jobs as AI replaces human workers, Pankaj Monga sees a tool for increases in productivity.

In Iowa, STEM education can mean getting a start as early as preschoolers playing with building blocks.