Cedar Rapids Based News Today

Cedar Rapids mechanical contractor, founded in 1939, employs 500

Iowa residents attending Kirkwood Community College in the upcoming fall will pay $7 more per credit hour than those enrolled in the 2023-2024 academic year -- bringing the rate to $217 per credit hour, according to a proposal the Board of Trustees approved this month.

Seven years after a Cedar Rapids-based contractor first started feuding with the University of Iowa over its work on the towering Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Iowa’s high court has weighed in and sided with the university on part of its appeal — reversing an order to pay Modern Piping another $12.8 million.

Monthly R&B nights are a reason to dress up, enjoy cocktails and dance the night away.

In an effort to save money and better allocate resources, the University of Iowa is planning to close several off-campus centers — including the Tippie College of Business Cedar Rapids Learning Center on Second Avenue SE.

For just the sixth time in Kirkwood Community College history, the 58-year-old campus on Wednesday inaugurated a new president -- and Kristie Fisher, who officially started her tenure Oct. 30, did not want all the pomp and circumstance of a ceremony.

Two University of Iowa learning centers in the Quad-Cities could be closed after years of declining enrollment as more students opt for online options.

A Cedar Rapids-based physician has purchased the office building at 600 Third Ave. SE, now known as "The Luxe on 3rd,"

As Lura McBride, president and CEO of Van Meter Inc., has led the company to 95th year in Cedar Rapids, the Howard Hall award winner sees putting people first in the company and the community as key to the growth of the electrical, data and automation supply company.

On December 13, Cedar Rapids-based trucking company West Side Transport recognized truck driver Thornton Dixon for five million miles driven without an accident. West Side Transport hosted an event at the company’s Cedar Rapids headquarters to formally recognize Dixon for his remarkable safety achievement. Dixon has been in trucking for fifty years and has driven