Linn-Mar students practicing construction skills with ‘job site’ training amidst labor shortage
MARION, Iowa (KCRG) - Linn-Mar High School students don’t just get to weld inside the school’s shop or draft blueprints in the engineering lab - they are working right outside the front entrance on a real building. Students in one of the district’s residential construction classes are learning...
Clear Creek Amana and Regina Play to 3-3 Draw in Top-15 Showdown
IOWA CITY – Regina felt like it let one slip away in a top-15 non-conference clash with Clear Creek Amana. The Clippers felt like they lost an opportunity as well. Neither team left with a loss on its record on Monday evening but no one left happy either. Class...
Fireside Winery strawberry rhubarb cider wows Pacific Rim
MARENGO — Fireside Winery received numerous awards at the Pacific Rim Wine Competition including best cider and double gold awards for its strawberry rhubarb FireCiders hard cider, the winery said in a press release. Fireside’s 2022 Chambourcin wine won double gold, and the Fireside Winery Blu took silver. The 2025 M
Two injured, one cited after driver crosses median on Highway 100 in Linn County
MARION, Iowa (KCRG) - Two drivers were injured after an SUV crossed the median on Highway 100 in Marion and hit an oncoming car Monday afternoon. Authorities responded to the crash at the intersection of Highway 100 and Banner Drive at 3 p.m. Police say 55-year-old Kara Worthington, of Cedar...
New Manufacturing Investment Through BIG Program
DES MOINES— Today, the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved tax credits through the Business Incentives for Growth (BIG) program for five manufacturing companies, supporting the creation of 521 jobs and generating nearly $400 million in new capital investment for the state. The projects are located
Letter to the editor: Rod Sullivan lacks the temperament to be trusted in leadership
Supervisors V Fixmer-Oraiz and Jon Green stood up for worker’s rights, fairness, and justice when they opposed Supervisor Rod Sullivan’s unprecedented and arbitrary firing of Board Executive Director Guillermo Morales in September 2024. Sullivan arbitrarily ignored County employee policies about “for cause” termination
Working Iowa: NewBo City Market adds six new vendors during capital project construction
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - NewBo City Market has added six new vendors in recent months as construction continues on its capital campaign project. The market is adding an indoor stage, bar and sports lounge as part of the project. Construction is underway inside the facility. Scott Wilson, executive director...
A New Bar & Restaurant Has Moved Into the Historic Sykora Bakery Building
This weekend, Iowans attending the annual Houby Days Festival in Cedar Rapids got a sneak peek look inside of a new bar & restaurant opening in the Czech Village!
IA: IEDA Board OKs Assistance for 9 Companies, 2 Projects, Creating Hundreds of Jobs
The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved tax credits for five manufacturing companies, supporting the creation of 521 jobs and generating nearly $400 million in new capital investment for the state. The projects are located in Cedar Rapids, Charles City, Milford, Montezuma and Butler County. The bo
Graduates reminded that Iowa Valley will always be home
MARENGO — The Iowa Valley Class of 2026 arrived in Principal Janet Behrens’ junior-senior high school as seventh graders, some timid, some rowdy, wondering what high school was going to be like Behrens watched the students grow, not just academically, but in strength and character. “Every one of you showed up, kept goi
