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Hy-Vee to seek zoning change for southwest Cedar Rapids store
The full-service gasoline station Novak's Sinclair, 2300 Bowling St. SW, closed and Hy-Vee is set to take over the location. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)Hy-Vee Food Stores is seeking a routine change of...
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House needs to pass Farm Bill, Harkin says
Tom Brown, of rural Muscatine County, climbs aboard his Case IH combine Friday, Sept. 14. (Mark Benischek/The Gazette)Sen. Tom Harkin opposes a short-term extension of the federal Farm Bill and says...
View Article‘Dairy cliff’ raises new worries for Iowans, farmers
WASHINGTON — As if the “fiscal cliff” and the long-suffering farm bill weren’t enough, Iowans may soon face a new dilemma — a “dairy cliff.”If Congress fails to act in the handful of weeks it has left...
View ArticleConcerns about Iowa City development focus on sustainability, workforce housing
Iowa City councilors want to see workforce housing, sustainability and a building that will set the tone for future developments downtown and fit in with Iowa City’s culture in the empty space at the...
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Cedar Rapids software company has designs on old industrial site
A Cedar Rapids software company is interested in purchasing the former Iowa Steel site (right) and constructing a new office building. The former Iowa Iron site is on the left. (The Gazette)CEDAR...
View ArticleBank forecloses on owners of Sycamore Mall in Iowa City
IOWA CITY — A lender has foreclosed on Iowa City’s Sycamore Mall, calling into question the property’s health as it prepares to lose its primary retail attraction.The mall’s general manager, however,...
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Crowds arrive for auction at failed Cedar Falls brokerage headquarters
Kevin Truax of Parkersburg looks over the wine collection in the wine cellar at the former My Verona restaurant Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. People looked over items during the...
View ArticleWestdale mall sale in Cedar Rapids sets up partial demolition
CEDAR RAPIDS — Local Realtor Scott Byers and developer John Frew are joining forces to transform the long-beleaguered, half-empty Westdale Mall with a plan to buy it, demolish most of it and build a...
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Iowa heating bills will rise, even with normal winter
Warm weather through mid-December is getting the winter heating season off to a happy start, but can it match last year’s?“We set the bar so low last year that any normal type of winter will look...
View ArticleCedar Rapids will build a second new downtown parking ramp in 2013
CEDAR RAPIDS — The city is moving ahead on plans to build a second new downtown parking ramp, both of which should be in place in 2013.The second ramp, a six-story ramp with 618 parking stalls, will go...
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Questions raised about Cedar Rapids firm’s donation to Harkin Institute at ISU
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa,(center) examines a roll of metal with then-PMX Industries President and COO Dan Kowalczyk (left) and Vice President of Operations Bruce Neeley during a 2003 tour. of the plant...
View ArticleCedar Rapids council supports incentives for Westdale makeover
CEDAR RAPIDS — Martians didn’t land, but you’d think they had after City Council members Tuesday night finished thanking and applauding Realtor Scott Byers and developer John Frew for jumping in to do...
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Iowa City council narrows development options
Artist's rendering of 4 Zero 4 DevelopmentIOWA CITY — The Iowa City Council clearly is thinking big and different when it comes to picking a developer to build on the corner of College and Gilbert...
View ArticleCedar Rapids incentives lead to 14 new jobs at AMTek Microwaves
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids manufacturer of industrial microwaves will receive is a 10-year partial tax exemption to assist with a physical expansion that will create 14 new jobs and retain 45...
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UPDATE: Cedar Rapids developer Steve Emerson buys The Gazette’s building
The Gazette building located at 500 Third Ave. SE in Cedar Rapids has been sold, and the paper will be leasing back the front portion of the building as office space. Photo taken Friday, Dec. 21, 2012...
View ArticleGrowth in national holiday sales bleak, local retail reports mixed
The 2012 holiday season may have been the worst for retailers since the financial crisis, with sales growth far below expectations, forcing many to offer massive post-Christmas discounts in hopes of...
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Sorg Sample Pharmacies in Cedar Rapids, Marion close after 140 years
Harriet Morris, co-owner of Sorg Sample Pharmacy, 1138 Seventh Ave., Marion, with her husband, Edwin, looks up a customer's file. The Morrises have sold the pharmacy and a location at 2310 Johnson Ave....
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Iowa benefits from wind energy credit, farm bill extensions
WASHINGTON — By Washington standards, this week’s fiscal cliff bill was a true compromise — nobody won, and almost everyone disliked the end result.For Iowa, the benefits include a nine-month extension...
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Penford rezones Riverside Park for industrial use
Riverside Park, on the south east side of Cedar Rapids. (Nikole Hanna/The Gazette)Penford Products Co. is moving ahead as planned to rezone the city’s Riverside Park next door for industrial...
View ArticleCedar Rapids landlords could face mandates on training, tenant background checks
Landlords aren’t flying under the City Hall radar.On Tuesday, to the displeasure of some landlords, the City Council gave final approval to a new ordinance on nuisance properties that will confront...
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