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New Cedar Rapids Restaurant Announces Closure After 3 Months
Another restaurant in Cedar Rapids will be shutting its doors in the very near future. Acapulco Seafood & Grill just opened its doors back in early May at 2925 Williams Pkwy SW, the former home of Vivian's Soul Food. After about three months in business, the restaurant revealed in the Cedar Rapids Area Foodies group on Facebook yesterday (August 7th) that they will be closing their doors this week. The post reads:
Cedar Rapids Team Wins National Granny Basketball Tournament
Don't call this basketball team a bunch of 'grannies'. Call them National Champions!. A team from Cedar Rapids has won the largest National Granny Basketball Tournament in history! That team is the Cedar Rapids Sizzlers. CBS2 reports that the Sizzlers cooked their way to a National Championship in Granny Basketball with a thrilling 51-47 overtime win in the national title game. The tournament took place on August 3rd and 4th at the Homefield KCK Showcase Center in Kansas City.
UI researchers open hub in Cedar Rapids
The University of Iowa has a new research hub in eastern Iowa. In June, researchers in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences opened a multipurpose space in Cedar Rapids to tap into the city’s larger and more diverse population, with the goal to enroll hundreds of participants in studies involving topics such as language learning, reading, exercise, and cognitive aging, and behavioral markers for alcohol use disorder in older teenagers and young adults.
Longtime Coralville eye-care company closing
CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - After nearly 40 years at “The Looking Glass Optical” owner Mitch Thompson said he was shutting his doors. “This was my first real job,” he said. “I’ve seen people who were little kids when I started here, and they are bringing me their kids.”
Get Ready Dubuque Tomorrow is Wild West Wednesday 
Don’t miss out on the fun! Get your cowboy boots ready, because tomorrow is Wild West Wednesday at the Dubuque County Fairgrounds from 7 PM to 11 PM. Admission is only five dollars, so gather your friends and come dance the night away to some great country music with Ken Peiffer from 103.3 WJOD. Yeehaw!
IowaWORKS hosting free job fair this month
IowaWORKS is hosting a free job fair this month in Davenport that is attracting dozens of local employers. The Quad Cities Success Fair was created to help veterans, transitioning service members and the public find employment, resources and educational opportunities. It will be on Wednesday, August 14 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at NorthPark […]
Nebraska, Iowa AGs part of 11-state push for EPA rule on farm chemicals
OMAHA — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joined two farmers and state agricultural officials Wednesday in drawing a line in fertile soil. The two ag-led states were among 11 states urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop a patchwork of state labeling efforts on farm chemicals. Attorneys general […]
How Big! Lots Closings Will Impact South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota Stores
What began as a small downsizing for a national retail chain has turned into a massive store closing event. Consumer Affairs is reporting that Big! Lots, which earlier this year announced it was shuttering 40 stores, now says it will close nearly 300 locations, which translates to a little more than 20 percent of their 1,389 stores.
USDA inspector charged with domestic abuse wins jobless benefits
A federal food inspector in Iowa is entitled to unemployment benefits despite his arrest on charges of domestic abuse by strangulation, a judge has ruled. State records indicate Deng M. Chol of Marshalltown worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a full-time food inspector from February 2021 until his suspension in May of this […]
South Dakota Officials Looking for Armed & Dangerous Man
Threatening Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota criminals are always on the move. Now South Dakota officials are asking for the public's help finding a potential suspect who might be armed and is a threat to the public. The City of Burke, South Dakota is actively looking for a man named...
JPMorganChase & Co., nation's largest bank, says it is expanding its Iowa footprint
The nation’s largest bank is expanding its brick-and-mortar presence in Iowa, it announced Monday with an event that brought its high-profile chairman and CEO, Jamie Dimon, to Des Moines. JPMorganChase, with more than $3 trillion in assets, is announcing plans to open 25 new branches in Iowa by 2030 and create about 150...
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